Page 27 of Where the Shadows Land (Garden of Hope #1)

“That’s better,” Astoria cooed. She took their upper shaft into her mouth and moaned.

She sucked their top cock and stroked the bottom one in perfect synchronicity.

More and more of them slipped into her mouth until the capped head hit the back of her throat.

She gagged around them and Mairuk jolted.

One of her small fingers reached their kastae and slipped inside.

It stretched around her finger, fitting to its length, and Mairuk’s breath stilled.

Their kastae sucked and vibrated around her finger, and with each stroke of her hands or pull of her lips, it moved.

Astoria’s mouth was wet and tight, her cheeks hollowed out to increase the suction.

The subtle texture of the roof of her mouth, the small ring at the back of her throat they kept pressing against, all of it was new and brought them to new heights.

She pushed her head down further and Mairuk’s top shaft slipped into her throat.

She gagged and her throat clenched around the head of their cock.

Every fiber of their body throbbed, and they whimpered.

Astoria locked her gaze on theirs and worked them deeper into her soft throat.

Her eyes dilated and a deep pink blush painted her cheeks.

More than of half their upper shaft vanished into her mouth.

She bobbed her head up and down, each deep thrust punctuated by a gag that melted Mairuk’s mind.

She added another finger into their kastae, and they forgot how to breathe.

The pressure in their shafts rose with each stroke of her squeezing fist and wet throat.

Their moans grew more frequent, along with deeper growls as they clutched on to every ounce of control they had.

“Your mouth is heavenly but we need to be in your pussy.” Mairuk fisted her fiery hair and pulled to lift her off of their cock.

Astoria made a sound that could have been a growl and settled into place, sucking harder.

Mairuk shuddered under her and their entire body went tight.

She ceased her sucking right before they reached their breaking point, their olctae falling from her mouth with a wet pop.

Drool and their arousal dripped from the corners of her lips.

Her green eyes were wide and dazed. She ran her tongue under the rim of the cap at the head of their cock and curled her finger inside their kastae .

Mairuk nearly spilled, but held back by pure will alone.

“You taste so good. Are you sure I can’t keep sucking you?” Astoria asked, her breath hot on their cock.

A string of curses consumed Mairuk’s thoughts. In truth, they didn’t know how safe it was to root in her throat. Humans could only breathe from their mouth and nose. “Do you want our release in your throat or in your pretty pussy?”

Their kastae released her finger, and the loss of something to squeeze ached.

Astoria hummed and climbed up their body.

Her red hair fell over her shoulders and tickled their chest. She positioned her hips over theirs and reached for their upper shaft.

Lining them up with her entrance, she looked up at them from under her lashes.

“Are you going to take both my holes again, or are you going to stretch me with both cocks in one?”

Mairuk’s gills ruffled with the image she painted for them and their fingers dug into her thighs. “Can you take both like that?”

“I want to try.” Astoria licked her lips.

Mairuk’s twin shafts wrapped around each other, the small, thin fibers that rooted them before release now tethered their two lengths into one and vibrated. Astoria aimed their bound cocks at her opening and slowly sank her hips down over theirs.

Both of them were so wet with need that Astoria’s depths swallowed their cocks in only a few moments.

They moaned in unison when she settled and gravity pushed her further down.

As soon as she was in range, their kastae found the small nub between her lower lips and latched on, keeping her close.

Astoria gasped and her eyes popped wide open.

An unintelligible scream fell from her lips and her inner walls pulsed around them as she came.

Her pussy squeezed their cocks so tight it ached.

The hot rush of her come spilled over their lengths and added more slip.

She could not pull back far with their kastae sucking her in, so she bounced up and down in shallow thrusts.

Each downward thrust sent them deeper inside her until their hips met.

Astoria’s hands laid flat against their chest and her head fell back.

Sunlight played with the dips and rolls of her body, and Mairuk had never seen anything so beautiful in all their days.

Soft and plump, there was more than enough of her to grab.

To hold and worship in their hands. She shined in the golden light, lost to the pleasure.

