Episode 21

Gavril

I stayed buried deep inside her until my legs started to cramp and I rolled off, falling into the bed with her, our breathing harsh and the only sound in her bedroom. I couldn’t do that again if I tried, not right now anyway. I felt, well, I felt at peace for a few moments.

Then reality started to set in, and I realized what I had done, what I had said in the heat of the moment. I had called her by her real name.

Why didn’t I feel immediate anger?

Why the fuck did it feel right?

I didn’t know how long I lay there next to her, but when she whimpered, I sat up, my entire body feeling as if it had been hit by a train.

Naomi didn’t say anything as I walked to the bathroom, as I did every time after our sexual interludes and cleaned myself up, splashing water on my face to calm the fuck down. My blood was still roaring through my veins and I needed a drink, but my body was sated.

Far more sated than I had expected it to be, and it was because of what that woman did to me without eve