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Nope, not downhill. My next partner would suck by comparison, but Kaspian just got better and better.

I rolled off the mattress and onto the floor. Laid there. Stared up at the stained ceiling. Wondered how ceilings got stained. Wondered if all Dragons fucked like Kaspian. Then I wondered how I was going to stand. Maybe I'd just lie there until he fucked me again. I didn't think I'd have long to wait.

We had been fucking for hours. Hours! A minute man? A dead fish? Not even close. The man had stamina that was literally out of this world. And he kept coming! I don't mean, he kept starting new rounds of sex. I mean he kept ejaculating, over and over—a continuation of his first orgasm. It never stopped. He had one orgasm for hours. One! And he had this weird fetish with his cum. Not that I minded. I even encouraged him when he took over rubbing it into me like lotion. Because that cum was fucking magical—warm, tingly, and life-changing.

Then I realized I felt amazing. Not exhausted. AMAZING.

I sat up. “What the fuck?”

“I think we should eat first.” Kaspian rolled over, his finally-limp cock flopping onto the bed.

Even after hours of wild, rampant, animalistic, roar-inducing sex, the sight of his cock fascinated me. Even flaccid. Kaspian impressed. He was a shower. It was all there to see right off the bat. That overworked dick should have been red from all the abuse it had taken. Raw. Instead, it glistened and only blushed a little—taunting me. If Kaspian's cock had a voice, it would have been even more arrogant than his.

Excuse my bluntness, but my ass should have been hurting. Maybe it was the way Kas worked me open before going savage on me. Whatever it was, it worked. Thank God he found that small amount of control before he got in there. Not only was my ass ready for another round, but so was my dick. And everything else. I wanted to jump up, holler like a cowboy, then ride him like a bronco.

Instead, I groaned in disappointment and got up. “You're right. We need fuel before starting that again.”

I stretched and tried to ignore the way I felt drawn to Kaspian even with my eyes closed. Damn sex hormones. Or maybe it was something in his cum. Don't some animals excrete hormones during sex? Stuff to bind their partners to them? I don't know. Maybe I'm talking out of my ass. Ugh! I needed to stop thinking about my ass. And Kaspian. And Kas in my ass.

“I don't have much to eat here. I meant to go out for groceries after I got you settled.” I smirked at him. “But shit happens.”

Kaspian sat up and made a disgusted face at me. “Excuse me?”

I blinked. Processed what I had just said. Then laughed. “Yeah, I guess that's a gross saying.”

“You humans have a lot of sayings that include shit. What is your fascination with excrement?”

I snorted a laugh. “We aren't fascinated with excrement. It's just the word got used in a lot of ways. Someone says it a few times, it catches on, then, over the years, the culture changes but the sayings stay the same. Sometimes that means they don't make sense.”

“So, someone said 'shit happens' a long time ago and it was appropriate then?”

“Well, no. That one's pretty new. It just means that bad stuff happens and you deal with it. It's beyond your control. Shit happens. You get it?”

“Oh. Yes, I see. Shit equates to bad stuff.”

“Yes, unless something 'is the shit,' then it's good.”

“That makes no sense.”

“Yeah, English is confusing. Urban slang makes it even worse. We can talk about that shit later.”

“Would that be the good shit or the bad shit?” Kaspian drew up his knee, braced his arm on it, and smirked.

“I see what you did there. Nice one.” I pulled on my jeans, free-ballin' it, and then my shirt.

“Wait. You're leaving?” Kaspian stood up.

“Yeah. I gotta get us some food. I won't be long. There's a—”

Kaspian grabbed my wrist and pulled me back onto the bed. Rolling onto me, he said, “You can't go. Not yet.”

I took a deep breath to calm my racing heart. Just being that close to him got me excited. “Why not?”

“I . . . I have need of you again.”

“You said we should eat first.”

He scowled. “Yes, you need food. But I should be the one to obtain it.” He grimaced and rolled off of me to glare at the ceiling. “I don't like this!”

“Whoa. Easy, alpha. Tone it down.” I sat up. “You don't have to be the big provider right now. You just got plonked down on another planet. Let me take care of you. You've already helped me, remember?”

Kas didn't look assured. He sat up to face me. “I don't want you to leave.”

Oh. So, that was it. The big guy was scared and didn't want to admit it. He didn't want me to leave him by himself again. That was kind of adorable. Maybe those bonding hormones had worked both ways.

“Okay, I'll tell you what. I can order some food to be delivered.”

“You have people to bring you food?”

“No, I don't 'have people.' I have to pay a delivery charge for someone to pick up food from a restaurant and bring it here. It's not something I do a lot because it's expensive.” I got up and left the bedroom before he tried to stop me again.

“Where are you going?!” He shot after me.

“Relax. I'm just getting my phone.” I grabbed my phone out of my jacket, then went to sit on the couch. When I saw Kas coming to join me, I said, “You might want to put on some pants before sitting down.”

“Why?”

“This fabric isn't the most butt-friendly.”

“Butt-friendly?” He grinned and shook his head as he went back to the bedroom.

I enjoyed the view for a moment, then brought up my Doordash app. I was scrolling through restaurants when Kas sat down beside me. And went still. His stillness didn't sink in right away. Slowly, I realized that he wasn't saying anything. Then I noticed that he wasn't moving.

I looked over to find Kaspian gaping at the screen of my phone. The phone! Damn. I told him it was a communication device, but didn't explain that it could do a lot more than that.

