Viviana's Gift

Oded reached up and stroked her boob tenderly, then gave it a meaningful squeeze. "Once again, my radiant queen, challenge accepted." In one fluid motion, he pulled her close and rolled over on top of her, then pulled his knees forward and sat up to examine her laid out before him. Reaching down to fondle her boobs as he rhythmically moved inside her, he said, "That's one."

Viviana shrugged dismissively, despite enjoying the feelings he was giving her. "I suppose. But surely we can do better than that. After all, the gods are watching."

Before he could respond, she whipped her leg up across his chest and shoved him onto his back, using momentum to seesaw herself up on top of him, then quickly twisted and tucked her legs while manipulating his with her hands. When she was done, she had one of his legs pulled up and clutched to her chest while she straddled it with her feet tucked along one of his sides and under his opposite leg, in a kind of girl-on-top scissors position. She cast a triumphant look over her shoulder at his astonished expression.

"That's two," she said, "and you're still inside me." Then she started riding him aggressively at the novel angle she had created, rubbing her tits and tummy against his leg as she moved.

"Merciful gods, what did you send this woman to do to me!"

Viviana laughed euphorically, not only at Oded's flattering cry to the gods, but because of the glorious sensations she continued to feel as they made love bathed in the light of the gods. She never wanted it to end.

For a long time it didn't. She lost count of their positions as the analytical part of her brain gave way to the erotic tide overwhelming it. She only knew that they reached quite a respectable number, and that it might very well be possible that one or two of them had never before been performed in the history of human sex. Being immersed in their resplendent supernatural state made for some superhuman sexual achievements.

Not once did they break their physical connection.

Now they lay on their sides, Oded spooning her, their skin glistening with sweat, their bodies still joined.

"Didn't slip out once," he murmured proudly in her ear.

"Then we can thank the gods for the extra couple of inches they saw fit to equip you with." She was happy to stroke his male ego as she felt so much pleasure.

"I don't think I can take much more," he admitted. "Even now, lying still, it feels so good being inside you, I'm going to come soon."

Viviana lifted her leg over his hip and turned her head to give him a warm smile. "Then take me with you," she said, gently guiding his hand down to where she was warm and slick from their love making. "Whatever happens, it's time to find out what the gods have in store for us."

Slowly at first, Oded started moving in her with short strokes while he made small circles around her clit with his finger. Gradually, he increased his thrusts, faster and deeper, and his fingers stepped up their skilful dance with her pleasure bud. He rolled onto his back, pulling her onto her back on top of him.

Surrendering herself, she spread her legs wide and reached her arms up and wove her fingers into his hair, enjoying the feeling of being unabashedly spread open, fully exposed to the sight of the gods.

Oded's attention to her clit was masterful. It was as if he could feel her sensations himself and knew exactly the rhythm to follow. Added to his ministrations was the delightful angle of penetration their position provided. With him thrusting up at her from below, his cock hit her G-spot like an arrow hitting at bullseye — again and again and again. It was all too much.

"Now, Oded my love, now!"

It was all she could say before her breath caught as the wave crested and washed over her. It felt glorious. Every muscle in her body tensed and then released in electrifying spasms like no orgasm she had experienced before. It was as if her muscles were shouting their praises for their regeneration. As the spasms subsided, a second wave hit and her breath escaped her accompanied by a robust cry of pleasure.

It was at that moment she felt herself suddenly lifted off the bed by Oded's taut ass muscles as he rammed himself deep inside her. He roared his gratification as he exploded inside Viviana, filling her with his hot, healing come. She flexed her pelvis, squeezing his cock, relishing his gift as she delivered her own.

Then, like a sinking sunset, their bodies descended to the soft mattress and melted into a state of relaxed immobility. Heavy panting gave way to slower breaths, tense muscles softened into butter, and the sharp intensity of awareness faded into a blurred torpor. The warmth that flowed through Viviana felt like being a baby swaddled in its mother's arms. Oded's gentle moan told her he was feeling the same warmth.

Even the sudden banging against their floor from below, followed by a shout of "Are you quite done now!" had no effect on the divine warmth, eliciting not even the tiniest twitch from a single muscle from either of them.

The seconds passed in silence. Or was it minutes? Hours? Viviana couldn't feel time anymore. All she knew was that she was still alive and she could feel Oded's chest rising and falling beneath her.

She opened her eyes.

"The light is fading."

"Yes," he said.

"We are both still here."

A heartbeat. Another. "Yes."

Viviana closed her eyes and let the warmth swallow her into unconsciousness.

