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Mercy had a different definition to vampires, apparently. Cai started thrusting again, but he paced himself, making Rand ride that edge of pain from his injuries while building him up to a mind-boggling arousal. Cai was taking Rand toward orgasm, but at his own pace, until Rand was held away from it by little more than a breath. If this was shortening things, an actual full health fuck with a vampire might be life-threatening.
Cai teased him, spoke to him in that low, sensual voice, saying things that Rand should have ignored, shouldn't have affected him at all. But his body responded to the words as much as he did to the fucking. The male had a way with words, and a substantial cock, and he knew what to do with both. He could wield the latter like a damn blunt instrument or a precision tool. A power tool, for damn sure.
Cai's additional chuckle made Rand's ears burn. Fuck, he needed to remember the vampire was in his head.
"Think any thought you wish, wolf," Cai said, covering his body, dropping his hand on the ground behind Rand's braced elbow. "It makes me want you more. I want to feel you come, take me over by squeezing me with that incredible ass of yours."
Sure, he could just do it on command. Right. Cai's long fingers wrapped around Rand's cock, his breath hot on Rand's nape. "When I give you an order, wolf, you better listen."
Before Rand could retaliate for that, he was shoved off the edge. In three deft strokes, Rand's body convulsed, no matter that he tried to suppress the reaction. Cai was relentless, driving him, fucking him, uttering a grunt of male satisfaction as Rand spurted, his seed bathing his belly and chest.
It had been so long for a reason...it was incredible, so incredible, that feeling of pure physical pleasure. He could ride it; he wouldn't fall off as long as he focused on that, and not on what rode parallel to it, things of the broken heart and shattered soul. If it intersected, if they touched, he might be lost forever in that abyss.
You stay right here with me, wolf. Just a good fuck. Simple and straight forward. Cai's mind voice was strained, telling Rand how close he was, too. No different than taking down a good meal, feeding on blood or flesh well-earned...
He could do that. He could. Yet he shuddered when Cai released inside him, his quiet groans and the clutch of his hands on Rand's hips reminding him of how deep a pleasure it was, taking a lover over that cliff, sharing that ride together.
Yet when they finished, Rand remembered that wasn't what they were. "Just sex" could be a great ride, but it was also a poisoned double-edged sword in the aftermath.
As he got his breath back, Rand felt that deep-seated physical need and anxiety to be wolf return. He needed to get away from the surge of feelings trying to break loose inside him. He wasn't a coward. He could face the flood, but he didn't want to face it in front of a stranger.
"Try to stay on two legs for a bit," Cai advised, sliding free and running a hand down his back, nonplusing Rand when he considerately eased him to his side, steadying him. "It really will help you get to a hundred percent faster. Think of it this way. Your hope to be rid of me can happen that much more quickly."
He'd overlooked Rand's more personal, desperate thoughts. Rand wasn't naive. The vampire wasn't being kind. He just didn't want to be bogged down in Rand's baggage. Rand told himself he preferred Cai to be apathetic, but it didn't help him feel better about it. Or himself, for letting the sex overwhelm him, sweep him away.
"I could be rid of you now," Rand said, more tartly than intended. He rolled away and stood up. "There's no reason for you to nurse me. I'm in no danger of dying from my wounds now."
Damn it, he'd been close enough to see the light at the end of the tunnel, and he was totally fine with it being a train, obliterating him. Why had the vampire interfered with that?
"You've had your fuck. Why do you care if I live or die?"
Cai shrugged, seemingly unoffended. "Because I've only begun to tap your fine ass, and it's a long trip to the nearest town for that. There's wooing and courtship, buying drinks and pretending to be human to get close to my prey. I'm lazy. You're here and available."
Rand wanted to snap at him, but he realized he was swaying on his feet. Cai was up and at his side. Before Rand could shove him away, the vampire had maneuvered him over to a tree and eased him to a seated position against it.
"Okay, you're maybe eighty or ninety percent, except for right after sex. But in all fairness, sex with me can take a lot out of someone. And that was nowhere near my best work."
