“Wow,” Julien said as he blinked into the now empty space. “Thatisfucking handy.”
“That was Lake, the warper wizard I told you about,” Emory said as he walked to Julien. “Are you okay?”
“I’m fine. Just more determined to find out exactly what’s going on.”
“Then we’ll leave you to that. The three of us will cover the grounds outside. And we’ll be taking shifts during the night.” He turned toward the others. “I’ll take the first shift, and just so you know, I’ll be sleeping with Julien when it’s your turns.”
Neither preternatural looked surprised by this announcement, but Bain grinned. “Another one down.”
“Yes,” Emory said. “And damned happy about it.”
“Of course you are.” Bain turned those oddly slitted eyes to Julien. “Welcome to the family.” He winked and stepped outside with Alaric.
“Family?” Julien asked Emory as soon as they were alone again.
“I’ve grown rather close to my coworkers. Two of them are actually best friends, so yes, if you’re staying with me after all this, you’ll be joining a rather big and nosy family.”
“Then I guess I will be because I’m definitelystaying with you after all this.” Julien leaned forward and pressed his lips to Emory’s. “You’re stuck with me,” he whispered. “And just so you understand, your days of being footloose and fancy free are over. I don’t share.”
Emory cupped his face and stared deeply into his eyes. “Julien, I want no one else, and I never will again.”
Chapter Twenty-One
Emory
That night after Emory’s shift, he crawled into bed with Julien, who was dead to the world. Emory slept for a few hours, then woke to find Julien wrapped completely around him face to face, his legs all tangled with his. He was also still fast asleep. He slept quietly with the exception of the occasional small snore.
It was cute.
But the way he felt snuggled into Emory was anything but cute. In fact, the deep feeling of rightness filled with Emory with joy. It was like a flush of warmth throughout his whole body. He belonged to Julien, and Julien belonged to him. Again Emory thought about how wrong he’d been about this soulmate thing. Completely and utterly wrong. Nothing had ever filled him with so much hope and happiness. He felt complete in a way he hadn’t realized he’d been missing.
He stared at Julien’s slack face as desire built inside his body. The man was gorgeous when that sharp mind was awake, but there was something wonderfully soft about him asleep. His possessive hold on Emory turned that desire into aching need.His dick was rock hard, and he couldn’t help rubbing it against Julien, who immediately opened his eyes.
The lines around his eyes crinkled in a smile. “Someone’s all the way awake already.”
“I was just waiting for you to join the party.”
“Not into somnophilia?”
“I like my partners fully awake and aware. Are you awake, Julien?”
He tightened his arms. “Fully,” he quipped with a quirk of his lips. “And there’s something I want, so I have to leave you briefly. Stay right here and touch yourself.” He pulled away and sat up to swing his legs off the bed before glancing over his shoulder. “But don’t come. I have plans for that erection.”
Emory stretched onto his back, his hand around the base of his cock. He liked the way Julien’s eyes narrowed, the way his nostrils flared. “Better hurry,” he breathed as he began to stroke himself.
Julien shot out of the room into the adjoining bathroom.
Seeing that big, highly controlled man move so fast made Emory release a soft chuckle. But soon anticipation had him breathing harder and stroking himself a little faster. He knew exactly what Julien wanted and why he’d left the room. In moments, he’d be sinking into that gorgeous body. Fuck, he hoped Julien liked it. Emory did enjoy bottoming, but he liked topping slightly more. Though having Julien inside him had been more than he’d expected. He’d known then that this would be no dalliance, that this was something bigger than that.
Julien strolled back into the room completely naked and didn’t even pause. He just kept coming and climbed on top of Emory, resting his entire body along his.
“You feel so good against me. I’ll never get enough of you.” He rubbed himself against Emory, dipping his head down to kissEmory’s neck. “I want you to fuck me. It’s all I’ve been thinking about.”
“Not everyone likes that, and if you don’t, I want you to tell me. There are many things we can do if it turns out to be something you don’t prefer.”
“I have no doubt I’ll love it. I’m not new to ass play.”
“You’ve been fucked before?”
