The party found shelter in a velvet-lined chamber tucked between the Pleasure and Pain zones. For once, the Lust Temple was silent. No traps, no moaning statues, no surprise nymphs with whip fetishes.
Just us.
I dropped onto a low bed that looked more like a boudoir prop than a dungeon-safe zone. Raven sat near the door, cleaning her gun. Iris sprawled across a floating pillow pile, humming something filthy. Aria meditated, trying to keep her blood pressure down. Lira was still flushed, pretending not to daydream.
And Mei?
She stood beside me, hands clenched, eyes burning with something I recognized: restraint on the edge of breaking.
I looked up at her, catching the slight tremble in her thigh.
"You okay?"
She bit her lip. "I've been holding back since that fight. Since the elevator. Since… everything."
The heat in her voice wasn't pain. It was hunger.
I reached out, grabbing her wrist gently. "Then don't hold back."
She didn't.
Claiming the Flame
Mei straddled my lap with a growl, pushing me back onto the bed. Her lips crashed into mine—rough, desperate. Her tongue claimed, not asked.
Clothes didn't come off—they were ripped off.
She was fire.
Her hands traced my chest with a need that bordered on painful. Her thighs, taut from all the dungeon runs, locked around me like a vice. Her nails raked down my sides as her lips dragged from my jaw to my neck.
"You feel it too, don't you?" she whispered. "How strong we get… together."
I nodded. "I've never felt anything like this."
She didn't wait.
Her hips rolled, grinding against me with slow, torturous rhythm. She moaned, high and sharp, as the tip of me teased against her heat.
"Don't tease," she begged.
I didn't.
I grabbed her hips and thrust upward.
She gasped—a delicious sound that echoed off the velvet walls. Her inner heat clamped down on me, tight and burning. She was soaked, trembling, dripping onto my thighs as she began to move.
Riding me.
Owning me.
Her breath hitched with every bounce. Every time she slammed down, I could feel her pulse around me, each contraction more intense.
"Harder," she hissed.
I flipped us.
Now I was above her, her legs locked around my back. She reached up and pulled me into a kiss again, deeper this time. Her tongue danced with mine while I thrust into her with purpose, her gasps filling the chamber.
We were sweating. Moaning. Lost.
[Skill Activation – Libido Link Lv. 2: Pleasure Feedback Increased]
[Bond Feedback – Shared Stat Resonance Triggered]
She cried out as the climax hit, her body convulsing beneath mine.
"Don't stop," she panted.
I didn't.
We kept going.
When we finally collapsed, panting, drenched in sweat and satisfaction, her head rested on my chest. Her eyes were half-lidded, glowing faintly with embers.
[Bond Milestone Achieved – Mei: 100% Synch]
[Unique Passive Unlocked – Molten Embrace: Mei and Hiro gain increased fire resistance, and attacking together boosts damage by 25% for 10 seconds]
[Mei Leveled Up – Lv. 22 → 23]
[New Trait Revealed – Mutation Core Stabilized]
[Status Updated – Mei]
Class: Scavenger (B-Rank – Mutation-Type)
Level: 23
HP: 560 / 560
Mana: 180 / 180
STR: 24 | AGI: 30 | VIT: 26 | INT: 13 | CHA: 18 | LUK: 20
Skills: Flame Spit, Salvager's Instinct, Heatstep Rush, Libido Burst (Shared), Molten Embrace (Bond Passive)
"Your eyes…" I said.
"They've been changing," she murmured. "But I'm not scared. Not with you."
We lay there together, heartbeats syncing.
Outside, the temple groaned—like it knew we'd just passed a trial no trap could simulate.
End of Chapter 32