Eros' Valentine

Excerpt:
Erato raised a brow as his gaze dropped briefly to observe the serving girl who took Eros’ hardened length into her mouth.

Grinning at his friend, Eros swept a hand before him in invitation. “Join me, Erato. There is plenty of this lovely for both of us to share.”

“Thank you, no, Eros. I’m good, but please, feel free. And I won’t be going below for the celebrations. Acantha and I have sinful plans of our own, this being our first Valentine’s Day together.”

Eros pushed himself deeper into the girl’s throat and let his eyes drift shut, enjoying the feel of her muscles contracting as she swallowed around his shaft. Opening his eyes again, he found Erato slowly shaking his head. “What bothers you, Erato?”

“I was just thinking how since Acantha, others don’t hold even the tiniest bit of temptation for me.”

“Yes, so I see.” Eros joined his friend in pondering that thought. “And I agree with you. ‘Tis a sad day when a man falls in love, Erato.”

Erato belted out a hearty laugh at that. “No, ‘tis a sad day when the god responsible for that emotion feels such as you do. Don’t you want to be in love, Eros?”

“By the gods, no! Are you crazy, Erato?”

“But how can you do what you do, be who you are and not believe in the most wonderful of all emotions?”

“Oh, I believe love exists. Of course, it does. I have a quiver full of golden arrows that will inflict the cursed emotion on whatever unfortunate mortal I choose. I simply don’t wish to be so afflicted.”

As the girl kneeling between his legs redoubled her efforts with both mouth and hands, Eros felt himself nearing completion. With one palm he pushed and held her head down over him, closed his eyes and came deep in her throat.

Opening his eyes again, Eros dismissed her with the flick of one wrist and then took another sip of wine, only to find his friend once again shaking his head.

“What now, Erato? What do I do that displeases you so? Is it the girl? You said you didn’t want her. I’ll gladly summon her again if you wish.”

“Do you not feel any emotion at all, Eros? Do you no longer feel passion for anything?”