“I really need a bath. We’ve made a mess.”

Well, he made the mess. She was currently living the emotional nightmare of it.

“Do not mind the mess,” he chuckled. Only because he wasn’t the one dealing with it! “You must eat first. You are so hungry that your stomach is being loud. Plus, I like you covered in my seed, marking you with my scent of sex.”

Someone please kill me. Her cheeks were so hot, she felt like even her ears were on fire.

“Why are you so naughty sometimes?” she groaned.

When the sensation finally ceased, she relaxed enough to open her eyes.

His orbs flashed white, and he shrunk a little.

“You don’t like it?”

“I didn’t say that.” She shook her head with a snort of laughter. “I like it a lot. It’s just that you usually don’t talk like that, but you’re very naughty when it comes to sex. I don’t understand why.”

He leaned forward to bump his snout against her temple.

“We are sharing bodies. Why can I not share my thoughts as well? You accept my desire for you, and I would like to tell you how much I want you so that you know.”

He’s just sharing his feelings? Her lips curled, unable to keep the smile from her features.

“I would like for you to do the same. I enjoyed hearing you say you wanted my cock.”

“I’m sorry, but I don’t think I can do it.” She could barely even think last night because it felt so good, and she’d always had a hard time asking to be touched. It didn’t feel natural.

Reia just wanted it to happen, which is why she’d told him he could touch her whenever he wanted.

Orpheus chuckled while licking her cheek.

“Well, if you want to, know that I very much want to hear you speak ‘naughty’ to me.”

It almost felt like he was mocking her!

“Okay, I got it!” she squealed as she pushed his head away. “Food. Your human would like food now!”

He leaned back and gave her a huff, like he was enjoying this. “You stay and rest, then. What would you like to eat?”

“Raspberries and strawberries? Can I have some water too?”

“Yes. I’ll make sure you get everything you need.” Then his eyes started to turn into a reddish-pink. “You aren’t sore or hurt, are you? I didn’t mean to be so rough.”

“No, Orpheus. I’m fine, I promise.”

She was a little tender, but nothing she could truly complain about. More than anything, it was her legs that ached from being stretched around his wide waist. He was bigger than her in every way, and their bodies didn’t quite mesh perfectly, as evidenced by the fact he needed to fucking change her body to fit inside!

He backed off the bed, allowing her to stay kneeling on it, and walked around to the foot of it to grab his pants.

Oh my gosh! Reia started to crawl forward while reaching out to him. He has a tail! It was about a foot in length and curled up like that of a deer.

He turned his head back and tapped her hand away!

“Don’t touch,” he warned.

“But you have a tail!”

And it looked so soft and fluffy.

“You can touch anywhere you like, but my tail.” He reached back to fist it and hide it from her.

Reia pouted while looking up at him.

“Does it move?”

Picturing Orpheus wagging his tail when excited was freaking adorable.

“Only when irritated or my body is disturbed,” he answered darkly. “And it is very sensitive. I feel it all the way up my spine.”

She wondered if he meant disturbed like when he was shuddering. Did it wiggle when he came? She thought she might have felt something fluttering against her foot.

“So, it bothers you? Like when you tickle my feet in the bath, and I ask you to stop, and you don’t?”

“That makes you laugh though,” he answered plainly, stabbing his leg into his pants before the other. “And I like it when you laugh.”

“But it’s a laugh of torture!”

He gave a warm chuckle. “I know.”

Bastard. She pouted further and folded her arms across her chest. That’s when she remembered she was naked as her breasts slipped awkwardly between them. She shrugged, unabashed in front of him.

“Rest, Reia. I will be back.”

He left, leaving her by herself to mull everything over.

She got up to go to the chamber pot so she could empty her uncomfortable bladder. She placed the lid back on top of it, washed her hands, and thought as she returned to his sleeping room and sat on the edge of the bed.

I have a big, scary Duskwalker that’s willing to get revenge for me, a naughty man happy to ruin my insides, and a strange creature who is actually a sweetheart. She let out a content sigh. I have a home that’s warm, cosy, and has everything I could possibly need or want, with a pretty garden with food just for me.

What more could she possibly want? Freedom? Aren’t I technically free here, though? Reia could do whatever she wanted, go wherever she wanted as long as it was within the safety borders of this place.

He took me to the Demon village. I wonder if Orpheus would one day feel comfortable taking me above the surface so I can travel. It was possible.

If she got good with her sword, like really good, she thought she might be able to convince him. If I can prove I can stand against a strong Demon, I bet he would feel confident.

She wasn’t afraid of them, and with Orpheus by her side protecting her, she doubted she’d be in any real danger.

Maybe that’s why the Witch Owl gave me those books.