~excerpt from Shadow's Embrace, book #2 in the Daemons of San DeLain series
DOWNTOWN WAS a hideous snarl of traffic, as usual,
but that was San DeLain for you. They made their way toward the street
nicknamed Millionaire’s Row by the rest of the country.
As luck would have it,
they found a parking spot right in front of the shop called House of Novak, a
clothing store owned by Cain, one of Kage’s daemons.
“We need to stop by,”
Austin said, joining Kage on the sidewalk.
“But I thought you
hated shopping for clothes. Besides, we’re furniture shopping.”
“I know, but if we
don’t stop, Cain will get his feelings hurt,” Austin said, walking toward the
shop. “Especially if he sees us. We can’t just walk by his shop and not
stop.”
Before Kage could come
up with a response, the door to House of Novak swung open, and Cain stood in
the doorway, waving.
Austin hurried toward
the other man, Kage following closely behind. He didn’t know Cain very well,
but he liked him.
Maybe that was because
Cain had been so nice when Austin had wandered into the shop. He’d been looking
for clothes for a date with Kage, and Cain had made Austin feel welcomed in his
shop. It was only later Austin found out who Cain was.
Cain offered them
refreshments, and while they sipped their wine, Cain talked Austin into trying
on some new casual shirts he’d gotten in. After a lot of back and forth, Austin
gave in.
Which was why Kage was sprawled
in an overstuff leather chair, glass in hand, while Austin modeled the shirts.
Those dark eyes of
Kage’s trailed over Austin’s body, lingering at certain places. Ever since
their conversation earlier about getting fucked through the mattress, Austin
had been half hard.
He wanted Kage’s ass.
Kage licked his lips,
and Austin’s blood started to boil. Just a look was enough to turn him on, especially
when his eyes turned completely black for a few seconds.
The temptation to drag
Kage into the dressing room and do dirty things to that ass of his was almost
more than Austin could resist. No one should look so intimidating and sexy at
the same time. Austin wanted to see if he could change that look on Kage’s face
to one of need. To desperation. He took a step toward Kage.
Cain cleared his
throat.
Austin jumped.
Seriously, his feet left the floor. Good grief, he’d been so engrossed in imagining
his mate in sexy positions, he’d forgotten Cain was there. Like, right next to
him. Heat flooded his face.
Cain, in turn, was
fanning his face. “Whoa. The pheromones in here… wow. Should I, um, close the
shop? Maybe leave too? Elder, what do you want me to do?”
Austin covered his face
with his hands. “Good Lord. No, no that’s not necessary. Jesus.” Where was a
hole in the ground when he needed one?
And he was not
going to think about the word ‘hole’ in that sentence. He was not some horny
teenager.
“Thank you, Cain, but
that won’t be necessary. But could we have a moment, please? No need to close
the shop, though. It’s just…. If Austin gets any redder, he may go up in
flames.”
Austin, who was still
has hiding behind his hands, flipped Kage the bird.
Laughing, Cain made his
way up front.
Austin lowered his
hands. “Well, that was embarrassing.”
Kage sat his glass down,
rose to his feet, and stepped toward Austin. “Our desire for each other is
never embarrassing.”
“Hey! I didn’t say it
was!” Austin wrapped his arms around Kage. He pressed a quick kiss to Kage’s
lips. “I meant forgetting where I was while fantasizing jumping you was
embarrassing.”
“Say the word, and I
can have us in our bed in a matter of seconds.”
“You are so tempting
me. But no. Tonight. I swear to God, we can last until tonight. We got things
to do today.” Although he was struggling to remember why those things needed to
be done.
Kage buried his nose in
Austin’s hair and breathed deeply. “If that’s what you want.”
Right now what he
wanted was for his hard cock to do down. And having Kage breathing in his scent
wasn’t helping matters, especially since Austin knew Kage could smell how needy
he was.
Austin patted Kage on
the ass—might as well since he planned to do more to it later on—and moved out of
Kage’s arms.
Kage returned to his
seat, and Austin tried to think unsexy thoughts so his cock would go down.
