His words weren’t exactly a grand declaration, but his eyes were doing the intense, never look away thing again where he saw all Rob, all the time. The colors in his eyes were becoming clearer to me every day and I still hated to look away. The more I stared into those eyes, the longer I just wanted to keep staring.
I was right and he was wrong? That sounded like a shot to me. A chance for us. As the guy who’d take a mile when given an inch, I could definitely work with that.
Orion Lennox wanted a piece of this. Well, he’d already had several pieces. And he wanted more. I couldn’t even tease him or pretend to feel differently.
“Cool,” I said. “Come on back here, man. Let’s get intimate.”
His energy flowed over me as his arms wrapped around my shoulders.
I had tried not to think about my feelings too much or the fast-approaching expiration date between our partnership. If one single perfect minute of pleasure was the most you could hope for, it was better to enjoy the fuck out of that minute than waste it regretting all the hours you’d never get.
But lately when we’d been doing this, I couldn’t help myself. I started wondering if each time was the last time I’d ever feel this, the last time an incubus and I would blend sex and magic so beautifully. Even if I found another incubus, would it be the same, would he compare or even hold a candle to Orion Lennox?
This sexy, rugged incubus was a million fantasies come true. But the reality of him was also pretty damn appealing. Especially now that I had a shot of holding onto him.
Maybe the end wouldn’t be the end. The end of Lex and his knife happy friend, absolutely. Not the end of us.
Orion held my face in both hands and kissed me so slowly. He opened the connection between us so we could recharge.
I let Orion in and let him feed from me. Instead of pushing my feelings away or trying to focus on anything else, I let them in. I let in the possibility of more.
The hope made me dizzy.
Romance is like that, right? Feeling lightheaded, breath catching as his tongue slides along every inch of my mouth. Emotions, man, they were one of the best highs ever.
Damn, this was some intense shit.
My limbs were getting heavy. When I cracked open my eyes, spots danced there. Wrapped up in the bliss of him and magic, it all felt like a happy dreamy fog, but it seemed…. I thought… even breathing took more effort. This wasn’t just feelings making me feel this way.
Something’s wrong.
Swirls of blue energy flowed from me into him. Everything seemed dimmer than before, the weak blue barely tinted with color.
His energy was the opposite. That burgundy red kept getting brighter and richer, pulsing with so much life, pulsing withmylife? The connection was only traveling in one direction, my energy flowing into him. None came back into me.
“Hey, uh.” I parted our lips, voice thready and weak. “Sharing is caring.”
"Mmm."Orion heard me speak, but I couldn’t tell if he registered the words or not.
"Orion, hey man, what’s going on?”
So unlike himself, Orion was a man possessed. He didn’t even seem to hear me anymore.
The stars that we always formed above us when doing magic looked so right here in the tasteful club with an astronomer’s name and subtle décor elements that spoke to constellations and the night sky. I stared up and watched the stars vanishing in droves, like someone took an eraser to the sky above.
The fight in me was fading fast. How the hell would I stop this?
The answer came to me. Summoning all the strength I had left, I pushed my magic out to the right place.
A familiar buzzing quack filled the air. The duck caller.
Everything went dark. I heard someone calling my name from far away. Then the darkness swallowed me up and I heard nothing at all.
14.Faults and Stars
Rob
Worst. Hangover. Ever.
