Free Arcadian Nights by Marie Medina

shoulders for a moment, but he soon
moved his hands lower to tease her nipples.
    “ Are you one of my
brother’s servants?”
    “ Yes. But I’m here because
I want to be. I’ve always admired you.” He slid into the hot tub
and moved his hands up her thighs, his fingers eager to tease her.
“Tell me how to please you.” He lowered his head to kiss and suck
her left nipple.
    She sighed as he pulled her bathing
suit away. His fingers moved over her clit with skill, and then he
moved two of them inside her. She gasped. This young mortal was
good, very good. She could easily lose herself with him for hours.
He held her close, his fingers working inside her as his thumb
teased and stroked her clit. He lavished more attention on her
breasts. His teeth raked over her nipple, and she bucked against
him.
    But all she could think of was the way
Hermes had held her. She stared up at the ceiling, remembering how
he had touched her. Above all she remembered how he had looked at
her. Scott felt amazing against her, and she sensed herself on the
verge of coming. She stayed there though, right on the edge. The
pleasure overwhelmed her, yet she didn’t come.
    Scott kissed her neck, repositioning.
“Are you with me? Tell me what you want me to do. I’ll do
anything.”
    “ I’m sorry. I can’t.” She
paused and tried to smile. “It’s not you.”
    “ You don’t want me.” He
backed away. “Are you sure?” He moved his hand back to her pussy,
touching her clit lightly. “Let me try. Let me make love to
you.”
    “ Any other time, I’d be
very pleased, but there’s too much on my mind.”
    Scott sighed and looked away. He tried
to smile. “It’s okay. He said you were trying to get over someone.
He didn’t say you were in love.”
    She shook her head. “I’m not trying to
get over anyone, and I’m not in love. That isn’t it.”
    He laughed. “With all due respect, I
know how good I am. I turned you on. Only one man will satisfy you,
it seems.”
    “ I’m just not in the mood.
You’re very good, but I’m simply too tense to come.”
    He held his hands up to show
surrender. “I won’t argue with you. I’ll leave you to everything
you have on your mind.” He shook his head and smiled sadly. “Guess
I’ll have to keep fantasizing.”
    She watched him walk away. She wasn’t
too worried about his feelings being hurt because if he served
Ares, he’d most likely had many partners since coming to Olympus.
It had been weeks since she’d sent Damon away. After about three
days of endless sexual games with him, she’d lost her craving for
him and his skills. That was when it had all started. After she’d
sent him away, she’d been up all night thinking of Hermes. Now
she’d turned away a handsome man who had wanted her and who
would’ve been more than able to please her. For what?
    She didn’t know the answer to that
question, even though so many others thought they did. She now
suspected Ares had done this on purpose to goad her, not help her.
Yet she couldn’t be angry with him. It made her more determined to
be sure of knowing her own mind the next time she saw Hermes. As
far as her heart went, she wasn’t sure she trusted it at all
anymore. The longing that continued to grow within it seemed more
like a threat than a promise. She wasn’t going to let it or the
Fates make a fool of her.
    * * * *
    Eris stopped when she saw Lachesis in
the garden. She’d wanted to be alone with her thoughts, but now it
looked like she’d be going off on an errand.
    Lachesis looked up and smiled as she
pushed her long blonde hair out of her face. “Come sit by
me.”
    Eris sat down, not sure what to
expect.
    “ I only want to talk. We
have no task for you today.”
    “ What do you want to talk
about?” What if she told her she had to stop seeing Hermes? They
might have other plans for one or both of them. She didn’t want to
think that way, but she couldn’t help feeling uneasy.
    “ How are you?”
    “ How am