“Shit!” I slapped my phone down onto my thigh. “I forgot to tell you about cellphones. See?” I pointed at him. “I knew you weren't ready for this.”

Kaspian blinked and looked up at me. “I thought this was a far-speaking device?”

“It is. It's called a cellphone. Don't ask me to explain the name. We say that necessity is the mother of invention and we needed a way to communicate with others over any distance. Thus, the cellphone was born. Then technology advanced, as it does, and now you can use it to connect to the Internet.”

“The Internet,” Kaspian tested the words.

“Here we go,” I muttered and flipped the phone over. “All right, Dragon. Prepare yourself to be astounded.” I let out a heavy breath. “Let's see. Where do I start? I guess we should start with the Internet itself. We discovered a way to store information in machines called computers.”

“Machines to replace books?”

“Yes, basically.”

“Why?”

“The machines we make can store vast amounts of data. Imagine entire libraries stored in a little piece of metal.”

“Impossible.”

“At first, yes. Computers used to be massive. But then technology—”

“Advanced,” he interrupted.

“Yes. We developed more powerful machines. And now, thousands of books’ worth of data can be stored on something the size of my finger.”

“No. That can't be.”

“Oh, yes, it is. And then we figured out how to link the machines through wires. Then we did away with the wires. These days, machines can link through invisible signals.”

“Is this your vengeance upon me for shocking you with my dragon form?”

“My vengeance?” I laughed. “No, babe. I'm not upset about that.” I looked at my phone, then back at him. “Okay, let me try to explain this again. The machines that store information are powerful, but there's a lot of information these days. So, they're still huge. Your average person can't house a computer like that. So, instead, there are only a few of those massive machines, but everyone has access to them through much smaller machines that can link to them. Like cellphones. I can connect to those huge machines and find any information I want through this device.” I tapped the phone. “Look. This is an app for me to read books.” I opened the book I was in the middle of reading. “You see? I got this from a larger machine and everyone else in the world can do the same thing.”

“Everyone on your planet can read the same book at once?”

“In a way. Yeah.” I laughed. “I've never thought about it like that. But yes. And that's just the start. We do most everything through our machines now.”

“Science.”

“Yes.”

“Science seems more and more like magic to me.”

“Maybe magic is just science that someone hasn't figured out yet.”

Kaspian scowled at that. “No. Magic is magic. It is the power of the elements.”

“You mean like harnessed lightning?” I lifted a brow at him.

“You told me that science is not magic. Now, you say it is?”

“No. Sorry.” I waved as if I could wipe our conversation away. “I'm going off on a tangent and confusing you. Look.” I held out my phone and went back to the Doordash screen. “This is a list of restaurants. You have restaurants, right?”

He grimaced at me.

“I'll take that as a yes.” I scrolled down. “We can order food from any of them or even more than one. Look. If I tap the name of the restaurant, I can see their menu.”

“There are pictures of the food they offer?” Kaspian leaned in. “How extraordinary.”

“A lot better than a written description, huh?”

“Yes.” He tapped a picture of a noodle dish from the local Thai place. Then he scowled when the view changed to a larger image of the dish.

“This the item's page.” I scrolled down. “You see? It's noodles with a spicy peanut sauce, vegetables, and your choice of meat. Do you like spicy food?”

“Not particularly.”

“But you're a Dragon.”

“What does that have to do with it?”

“Nothing. It was just a joke. Hot is a level of spiciness to describe food and it also describes fire, so . . .” I lifted my brows, but he just stared at me. “I think you're getting hangry.”

“We need to eat soon.” His big hand went to his crotch and squeezed.

I blinked. “Wow. You're blunt. And really horny, huh? Are you always like this?”

“Are you not inclined?” He leaned back, stretched his arms across the back of the couch, and stared at me.

I looked him over. Couldn't be helped when he posed like that. “Oh, I'm inclined. Very inclined. I'm just surprised that you are.”

“Order the food, Demetrius.”

“Met.”

“Met.” Kaspian lowered his stare, then lifted it again. “I don't think that name suits you.”

I almost told him he could call me whatever he wanted, but I didn't want to be that guy, that soon. It felt a little clingy.

“It's just a nickname. I don't like my full name.”

“Why not? It sounds . . . prestigious.”

“Maybe that's why.” I looked back at the phone. “What tastes do you like? Do you like exotic flavors or do you keep things simple?”

“Simple?”

“Meat and potatoes, that sort of thing.”

“I do like meat.”

I swiveled my stare at him. He grinned at me.

I snorted. “All right. I'm just going to pick something American. Basic. Burgers and fries. Everyone likes burgers.” I went to the Nancy Joe's tab and ordered us some cheeseburgers. Then, I looked over at him. “I know you like sweets. Should I order dessert?”

“Of course.”

I chuckled and ordered a six-pack of Crumbl cookies. “There. Should be like half an hour or so.”

“Then we have time.” He unbuttoned his jeans. “I want you to suck my cock.”

“Nope.” I got up. “Not after you've been fucking me for hours.”

Kaspian's smirk faded. “What?”

“I don't do ass-to-mouth.” I held a hand out to him. “Come on. Let's take a shower.”

“Then you will suck my shaft?”

I snorted. “Yes, Dragon-man, then I'll suck your shaft until your eyes roll back into your head.”

He grunted and stood up without taking my hand. “We shall see.”