She opened her eyes. He had come closer. He was just a couple of feet from her, stroking his dick as he watched her. She took a breath and watched for a second. She didn’t think she had seen anything more beautiful in her life.

“What? Don’t you think that this is what I’d be doing if I’d caught sight of you doing this in the next-door house? I can guarantee that I’d be doing this. I’d try to prolong it as long as possible, so I can see you touch your pussy. Are you going to? I want to see you show me how wet you are right now.”

Heat shook through her as she widened her already open legs. Then she used her fingers to open herself to him, knowing there was no way he wouldn’t be able to see how wet she was, even in this light.

He took a shuddering breath as he watched her. “I want to see you come. Make yourself come for me, baby.”

Her heart jumped and a fire lit inside her. She pulled herself more firmly onto the stone and used both hands on herself. One hand stroked her clitoris, slowly to start, and then faster. Spikes of white heat flashed around her body as her muscles melted against the stone. She pushed two fingers up inside her as she continued to stroke, letting him watch her thrust her fingers in and out. In and out. In seconds she felt herself climb that wave, cresting until her orgasm racked through her body.

Before she’d even stopped shuddering, he was on his knees in front of her, his whole mouth around her, sucking, and tonguing her into another wave. His teeth grazed her already sensitive clitoris as his tongue pushed into her. The overwhelming sensation pushed her into another climax, sharper and shorter this time. She gasped for air, but he gave her no time to relax. He pulled her onto her feet and bent her over the rock. He slid into her immediately, groaning as he filled her.

“Yes,” she panted. “Yes, more.” She wanted him to lose control, she wanted to feel that power. Her breasts grazed the cool stone as he fucked her. Thrusting into her hard and fast. She tried to use her muscles to grip him, but he was too strong. Too firm in his movements.

His breathing ratcheted up a notch. “You’re unbelievab—” he started to say. He gasped out her name as he came, pushing as far into her as he could get.

Molly pushed herself up from the stone, and stretched her back, arching it and then flattening it again, aware that as she did it she was providing extra friction on his dick. He groaned. “You’re some kind of sorceress. I’ve never met anyone like you.” His hands stilled her, and she eased around, allowing him to withdraw.

His eyes were intense, and she wanted to say something funny to relieve the tension, but instead he dipped his head to kiss her. He tasted of sweat and of her. He pulled her to him and kissed her hard, his tongue demanding and controlling, sending shivers through her body. She moaned against his mouth and pressed herself against him. He pulled her into a hug, and nuzzled her neck.

This was the real deal, she was sure of it. And she wasn’t going to let him go.

But she also wasn’t going to let him be blamed for anything she’d gotten herself into.

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Come here,” he said lazily, watching her look for her clothes in the dim light. He had redressed, well his pants at least, and she was looking adorably perplexed.

“I was wearing underwear, wasn’t I?” she asked, eyes still on the ground.

“They were very pretty. Now come here.”

She stopped looking and shucked on her sundress, unfortunately. She still looked like heaven to him.

Molly came over and made as if to sit next to him, but he pulled her onto his lap. It was like his rational mind had been totally clouded by her presence. He should be thinking about trekking out of Athens on foot, by night. Every moment he was here with her, he lost time they needed for their escape. But this temple and Molly had cast a spell so deep that he couldn’t bring himself to move. Not when she was so close. Not when she was nestled so perfectly in his arms. In a temple.

“We haven’t offended anyone by…I don’t know…” he started.

“Desecrating the temple?” she asked, with a smile in her voice.

“Yes. I didn’t think about it until now.” He said. He had enough black marks in his book, he didn’t want to add eternal hellfire. Although, no shit, it had been totally worth it.

“No. There are so few worshippers of the ancient gods now. They do exist, but not in vast numbers. Besides which, Hephaestus was the husband of Aphrodite, so I suspect he wouldn’t be too shocked.”

He loved that she talked about the gods as if they were real, but he guessed it was her work. Why wouldn’t it be real to her?

“I’m sure if anyone knew I’d been sitting on that rock, they’d bar me from the country, but I totally justified it in my head because I was naked. No buttons, zippers, or anything else that could damage or scratch it.” She paused. “Yeah, I’m not sure they would care about that. I’d still be banned.”

He smiled in the darkness. “Totally worth it though, right?”

“Totally.”

There was silence as he stroked her back, her skin like silk beneath his hand. “Do you believe in the ancient Greek gods?” he asked.

He felt her shrug under his arm. “Who am I to dismiss a religion that hundreds of thousands of people bought into? I’ve seen evidence of so many different religions all over the world, and they’re not that different. Just people finding meaning in nature, creating rules for themselves that benefit society. They believed in their gods so strongly that they spent generations creating temples to worship them. The temple we visited...God, was it yesterday? The day before? It feels like a week ago. The temple to Olympian Zeus? Took six hundred years to build. That’s got to indicate a fairly firm belief system. I respect all religions.”

“So if I told you I was a Jedi?”

“I would tell you that all the empirical evidence points to it being a solid belief system.” He felt her shake with laughter against him. “But would I have to convert in order to marry you?”

He wanted to laugh, but he stayed silent. Make her squirm. “Um, yeah, err, about that.”

She pulled herself up. “Oh God, I was joking. It was a joke. I was just… oh God.” She buried her face in her hands.

He let her off, and laughed.

“Were you messing with me?” she squealed, hitting his stomach with her tiny fists. He grabbed them and pulled her back to him.

“Maybe.” He said, enjoying the feeling of normality.

“You’re awful.” She wriggled against him, as if she were trying to find the most comfortable spot.

“Yes I am.” He leaned back and tried to relax. But all he could think about was the time they were wasting there. Time they should have been fleeing the city. The truth was, he didn’t see an easy way out of this mess. He always had a plan. Always. The military had drilled into him all the possible responses to any situation he could find himself in. And his SERE training would have served him well in this urban setting. Being able to navigate based on the direction TV satellite dishes were pointing, moving in concentric circles, avoiding straight streets, knowing the obvious place to go to for a fast extraction.

But none of his training had accounted for him being a private citizen, being caught up in Molly’s blowback espionage, and being hunted by virtually every security force in the city. Even possibly the US government, given he just busted the nose of a diplomat.

But even though every thinking brain cell was yelling at him to leave, every breathing cell of his body was telling him to stay right here, with this woman in his arms. It was a fight that kept him awake, even when he felt Molly drift off.

A boom echoed across the city, and the last remnants of the sound rolled into the temple, bringing David to his senses. He woke Molly up and shifted her to the ground so he could get up.