Chapter 154

  His forehead dropped to mine, his eyes closing, and he groaned. "F-k Ecaeris," he swore, his tone appreciative, desirous. I released him and adjusted under him, so that when he tried again, we both sighed out in relief as he joined us. His lips grazed against my jaw and cheek as he began to move against me, his eyes still tightly shut.

  It was... perfunctory. It was not a seduction, not a joyous merging of people, it was... meeting obligations. Oddly uncomfortable and intensely polite, and utterly bereft of passion. He did not kiss me, did not look at me, his face contracting in a scowl as he increased the speed and vigour of his thrusts. I felt the heat of his seed, and he gasped, before pulling from me and falling onto his back.

  I could see his chest rising and falling as he recovered himself. "Alright, Ecaeris?" he whispered.