Chapter 278: Welcome Home, Silas *

The hallway blurred into a soft, hazy distance as they moved together, the air thick with a shared, humming tension that had been simmering since they stepped back onto Earth’s soil. The laughter died down, replaced by the heavy, rhythmic sound of three hearts beating in a synchronized, hungry cadence.

They moved through the estate, their steps silent and soft as they entered one of the suites of the estate. When the door to the suite finally clicked shut, the silence was absolute, sipping through the atmosphere, flowing through them like a lingering Cupid’s touch, and then it was shattered.

Silas didn’t even have time to lean against the wood before Chloe’s arms were around his neck, her body pressing into his with a desperate, sudden heat. She kissed him with a hunger that tasted of relief and longing, her tongue parting his lips in a frantic search for the warmth she’d missed during the void’s cold embrace. Silas groaned, his hands sliding down her back to pull her hips flush against him, the friction of their clothes a torturous barrier.

Anna didn’t wait for the kiss to end. She stepped in close, her golden eyes molten, her hands sliding up Silas’s chest to pull his shirt open. She didn’t go for his lips; instead, she buried her face in the crook of his neck, inhaling his scent with a soft, shuddering moan that vibrated against his skin.

"I missed you," she whispered, her breath a scorching brand against his collarbone. "I missed this... I missed you."

Silas’s head fell back, his eyes closing as he felt the duality of them- Chloe’s sharp, desperate passion at his lips and Anna’s soft, possessive warmth at his throat. He felt like he was drowning in them, and for the first time in days, he didn’t want to be saved.

He broke the kiss with Chloe, his breath hitching, and guided her down.

They hit the plush carpet in a tangle of limbs and soft gasps. Silas moved with a fluid, predatory grace, his hands sliding under Chloe’s clothes, finding the silk of her skin. He pushed her back, his mouth trailing a path of fire from her jaw to the valley of her breasts, his tongue tasting the salt and sweetness of her skin.

Chloe arched her back, her fingers tangling in his pink hair, her voice a broken whisper. "Silas... please..."

He didn’t make her wait. He slid her panties aside, his fingers finding her already slick, already aching for him. He dipped his head, his tongue finding her clit in one sure, devastating stroke. Chloe’s scream was muffled against her own arm, her hips bucking wildly as he worked her, his tongue circling, flicking, and plunging deep into her heat.

While Chloe was lost in a haze of pleasure, Anna moved.

She sank to her knees between Silas’s legs, her movements methodical and slow, like a priestess preparing an altar. She didn’t rush. She watched his face, her golden eyes tracking every flicker of pleasure, every hitch in his breath. Her hands reached out, gently guiding his trousers down, releasing his cock into the cool air.

It sprang free, thick and pulsing, the tip already glistening.

Anna didn’t hesitate. She leaned in, her lips wrapping around the head of his cock with a soft, wet suction that made Silas’s entire body stiffen.

"God..." he gasped, his fingers digging into the carpet.

Anna didn’t stop. She took him deeper, her throat opening with a practiced, effortless grace. She was a goddess of the infirmary, and right now, she was treating him to a recovery that no medicine could provide. She swallowed him to the root, her throat rippling around him, her tongue dancing against the underside of his shaft with a precision that bordered on cruel.

Silas was caught in a crossfire of ecstasy. Below him, Chloe was writhing, her breath coming in short, sharp gasps as he continued to drive her toward the edge with his mouth. Above him, Anna was a vacuum of heat, her throat tight and welcoming, her eyes looking up at him with a predatory, loving hunger.

He felt the pressure building, a tidal wave of pleasure crashing from both ends of his body. He reached down, his hand finding Anna’s head, his fingers gently guiding her as she dove deeper, her nose pressing into his pelvis, her throat convulsing around him.

"Anna... Chloe..."

He pulled back from Chloe just as she shattered, her body seizing in a violent, silent orgasm that left her shaking and breathless. The moment she collapsed, Silas gave in to the pull of Anna’s mouth.

He thrust upward, one last, desperate surge, and spilled into her throat with a guttural groan. Anna didn’t pull away. She held him, swallowing every drop, her throat working rhythmically until he was completely spent.

As the silence returned to the room, Silas lay back on the carpet, his chest heaving, flanked by the two women who looked at him not as a hero or a contractor, but as their entire world.

"Welcome home, Silas," Anna whispered, licking her lips with a slow, satisfied smile.

They lay tangled together on the plush carpet for a long moment, the only sounds the soft, uneven rhythm of their breathing and the distant hush of the estate settling around them.

Silas’s chest rose and fell beneath the weight of both women- Chloe curled against his right side, still trembling faintly, her cheek pressed to his shoulder; Anna draped over his left, her golden eyes half-lidded, one hand tracing idle circles across the bare skin of his stomach.

The air in the suite was thick with the mingled scents of sweat, sex, and the faint residual ozone that still clung to their clothes from the void. Outside the tall windows, the night was deep and quiet, the grounds of the estate silvered by moonlight.

Silas turned his head and pressed a slow kiss to Chloe’s temple. Her white hair was damp at the roots, strands stuck to her forehead. She made a soft sound of contentment and nuzzled closer, her fingers sliding down his chest until they brushed the soft, spent length of him.

Even after everything, the lightest touch made him twitch.

"You’re still hard," she murmured, voice husky from screaming. A small, wicked smile curved her lips. "Or getting hard again."