Cai squatted next to him and stroked a lock of Rand's hair back from his face. Rand twitched back, but the vampire merely followed, continuing the caress. The guy really didn't take a hint. Baring his teeth, Rand knocked away his hand with his forearm.
"If you want a fuck toy for a couple days, I can live with that. We can scratch the mutual itch. But you won't touch me as a lover would. You'll have to tie me up to do that kind of shit."
Cai's gaze gleamed. "Terms accepted."
Rand looked away. Cai's hand rested on his arm, and this time he didn't have the strength to push him away, especially when he could close his eyes and imagine Dylef's hand. The stroke of it over his face, his hair, his chest. Dylef, his beta wolf, curled under his arm, his limbs sprawled over Rand as they slept. "You take up so much of the bed, you're like a one-man litter of puppies."
In the morning, Dylef had often woken first, bringing Rand coffee, and stroking him awake. Sometimes with mouth and hands, enjoying Rand's morning erection and leading to pleasure for both of them.
But sometimes he did it just like this, touching Rand's face, his hair. Dylef had loved his hair. He brushed it for Rand some days, braided it when Rand was going to work in the fields of their small farm. Or was headed out to supplement their income by mowing highway right-of-way.
A thickness was in Rand's throat. He pressed into the touch, curled his hand around Dylef's wrist to hold his palm there against his face, absorbing it, wishing, wishing so damn hard...
He jerked back, letting Cai go. Cai opened his hand in a simple "peace" type gesture, though his expression was unreadable. Sure, the bastard could jump in his head and read his thoughts, but he wasn't as closed to Rand as he might think he was. To the wolf side, the vampire smelled...curious. The mix of emotions there were odd, a hard-to-decipher reaction to Rand's thoughts.
"You need to eat some more. And sleep." The vampire rose and moved back toward the camp supplies, returning with another cup of broth and more of the rabbit, which he'd ripped into chunks and put on a plate. He set both by Rand.
Rand lifted his head. Cai had relocated their camp during Rand's phasing in and out of consciousness. They were closer to some of the trails used by deep woods hikers, though still far enough from them that any such travelers posed no concerns.
But the wind now brought Rand the scent of a human on those trails, alone. A lone hiker, probably.
It was of passing interest to him, but catching it from his mind, Cai's eyes lit. "Seems my dinner is also ready. You're good luck. Haven't had one of those in a few weeks. I'll be back. Don't run off. It will just piss me off."
Rand grunted, swallowing a mouthful of rabbit. "If I prove to be too much trouble, you'll just give up and go into town to get what you need."
"Don't underestimate my stubbornness. Vampires don't like to be defied and we'll pretty much go to the ends of the earth to prove that point."
"Did someone knock out one of your fangs for being such a bastard? Is that why one's fake?"
"They felt threatened by my overabundance of charm and good looks. Jealousy is an ugly thing."
Rand rolled his eyes. But he was arguing to be contrary. He didn't intend to leave the camp while Cai was gone. The sex and the struggle had taken a lot out of him. The vampire was right. He needed to give the wounds time to heal.
"That a boy. Live to self-destruct another day."
"You call me boy, ever, and that will happen sooner than later. I'll stake you, and get it right this time."
"It's an expression, wolf." Cai chuckled. "You really need to get back out in the human world."
"Yeah. I'll put that on my list right after having my testicles gnawed off by a badger."
Cai's lips curved, showing appreciation. "Humans aren't my favorite company, either. But fortunately, my food doesn't talk long." He picked up his shirt and pulled it on. Buckled the belt he'd left loose, though he'd fastened and zipped the jeans. It was an appealing view that Rand didn't deny himself, but a thought tickled his mind, an uneasy one.
"You compel them to silence when you feed off them?"
"That's one way of looking at it." Cai was moving away. Rand shoved himself to a straighter position.
"You're going to kill the hiker?"
"Yeah. He won't feel anything bad." Cai stopped and lifted a brow. "No different than me killing that rabbit for you. Don't be a hypocrite."
