Livia, taken aback, shuddered and tried to sit up, but Triton wouldn’t allow it. His fingers, inexplicably nervous, poked and prodded her delicate skin as if pointing to the arrow marks left by Zagreus. Before she could fully grasp the situation, Livia held her tongue.

“Perhaps it would be best if you answered.”

Triton’s hands caressed Livia’s shoulders, trailing down her tense back. Sliding between her sunken spinal muscles, his hand stopped at the curve of her b*ttocks.

“Livia, quickly.”

“Death’s hand. I don’t know much either,” Livia exhaled sharply, blurting out the vague information.

“Is that so?”

His voice was skeptical, but he didn’t press further. Instead, he seemed to focus on Livia’s thin back and b*ttocks. As he gently rubbed the deep crevices around her navel, his fingertips crept towards the space between her full b*ttocks, splitting the soft flesh with a swipe of his fingers.

“Stop that…! Don’t do it!”

Biting her lower lip to stifle her increasing breathlessness, she couldn’t control the shivering in her lower body. Whether from just waking up or the aftereffects of their first time being overly aggressive in bed, her body lacked the strength to even move a finger. The reason might have been the excessively passionate s*x they had just shared.

For whatever reason, Triton’s hand continued to play with Livia’s shivering b*ttocks. He used his longest, thickest finger to swipe down between them.

“Hey, that’s enough. Stop it…!”

“Are you saying you can’t take it? Don’t you remember setting out to defeat me?” he whispered into her ear with a fierce tone, pressing his body against hers, causing her to shiver under his weight.

“Ow, it hurts! Don’t do that!”

The tender skin on her back prickled with cold chills as he grazed her with feather-light touches. Her pressed chest rose and fell rapidly, making her feel short of breath.

“Carrying such traces.”

When his lips reached Livia’s shoulder, his voice became darker, more sinister. A foreboding feeling, like something was about to happen, shot down her spine. In an instant, Triton’s mouth clamped onto her shoulder.

“Ow!”

His sharp teeth bit down, tearing into her flesh with a grating sound. The severe pain was almost like he was crushing her bone, prompting Livia to flail and push him away.

“Ow, it hurts! It hurts!”

Triton continued to bite her shoulder before slowly releasing his teeth. A distinct row of teeth marks was left on her small shoulder, much more prominent than the arrow marks left by others. Satisfied, he smiled and gently kissed the area where the skin was now flushed.

“Don’t cry, Livia. It’s your own fault. If you carry another god’s mark again, things won’t be as simple as this.”

He gently turned Livia onto her back, facing him. Her face twisted into a scowl as she glared at him, but he simply smiled serenely in response.

“Why do you keep handling my body at your own will…!”

“Nonsense. Livia, you’ve become mine since you challenged me. Your body, soul, thoughts, even your dreams—all are mine.”

Livia could barely believe her ears. No matter how much she tried to deny it, the words of the absolute god left her with a chilling premonition.

Triton affectionately brushed her pale cheeks. He held her lax hands, tapping the black wound on her wrist and whispered.

“Take out your golden dagger, Livia.”

His eyes, shimmering like sapphires, bore into Livia’s soul. He leaned in to kiss the rapid pulse at her neck, then allowed his tongue to dart to her tiny, cute n*pple before speaking.

“As I’ve been lenient so far, I won’t be anymore.”

His words implied that this night was far from over.

***

Livia tried to escape.

Golden dagger and revenge aside, doing that act again right now was impossible.

As she realized while passing out, in this state, she could barely keep her senses during s*x, let alone point a dagger at his heart. What good would it do if his heart turned bright red? She had no strength left to stab him!

Moreover, her body, already hypersensitive from the previous ordeal, responded excessively to Triton’s every touch. Livia never dreamed her body could be this vulnerable to stimulation. And while the Styx’s blessing protected her from pain, it proved useless against pleasure. How this could be was both confusing and bewildering.

And honestly, she was slightly worried whether last night had actually damaged her womanhood.

And now he wanted to do it again? …Was he insane?

In her current state, even one penetration would surely lead to complete exhaustion. Though she had died and come back to life several times, s*x was exhausting in a completely different way from death. Besides, hadn’t that lustful god continued thrusting even after she’d passed out!

Crazy god, crazy man!

She hastily tried to push him away and scoot backward on her b*ttocks, but her ankle was caught, and she slid right back to him.

“Ah, no…! That brutally big thing again…! Hngh…!”

Her legs, caught by Triton, were forcibly spread apart. The intimate area between her legs was fully exposed to his gaze. Livia’s face burned with shame as she struggled to break free from him, but it was futile.

“Such a pretty color, Livia.”

He licked his lips while staring at the space between Livia’s spread legs like a predator eyeing its prey. Between the plump, delicate folds of her womanhood, a pink opening pulsed. Though she didn’t want to react, her intimate area grew hot under his explicit gaze.

No, that can’t be.

Livia tensed her thighs, trying to ignore her body’s response. In response, Triton grabbed her ankles and pulled them closer, lifting them high. As her body was nearly folded in half, Livia let out a startled scream. But the surprises weren’t over.

“Ahh…! Wh-what…! Don’t!”

As if scolding her resistance, Triton bit the soft flesh of her inner thigh. Livia tensed her thighs in shock, but instead of closing, they spread even wider. The cursed Triton had already created water chains that were wrapped around both her ankles, pulling them apart.

“What are you, stop, hick, ugh! Ah, no…!”

As the panicking Livia tried desperately to cover her intimate parts with her hands, Triton, watching her, let out an amused chuckle. He lifted her waist and hips, then brought his mouth to the place she was desperately trying to hide.

“Hah…!”

Triton’s long, cool hair cascaded between Livia’s legs. The sight of his silver hair, shimmering like ocean waves, spilling over her most intimate place felt utterly surreal.

But even more dizzying was the feeling of Triton’s breath against a place she had never shown anyone. Livia desperately tried to keep her hands clasped together. Smirking at her futile efforts, he whispered in a secretive voice.

“Did you know? Sharks usually smell the female’s g*nitals before mating with them.”