I woke to the sensation of someone watching me.
My eyes snapped open, instincts honed over a thousand years kicking in immediately. For a split second, I expected enemies – Michael's angels, demon hunters, something worse.
Instead, I found Melissa propped up on one elbow, studying me with a mixture of fascination and disbelief.
"Morning," she said softly. "Sleep well?"
I relaxed, letting out a breath I didn't know I'd been holding. "Better than I have in centuries, actually. You?"
"Best sleep of my life." She smiled, then bit her lip. "I keep thinking I dreamed the whole thing. That I'm going to wake up and you'll be gone, and I'll just be crazy Melissa who convinced herself she fucked an angel."
"Fallen angel," I corrected automatically, then caught her hand and placed it on my chest, right over where my wings had retracted. She could feel the raised scars there – the anchor points.
Her fingers traced the scars, and I felt that familiar tingle of energy transfer. Minimal, but present.
[Minor Energy Contact Detected]
[Insufficient for Fragment Recovery]
[Current Status: 2% Power - LOCKED]
[Note: Significant threshold reached. Further advancement requires major energy events]
I'd noticed it last night after we'd finished. My power had climbed rapidly during our session, but then hit a wall at 2%. The system had indicated that I'd need something more – either multiple sessions, or partners with higher essence values – to push past it.
But 2% of an angel's power was still considerable. I'd gone from barely able to walk to feeling almost normal. My body was fully healed, my strength restored to levels that would make me superhuman by mortal standards.
"What are you thinking about?" Melissa asked, still tracing patterns on my chest.
"How different I feel. Yesterday I could barely move. Now..." I sat up smoothly, no pain, no stiffness. "I feel alive again."
"Good." She moved closer, and I caught the scent of arousal mixing with her natural scent. "Because I was thinking..."
"Dangerous pastime," I teased.
"Shut up." She straddled my lap, wearing nothing but a mischievous smile. "I was thinking that you're still not fully recovered. And I took the day off work because I thought I'd be dealing with police or hospitals or something. So..."
I gripped her hips, feeling my cock already hardening beneath her. "So you want round two?"
"I want to see what you can do now you've regained your strength." Her hand slid down between us, wrapping around my hardening length. "Call it scientific curiosity."
[Target Arousal: Already Elevated]
[Morning sex opportunity detected]
[Recommendation: Fulfill request enthusiastically]
I didn't need the system to tell me twice.
"Scientific curiosity," I repeated, flipping us so she was beneath me, her surprised laugh turning into a gasp as I settled between her thighs. "Is that what we're calling it?"
"Among other things." She spread her legs wider, and I could see she was already wet. "Are you going to talk all morning, or are you going to fuck me?"
"I love a woman who knows what she wants."
I slid into her in one smooth thrust, both of us groaning at the sensation. She was still a bit swollen from last night's activities, the added tightness making it even better. But there was no pain in her expression – only pleasure.
"Oh fuck," she moaned, back arching. "You feel even bigger this morning."
"I have more control now." I demonstrated by rolling my hips in a way that made her see stars, hitting spots inside her with precision. "I can feel exactly what your body wants."
And I could. At 2% power, my senses were sharper, my connection to her pleasure more refined. I could read every microexpression, every catch in her breath, every flutter of her around me.
It was like having a cheat code to her body.
I started slow, deep thrusts that had her clutching the sheets. Morning light filtered through her curtains, illuminating her flushed skin, the way her breasts bounced with each movement, the blissed-out expression on her face.
"Harder," she demanded.
"Still greedy." But I complied, picking up the pace, driving into her with enough force to make the headboard knock against the wall. "Your neighbors are going to hate you."
"Let them," she gasped. "Let them hear how good you fuck me."
The dirty talk surprised me – she'd been more reserved last night, at least at first. But morning Melissa was apparently a different beast. Confident, demanding, unashamed.
I fucking loved it.
"You want them to hear?" I growled, hitching her leg higher over my hip to go deeper. "Want them to know there's a man in here making you scream?"
"Yes! God, yes – "
"Then scream for me." I reached between us, finding her clit and circling it with my thumb. "Let the whole building know who you belong to."
She came with a wail that definitely woke the neighbors, her walls clamping down on my length like a vice. I fucked her through it, prolonging her orgasm until she was shaking and babbling incoherently.
[Energy Transfer: Moderate]
[+3.0 Fragments]
[Note: Still insufficient for power threshold break]
[Current Total: 81.7/1000]
I pulled out before I could finish, ignoring her whimper of protest.
"On your knees," I commanded. "I want that pretty mouth."
She scrambled to comply, and fuck, the sight of her on her knees, looking up at me with swollen lips and eager eyes, was almost enough to make me come right there.
"Open," I instructed, and she did, tongue out, ready. "Good girl."
I slid into her mouth slowly, watching her lips stretch around my girth. She took me deeper than I expected, relaxing her throat, eyes watering but determined.
"Fuck, that's good," I groaned, one hand tangling in her hair. "You look so perfect like this. On your knees, mouth full of my cock."
She moaned around me, the vibration making my eyes cross. I started to move, gently at first, then with more force as she proved she could take it. Soon I was fucking her face properly, her spit making everything slick and messy.
"I'm going to come down your throat," I warned. "And you're going to swallow every drop."
She nodded as much as she could with my cock in her mouth, and that was all the permission I needed. I thrust deep and came hard, flooding her mouth with my cum. She swallowed, choked slightly, then swallowed again, taking it all.
When I pulled out, she gasped for air, looking up at me with watering eyes and a satisfied smile.
"Good?" I asked, helping her to her feet.
"So good." She stood barely. "But I'm going to need another shower."
"Join you in a minute. Need to test something first."