trimester.” For a second, we both laughed. God that felt good.
“What about Devin?” I asked, propping myself up on an elbow, and trying not to reach down and stroke him again. “Doesn’t Poko need help with him?”
“I think,” Damon said with a sigh, “that Poko mostly needs help because he wants to make me feel needed. But, he said he’d need a day or two to help Devin back to some kind of health. He got this dust stuff all over him, and,” he paused for a second. “Look, I’d rather not think about it right now. Is that okay?”
I nodded and kissed his jaw.
“I’m just glad you’re home,” I said. “Husband.”
“Hmm?”
“Just trying it out,” I looked up at him, smiling. “It still doesn’t seem real sometimes, but...”
I squealed, when he pulled me on top of him.
“It is,” he said, kissing me. “It really is. How long are Hunter and Cat gonna be gone?”
He had a wicked, naughty grin.
“So, I guess, you’re not as tired as you look?” I asked, and kissed his neck, already feeling him swell underneath me.
“Tired I definitely am,” he said. “But, I’m not gonna waste this. Not a chance in the world.”
His sliding into me, his movement, his breath and his kisses; it was all enough to take me to the brink, and over, two, three more times. When we were both finally tired enough to keep our hands off each other, I ran a bath for Damon and helped him wash off the road, and the pain. I’d do anything I could to help him relax, because I knew it wasn’t going to last.
With us, it never did. Rest never came easy, and it never stayed.
So, like Damon said, I wasn’t gonna waste a second. Not one, single moment.
-11-
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P oko’s cave was, honestly, the last place I wanted to go. Not because I didn’t want to see Poko, but because it meant that reality was back.
Damon, Hunter, Cat and I, spent most of the last two days together. There was a lot of laughing, a lot of storytelling – mostly, Damon and Hunter trying to out-embarrass each other – and a whole lot beer. It doesn’t sound like much, but in our world, those little breaks from the other stuff that fills our time are a blessing.
We left Cat at the apartment she’d rented, when she decided to stop being her dad’s heir and start making her life on her own. She had work later on, which was good, because as badly as I didn’t want to see Devin, I’m sure she had even less interest.
“Is everything going to be okay?” I asked out loud, not really sure where the question was aimed.
Seeing as how neither of the boys answered, I’m guessing they were both just as uneasy about the whole thing as I was.
“It’ll work out,” Damon finally said, in his super-serious voice. “Things just kinda do for us, right?”
He said the words, but I could tell he wasn’t feeling them. I nodded anyway. And Hunter looked over at me, running his tongue along his bottom lip. He tilted his head toward the cave.
“So, this is where he lives?” Hunter asked.
Hunter got out of the Suburban and looked more than a little stunned.
“I can’t believe I’m going to meet the elder alpha of the pack, man. This is nuts. And he lives in a cave. This is all just...”
Damon slapped him on the back and half-laughed.
“It’ll be fine. He’s a little strange, and he talks to spirits that no one else can see, but he’s...”
Damon and I exchanged a quick glance.
“He’s certainly fascinating,” Damon said, with a grin. “But no, don’t worry about it. We’re about to go on one hell of a ride.”
He got really seriously, really quickly.
“Guys,” he said, and we both stopped dead in our tracks. “I need to warn you. I don’t know what’s going on out there, past what Devin and I came across.”
“I’ll kill the son of a bitch,” Hunter said. “He had to have something to do with you getting jumped, and for what he did to Cat, I’ll—”
Damon grabbed his friend’s shoulder.
“You
“What about Devin?” I asked, propping myself up on an elbow, and trying not to reach down and stroke him again. “Doesn’t Poko need help with him?”
“I think,” Damon said with a sigh, “that Poko mostly needs help because he wants to make me feel needed. But, he said he’d need a day or two to help Devin back to some kind of health. He got this dust stuff all over him, and,” he paused for a second. “Look, I’d rather not think about it right now. Is that okay?”
I nodded and kissed his jaw.
“I’m just glad you’re home,” I said. “Husband.”
“Hmm?”
“Just trying it out,” I looked up at him, smiling. “It still doesn’t seem real sometimes, but...”
I squealed, when he pulled me on top of him.
“It is,” he said, kissing me. “It really is. How long are Hunter and Cat gonna be gone?”
He had a wicked, naughty grin.
“So, I guess, you’re not as tired as you look?” I asked, and kissed his neck, already feeling him swell underneath me.
“Tired I definitely am,” he said. “But, I’m not gonna waste this. Not a chance in the world.”
His sliding into me, his movement, his breath and his kisses; it was all enough to take me to the brink, and over, two, three more times. When we were both finally tired enough to keep our hands off each other, I ran a bath for Damon and helped him wash off the road, and the pain. I’d do anything I could to help him relax, because I knew it wasn’t going to last.
With us, it never did. Rest never came easy, and it never stayed.
So, like Damon said, I wasn’t gonna waste a second. Not one, single moment.
-11-
––––––––
P oko’s cave was, honestly, the last place I wanted to go. Not because I didn’t want to see Poko, but because it meant that reality was back.
Damon, Hunter, Cat and I, spent most of the last two days together. There was a lot of laughing, a lot of storytelling – mostly, Damon and Hunter trying to out-embarrass each other – and a whole lot beer. It doesn’t sound like much, but in our world, those little breaks from the other stuff that fills our time are a blessing.
We left Cat at the apartment she’d rented, when she decided to stop being her dad’s heir and start making her life on her own. She had work later on, which was good, because as badly as I didn’t want to see Devin, I’m sure she had even less interest.
“Is everything going to be okay?” I asked out loud, not really sure where the question was aimed.
Seeing as how neither of the boys answered, I’m guessing they were both just as uneasy about the whole thing as I was.
“It’ll work out,” Damon finally said, in his super-serious voice. “Things just kinda do for us, right?”
He said the words, but I could tell he wasn’t feeling them. I nodded anyway. And Hunter looked over at me, running his tongue along his bottom lip. He tilted his head toward the cave.
“So, this is where he lives?” Hunter asked.
Hunter got out of the Suburban and looked more than a little stunned.
“I can’t believe I’m going to meet the elder alpha of the pack, man. This is nuts. And he lives in a cave. This is all just...”
Damon slapped him on the back and half-laughed.
“It’ll be fine. He’s a little strange, and he talks to spirits that no one else can see, but he’s...”
Damon and I exchanged a quick glance.
“He’s certainly fascinating,” Damon said, with a grin. “But no, don’t worry about it. We’re about to go on one hell of a ride.”
He got really seriously, really quickly.
“Guys,” he said, and we both stopped dead in our tracks. “I need to warn you. I don’t know what’s going on out there, past what Devin and I came across.”
“I’ll kill the son of a bitch,” Hunter said. “He had to have something to do with you getting jumped, and for what he did to Cat, I’ll—”
Damon grabbed his friend’s shoulder.
“You
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