**********

The brightness filling the room was nothing like the shimmering illumination of the gods' light, but it was an uplifting morning light nonetheless.

Viviana shifted her body slowly, testing each movement, not sure what to expect. The first thing she noticed was what she didn't feel — no sharp pains, no debilitating aches, no inhibiting weakness. Her body responded with the energy and vigour of youth.

A joyous squeal escaped her lips, waking Oded lying next to her. She watched him go through the same process of testing his body's response and delighted in the implications of his beaming smile. Impulsively, she planted a kiss on his beautiful smiling mouth and he responded enthusiastically.

When they broke from the kiss, she squealed playfully again and declared, "We are healed!"

"The gods are good and generous," Oded exclaimed in response.

A sudden pang struck Viviana's heart, incongruous with her delight, confusing her ... until she remembered.

"Yes," she agreed, with dampened enthusiasm. "I am grateful for their gift, for answering my prayers. I am strong again, like I was before. The gods are good and generous, as you say, I believe that with all my heart ... but ..."

Oded ran his finger tenderly across her lips, where her bright smile had faded into a frown. "But they are also exacting," he finished for her.

She looked into his eyes. "You dreamt as well?"

"Yes."

"Where?"

"North."

Viviana looked away, her eyes tearing. "Mine is west."

They lay side by side in silence, absorbing the truth of their shared reality. That night, in her deep, healing sleep, she had dreamt of a man not much older than Oded, so much life left ahead of him, yet soon to have it stolen away by a failing heart. A young man in need of divine healing, as Oded had been just the night before. But it was not Oded. The gods were reminding her that she was their chosen instrument, as was Oded. They belonged to the gods, not to each other, no matter how much she now wanted that.

Shifting to face him, she took Oded's hand, kissed it, then clutched it to her cheek. She wanted so badly to place it on her breast, to feel it squeeze her soft mound and make her nipple hard, to in turn stir his hardness and take him inside her again.

But she knew that was not meant to happen. This was not their time. Not yet. And Oded knew it too. He wrapped his arms around her and held her tightly, letting her weep against his chest.

They refused to rush, even if their dawdling vexed the gods. They had been given so little time together, they were in no hurry to part. They held each other for a long time, not arousing each other, but simply cherishing the touch of their naked bodies pressed together.

Then, slowly, they washed, dressed and went to the inn for breakfast, rekindling the first pleasures of their shared company when they met the evening before.

As the morning passed, heightened emotions settled, and Viviana was able to feel the gods within her again, guiding her with intangible sensations and impressions of things she just ... knew. This time it was a very strong feeling, practically a vision, about something that she liked so much she was apprehensive about speaking it aloud to Oded. But she had to.

"Oded, I feel that the gods have placed a promise in my heart, but I'm afraid that it may only be my own desires clouding my interpretations."

They were waiting together for her carriage, which would arrive in minutes. When it did, Viviana would board it alone, and it would begin the first journey that would put untold miles between them.

"I feel, with certainty," she continued, "that the gods are telling me I will see you again, we will be together again."

Oded smiled at her revelation, but there was a hint of sadness in it. "You do know what that means, don't you?"

"Yes," Viviana admitted. "It means that the healings I will be asked to channel for the gods will have the same detrimental effects on me as before. On both of us. But if it means we will be brought together again ..."

Oded touched her cheek tenderly. "I feel their promise too. And I for one don't care how much pain I may suffer if I know that it will be you who takes it all away, if I know that I will see you again, make love to you again ... if I know that day will come, I can bear anything with joy."

Viviana let the warmth of the love she felt settle into her, the love that poured over her from Oded and from the gods. It was enough then to know he felt the same promise of their meeting again. She knew it would happen.

She didn't need to also voice the second vision that filled her mind — a clear picture of the two of them cuddled together on a simple couch in a small, unadorned home. Their home. Their ministries completed. Their lives given back to them, to in turn be given to each other and no one else. Was it a vision from the gods or just her own wish? It didn't matter, not right now. Right now, it was enough to be healed and to be given another chance to help others, to continue the ministry she loved. And to know it would bring her back into Oded's arms again someday.

It was enough to look forward to.

She grinned impishly, visualizing their reunion.

As the carriage rounded the corner, she had one last thought to leave him with.

"When we meet again, Oded, I expect you to bring a dazzling set of new moves," she told him in a sultry voice. "Now that I've had a taste of what we can do in the light, I'm coming back prepared. You best be ready for what I'm going to do to you."

"Viviana, my love, the next time we join in the light, I promise you, we will make the gods blush."