important as my sexual preference from them indicated that I didn’t trust them.” He paused. “It was disloyal of me. You were just the physical indicator of my preference. I hurt them because I kept it secret. When you break a sacred law, you must offer yourself to the judgment of the brothers. Through the physical punishment we are drawn closer. It is a manifestation of the pain we have inflicted on each other. It was”—he struggled for a word—“intense. I’ll heal by tomorrow, though,” he added as if to justify the bruises. The power released him, but he was caught by the arms of the Master.
“Never again,” Alex whispered, kissing him on the lips. “Mine.” Dageus fought his attraction to the man with everything he was. He didn’t know why, but he felt like he would lose himself if he gave in to this man.
“No.” He gasped as Alex switched tactics and laid nipping, licking, bites to his neck instead. “Stop! I can’t think when you’re doing that!” Dageus moaned.
Alex caught his chin in his steady hands and proceeded to kiss him senseless. The kiss itself was a punishment. Hard. Demanding. His lips branded Dageus’s own with the strength of Alex’s will. Dageus was left gasping as his tongue was coaxed into a mating dance with the vampire’s. Sweet . His lips are so very sweet .
“I missed you so much,” Alex admitted against his lips. “My Kal, My Dageus. The name doesn’t matter. All that matters is that you’re here.” Dageus felt his heart expand at the words. He’d never had anyone speak to him like he was the center of their world. The power in that admission was a heady thing. Alex allowed Dageus to regain control of his arms, and they snaked their way into his hair. Alex smirked, but Dageus couldn’t work up the energy to care. He was lost in his vampire again.
Take me, Dageus thought feverishly. Please, take me like before.
* * * *
Alex caught the thought as it crossed his companion’s mind, followed by a barrage of images from the “dreams” Dageus had been having. Memories, really. Fantasies, definitely. Alex got hot thinking about the image of him making love on this very stage. He remembered the tight depths of Kal’s body as if it was yesterday. The love had shown in his eyes as Alex had taken him hard for the first time.
Kal and Alex’s cell phones went off simultaneously. Both pulled back from the embrace with a curse. Alex released Dageus completely from his power, and they flipped open their phones in unison.
“ Where the hell are you !?” Someone’s voice was audible from where Alex stood, the screech causing Dageus to wince and pull the cell away from his ear. Alex let him deal with the mess with the Ravyns and answered his own phone.
“Hello?” he asked softly, aware that his voice still held a faint note of desire.
“You took my Ravyn almost three hours early.” The voice on the other line was deadly.
Alex sighed. “Salvatore, so pleasant to hear from you,” he said sarcastically. “I took him early because you let some would-be hustler pick him up at my club, and I didn’t want him to have any distractions tonight when he dances.”
Alex said the half truth smoothly without a ripple of unease. Chess. Life was a game of strategy, and no one knew that better than the vampire.
“Your club?” Salvatore asked incredulously.
“Yes,” Alex murmured. “I own Daylight as well as several other properties in the city. You are surprised by this?”
Salvatore snorted. “And you just happened to be at the one club my Ravyns were visiting at the exact moment our Dageus decided to pick up a date?”
It was Alex’s turn to snort. “Think what you like. He’s at my theater. We’re starting his lessons. I’ll send him home when I’m finished with him. I trust your other Ravyns are fit to guard you until then?” He heard a murmur of inaudible voices as an almost silent argument was happening on the other end of the phone. Alex smiled.
“Never again,” Alex whispered, kissing him on the lips. “Mine.” Dageus fought his attraction to the man with everything he was. He didn’t know why, but he felt like he would lose himself if he gave in to this man.
“No.” He gasped as Alex switched tactics and laid nipping, licking, bites to his neck instead. “Stop! I can’t think when you’re doing that!” Dageus moaned.
Alex caught his chin in his steady hands and proceeded to kiss him senseless. The kiss itself was a punishment. Hard. Demanding. His lips branded Dageus’s own with the strength of Alex’s will. Dageus was left gasping as his tongue was coaxed into a mating dance with the vampire’s. Sweet . His lips are so very sweet .
“I missed you so much,” Alex admitted against his lips. “My Kal, My Dageus. The name doesn’t matter. All that matters is that you’re here.” Dageus felt his heart expand at the words. He’d never had anyone speak to him like he was the center of their world. The power in that admission was a heady thing. Alex allowed Dageus to regain control of his arms, and they snaked their way into his hair. Alex smirked, but Dageus couldn’t work up the energy to care. He was lost in his vampire again.
Take me, Dageus thought feverishly. Please, take me like before.
* * * *
Alex caught the thought as it crossed his companion’s mind, followed by a barrage of images from the “dreams” Dageus had been having. Memories, really. Fantasies, definitely. Alex got hot thinking about the image of him making love on this very stage. He remembered the tight depths of Kal’s body as if it was yesterday. The love had shown in his eyes as Alex had taken him hard for the first time.
Kal and Alex’s cell phones went off simultaneously. Both pulled back from the embrace with a curse. Alex released Dageus completely from his power, and they flipped open their phones in unison.
“ Where the hell are you !?” Someone’s voice was audible from where Alex stood, the screech causing Dageus to wince and pull the cell away from his ear. Alex let him deal with the mess with the Ravyns and answered his own phone.
“Hello?” he asked softly, aware that his voice still held a faint note of desire.
“You took my Ravyn almost three hours early.” The voice on the other line was deadly.
Alex sighed. “Salvatore, so pleasant to hear from you,” he said sarcastically. “I took him early because you let some would-be hustler pick him up at my club, and I didn’t want him to have any distractions tonight when he dances.”
Alex said the half truth smoothly without a ripple of unease. Chess. Life was a game of strategy, and no one knew that better than the vampire.
“Your club?” Salvatore asked incredulously.
“Yes,” Alex murmured. “I own Daylight as well as several other properties in the city. You are surprised by this?”
Salvatore snorted. “And you just happened to be at the one club my Ravyns were visiting at the exact moment our Dageus decided to pick up a date?”
It was Alex’s turn to snort. “Think what you like. He’s at my theater. We’re starting his lessons. I’ll send him home when I’m finished with him. I trust your other Ravyns are fit to guard you until then?” He heard a murmur of inaudible voices as an almost silent argument was happening on the other end of the phone. Alex smiled.
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