Sweet Cry of Pleasure by Marie Medina

apologize or make excuses. She suspected the latter, so this encounter might turn out to be very entertaining.
    He ran his hands through his golden hair and smiled at her as he sat beside her on the grass. She tried not to laugh.
    “Hello, beautiful. Still angry with me?”
    She smiled politely. “Yes, but that shouldn’t surprise you.”
    “You seemed confused when you left. Or should I say when I pushed you away?”
    “I was. I didn’t understand what I’d hoped to get from you, and I didn’t understand your motives any better. I gained nothing.”
    “It’s not as complicated as you think, lovely lady. I wanted to fuck a girl who wouldn’t even look at me. I knew who she would fuck, then got myself into a bit of hot water. I was lucky she didn’t go straight to Zeus.”
    “Yes, your father might have been worse than Artemis. He can be quite a jerk himself, and he’s had his share of virgins, but he would have been protective of one so quiet and gentle, not to mention loved and protected by someone as powerful as Ares.”
    “You know, she’s very strong and bold. She’s quiet, yes. Very sweet and gentle, but there’s fire there too. She could take care of herself.”
    “And did she?”
    “I saw no weakness in her.”
    “She hides her emotions. She always has. It’s why people don’t understand her. They don’t know how to take her.”
    “Then that’s her fault. She should have stood up for herself.”
    Eris sighed. “That’s just it. She didn’t care about you. She didn’t want to keep you.”
    He seemed offended. “She kept coming back.”
    “She was lonely, and I’m sure you’re good in bed.”
    He smirked. “She had interesting tastes.”
    Eris waited a moment. Was he trying to goad her? Was he going to make something up? “Be careful what you say next.”
    “How do you know what I’m going to say? I just found it interesting. A very unique mix.” He smiled. “It’s nothing unusual.”
    “Just tell me. You obviously want to.”
    His smile broadened. “See, she’s a submissive. Completely so when she thought I was Ares. But then when I was me, she told me what to do.”
    “She changed to a dominant? That’s not so strange.”
    “No. Still submissive, but told me how to dominate her. How to do everything.”
    Eris was unimpressed. “You found that so unique? Lots of subs and doms go back and forth, give instructions. There is no magical formula or one true way for any of that stuff. What’s so unusual?”
    “I’m not explaining this right.”
    “No, you must not be.”
    “She made me a better dominant.”
    Eris nodded. “Okay, that makes more sense. So you liked that? Great for you.”
    Apollo frowned. “How could a virgin do that? Train someone in sex play?”
    “So that fascinated you?”
    “It did. She knew what she wanted, and she taught me how to give it to her. Even when she’d stay away for months, when she came back I knew just how to touch her.”
    Eris rolled her eyes. “I’m a little tired of your ego. Why are you here?”
    “I was complimenting her ability.”
    “And what else did you want from me today? Just an audience?”
    “I wanted to make sure you hadn’t changed your mind.”
    “About telling someone?”
    He nodded.
    “So you know what a bad thing you did?”
    “Maybe at the start, but we had some good sex. She went away satisfied.”
    “Until she found you with Aphrodite.”
    He groaned. “You can’t say you expected me to turn down the goddess of love?”
    “How did it happen?” She hoped what he told her would show that Aphrodite truly hadn’t known about Alala. She really didn’t feel like having another confrontation with the goddess, especially as she didn’t want her brother to get involved with her again in any way.
    “I was waiting for Alala. Getting myself ready for her.”
    “Jerking off?”
    “Getting ready. She sometimes liked to be fucked right away. She’d be very wet when she arrived.”
    Eris ignored his lewd