I don’t know how long we carried on, losing ourselves in that pleasure, that heat. Only that it was nearly dawn when I awoke from a dreamless sleep, realizing we’d both drifted off at some point in the night.
I was already hard for her again, and about to rouse her for one more kiss, one more moment of bliss, when I sensed a visitor lingering outside the cabin, too nervous to knock on the door.
Not bothering to dress, I crept from the bed and opened the door, leaning against the threshold. Our guest’s eyes widened as his gaze trailed down to my cock, and I laughed heartily.
It wasn’t every day a vampire could catch Death off guard.
Twenty-Six
Gray
A chilly breeze drifted in from the front of the cabin, stirring me awake.
Darius stood in the doorway laughing, his bare backside tempting in the soft glow of the fire’s remaining embers.
“Here to join us, Mr. Colebrook?” Darius teased. “If so, I suggest you consider alternate clothing options.”
Mr. Colebrook?
“Liam!” I bolted up in bed, a smile stretched across my face.
Liam cleared his throat. “I am here to… I was… I’m simply… Yes. I’m very sorry for the intrusion, as I can see you’re quite occupied.”
“Occupied,” Darius said, his tone still teasing. He was enjoying this.
“Busy,” Liam stammered. “Very busy. I must speak with you both, rather urgently, but perhaps I’ll just give you a moment to—”
“Welcome back, Liam.” I stood beside Darius in the doorway, the bed sheet wrapped around my body, my sex-hair a wild mess, and grinned.
“Gray!” His eyes lit up when he saw me, then darkened with the same desirous haze I’d seen on the beach. “You’re looking… well.”
He was blushing again, but I probably was, too. Thoughts of our day on the beach flooded my mind, and a tiny electric current raced down my spine.
“Your heart rate has gone a bit erratic, love,” Darius said, touching the back of my neck. “And your blood is…” Darius inhaled deeply, then looked at me, back to Liam, and back to me again.
His full lips parted in a broad, all-knowing smirk. “Well now. Thisisan interesting development. