“Was still a risk.” As punishment, Austin nipped Kage’s ear.
“Fuck!” Kage took a deep breath. “Even if someone did see us,
they’d likely think we had used the stair access to the rooftop pool. Humans
have this wonderful ability—the ability to talk themselves out of believing
what they saw.”
“Still, better to be safe than sorry. We’ll actually take the
stair access this time.”
“Of course, mate.” Kage led Austin slide down his body.
Once Austin was standing, he grabbed Kage’s hand and started
pulling him toward the pool steps. Once they were out of the water, Austin made
a beeline toward the access door, dripping every step of the way while dragging
Kage along with him.
“What about your night pants?”
“Leave them. They aren’t going anywhere.” Austin was a man on
a mission and didn’t have time to waste.
He typed in the code, the door unlocked, and yanked Kage in
after him. The stairwell had two exits: the master bedroom and the kitchen.
Austin used the code to open the door to their bedroom and practically jerked
Kage inside.
There were times when he wanted to make sweet love with Kage.
Then there were times he wanted a good, hard fucking. This time was falling
into the latter category.
Stopping in the middle the room, he released Kage’s hand then
started peeling Kage out of those wet night pants. The material clung to Kage.
Honestly? He didn’t blame it. Kage had a banging body.
Still, they had to go. He finally managed to wrestle them off
and strode into the bathroom with them like the conquering hero he was.
Dropping the soggy mass in the bathtub, he grabbed the lube
and returned to the bedroom to see Kage sprawled out on the bed stroking his
cock. What an image his mate presented, but it wasn’t quite right. Not yet.
“Change,” Austin demanded.
He treasured Kage’s human facade as much as his daemon form,
and he made love to both equally, but right now he wanted Kage as he truly was.
The black veins raced across Kage’s skin, bringing his natural
color to the forefront. His was black—all daemons were either shades of gray or
black. It helped them blend into the shadows.
Some of his kind had wings, like Kage did. Others didn’t. His
resembled those of a bat and were large. Some had tails, but Kage didn’t. But
they all had one thing in common though—command of the shadows.
Kage grinned, showing off his fangs. Horns grew from his
forehead, and his claws sprouted from his fingertips. Sitting forward, his huge
wings unfolded, and his body grew. If Kage stood, he’d dwarf Austin now.
Austin swallowed. The creature in his bed was the sexiest
thing he’d ever seen. “You take my breath away. Every damn time.”
“Oddly enough, I could say the same about you.” In a move that
was too graceful to put into words, Kage went from reclining like an ancient
god to prowling across the bed toward Austin like some sort of apex predator.
Those horns. The wings. And fangs. Had he mentioned the fangs?
Austin shivered. Oh yeah, fangs, baby.
Apparently sexy and intimidating are my triggers.
Good to know, babe.
Kage slid to his feet and stalked forward.
Austin backed up, his heart racing. Yup, sexy and intimidating were definitely
his triggers.
Austin’s back hit the wall, and Kage
spun him around. His hands flew up, hitting the wall, and he dropped the lube.
It made a muffled sound as it fell to the floor.
One of Kage’s hand landed on the
back of Austin’s head, pushing it down. Fuck, that was hot, making him hang his
head down between his shoulders.
He had the perfect view of his hard
cock sticking out from his body. Kage then kicked Austin’s feet farther apart. He
could just image how he looked, braced against the wall and spread out.
“You dropped the lube,” Kage
muttered, pressing against Austin’s body. “Shame on you.”
“What are you going to do about
it?” Austin taunted.
“Daring me, are you? Really,
you should know me better by now,” Kage said, throwing Austin’s words back at
him.