Mairuk squeezed her plush hips and thrust up into her. They relished in the sound of her sharp moans and the way her eyes rolled back into her head. “You are so beautiful when you are stuffed full of our cocks. Look how well you’re taking us.”

“So full,” Astoria gasped and dug her nails into Mairuk’s chest. Her hips rocked into theirs in slow circles, matching the pace of her rapid, shallow pants.

Mairuk guided her hips up and down, lifting her just high enough to pull on their kastae and making them both moan before tugging her all the way back down.

The sound of the breath whooshing from her lungs as they filled her quickly became one of the best sounds Mairuk ever heard.

They kept a steady pace and the threads tethering their shafts slowly expanded and took root in her walls.

The vibration of their shafts rooting inside Astoria’s over stuffed cunt was so strong it hummed through Mairuk’s entire body.

Astoria jolted over them and pushed her dull nails firm enough into their chest that their skin burned.

Spurred on by her pleasure filled cries, Mairuk continued to fuck her, slow and deep.

They lost themselves in the vibration of their roots and the soaking flutters of her cunt.

The heads of their shafts expanded, the rest of the threads finding purchase within her and locking in.

Mairuk growled and dug their fingers into her hips to keep her writhing body in place and they spilled deep within her.

Astoria followed them a moment later, her scream one of pure rapture .

Astoria collapsed onto their chest and both of them moaned at the tug the movement caused.

Mairuk took slow, deep breaths and ran their palms down her back in small, slow circles.

Each residual pulse of her pussy pulled more release from them, and the pair caught their breath together in the aftershocks.

Astoria smiled up at them. The effect they had on her was clear in her pale green eyes.

Perhaps it made them a twisted creature, but the sight brought them deep satisfaction.

She was under their influence and full of their release.

All of the Twelve who Made Mairuk recognized the burning pang of possession. Ours. She is ours.

Clutching her to their chest, they breathed slow and steady to help her come down.

Astoria followed their lead, matching her breath with theirs, and humming a soft, contented song.

When the roots eventually released her, they slowly pulled out.

Mairuk could not tear their eyes away from the bright pink spores that rushed out of her and covered their thighs and the sheets below them.

Astoria nuzzled into their chest. With their satiated human in her arms, naked and bathed in sunlight, they struggled to speak.

The warmth of spring sunshine warmed the dark, frozen places in their heart and brought life back to their world.

This contentment, this beauty, and bliss was what it meant to be alive.

Under Astoria’s bright green eyes, Mairuk felt their life begin again.

“Thank you, Mairuk,” Astoria said.

Mairuk tilted their cap. “For what, our vixen?”

“For saving me. For helping me find the light again, and for making me feel like this. Gods, I forgot how beautiful sunrises could be.” Astoria closed her eyes and turned to face the sunlight streaming in through the windows.

“All we have done is pleasure you,” Mairuk said.

“You’ve done far more than that.” Astoria sat up on her hip. “I keep thinking about what I would’ve wanted if my Fate and Damien’s swapped. Everything I would’ve hoped for on his behalf. Peace. Happiness. Pleasure. All the things I feel with you.”

“We are glad to bring you peace.” Mairuk cupped her face. “Our folk believe that life is a gift and those who have passed on would not want us to stagnate. Yet, we have.”

“No, you have not, you rebuilt. You made a home to honor those you lost, and it is beautiful. I stagnated and lost two years of my life to grief and darkness. I don’t want to go back to that.

It’s time for me to live again, to laugh, and to find meaning outside of who I believed I would be,” Astoria said.

“We will help you. It is hard to navigate the dark alone.” Mairuk sat up and pulled Astoria into their chest in an embrace. “You have reminded us of all we have forgotten and neglected. We have fallen into the same trap and remained frozen in the past.”

“It’s easy to do when you have lost so much.” Astoria settled into their hold. “I won’t run, and we’ll help each other remember what it means to live in the present.”

Mairuk kissed her softly and rested their forehead against hers, the strands of her hair tickling their gills. “To life.”

“To life.” Astoria returned the kiss with a soft hum.