Chapter 565: After the Fire (R18)

With one slow, relentless thrust, he sank into her to the hilt.

They both groaned in unison. Sophia’s head fell back against the pillows, her mouth open on a silent cry at the stretch. He was so big, filling her completely, the slight burn only heightening the pleasure as her body adjusted around him. Orion stilled deep inside her, his forehead pressed to hers, breathing ragged.

"Goddess above... you feel good, shorty," he rasped, the words raw and honest in a way that made her chest tighten. "So tight. So perfect."

Then he began to move—deep, rolling thrusts that dragged against every sensitive nerve inside her. Each withdrawal left her aching; each powerful snap of his hips drove him back to the deepest part of her.

Sophia’s leg wrapped tighter around his waist, her heel digging into the small of his back to urge him harder, faster. Her nails raked down his shoulders and back, leaving red trails that she was certainly going to boast about later. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

The rhythm built relentlessly. Skin slapped against skin, accompanied by Sophia’s gasping moans and Orion’s guttural growls.

Sweat slicked their bodies, the scent of sex filling the room thickly. Orion shifted his angle slightly, hitting that perfect spot inside her with every stroke until Sophia was sobbing his name like a prayer.

"Orion—ah, fuck—right there—"

"That’s it," he snarled, one hand sliding under her to grip her ass, tilting her hips so he could go even deeper. "Take every inch, shorty," he groaned.

Pleasure coiled tighter once more, building faster this time under his relentless pace. Sophia’s walls fluttered around him as another climax approached.

"Come again," he demanded, his voice dark and rough against her ear. "Let me feel you fall apart around me."

The words tipped her over the edge. Sophia shattered with a sharp cry, her second orgasm crashing through her even more intensely than the first. Her inner walls clamped down hard around him, pulsing rhythmically as ecstasy flooded her veins. Orion followed with a guttural groan, burying himself as deep as possible while he spilled inside her.

They remained joined for long moments, panting harshly, bodies trembling with aftershocks. Orion collapsed carefully over her, supporting most of his weight on his elbows so he wouldn’t crush her. His face buried in the crook of her neck, lips brushing soft, open-mouthed kisses along her damp skin.

Sophia threaded her fingers through his hair, holding him close as their heartbeats slowly synced.

"Still think Noctis is more handsome?" Orion murmured eventually, the smug, sated grin evident in his voice even though she couldn’t see his face.

Sophia laughed breathlessly, the sound weak but genuine. She swatted at his shoulder with what little strength she had left. "Shut up, you ogre."

He chuckled, the vibration traveling through their joined bodies in the most distracting way. With careful movements, he rolled them onto their sides, keeping her injured ankle safely elevated and protected between pillows. His arm wrapped possessively around her waist, pulling her flush against his chest.

"You know... maybe this is the time to remind you that we forgot to use protection, like Lysander and Brynhild told us to," Orion said to her.

Sophia gave him a disgusted look. "Orion, I’m going to hold your hand while I say this," she told him. "This was not the time to say that."

He paused for a while, thinking on her words, then nodded.

"Yeah, it probably wasn’t the time," he admitted. "Anyways, after that intensive workout—"

"...which you initiated—"

"...which we both partook in willingly—I’m going to sleep. I’ve had enough work done for today, after all."

"You sure that’s not just an excuse to not do anything more today?" she asked him.

Orion gave her a look. "That too. But I did have work done today, and I plan to have more done tomorrow. And I’m not talking about the pack. I’ve been pushing it for a while, and Noctis isn’t going to tell me, but I think we need to find out why our mating mark is different."

"Oh wow, I never thought sex could make you remember something like that," she told him.

Orion rolled his eyes. "Well, it’s both the sex and the fact that you influenced me," he said softly. "Even when you should be resting, you were trying to make sense of things we still don’t have answers for. And it’s high time I did the same, don’t you think? I can’t have you always being the one one-upping me in this relationship. I have to pull my weight."

Sophia gave him a look of disbelief. "Should we have more sex? I never would have thought that would be a trigger for you to think straight."

"Shut up."

Sophia laughed, then took his hand in hers, intertwining their fingers. "But how do you expect to get answers?"

"Perhaps from the library and also Madam Tyler. I haven’t shown her the mark after all—maybe she’ll have answers. Although I’m suspecting that it has something to do with you being Luna, but there could be more."

Sophia nodded. "Want me to go with you?" she asked him.

"So you’d rub it in my face that I remembered because we had sex?"

"Oh?" she said, wiggling her brows. "You do remember because we had sex."

"Again, shorty, please shut up."

"You know, once in a while, it’s nice to admit that sex is your stimulant," she told him. "That it helps all the signals in your brain and makes it function well."

Orion groaned loudly. "This is why I always doubt the goddess. She couldn’t think of someone else to make me mates with?"

"Would you have wanted someone else?" Sophia asked him. "Because I remember that there was someone else who would have loved to be—"

Orion kissed her quickly. "I wouldn’t change you for the world, even though you annoy me sometimes," he told her with a smile.

"Oh, I know," Sophia replied with a smile. "And because you just complimented me in a way—not the part where you said I was annoying, obviously—would you like a reward?"

Orion swallowed when he noticed she had released his hand, and that same hand was making its way to his cock.

She licked her lips, and Orion smiled.

"You slut."

"I learnt from you. And besides, I just want a taste," she told him.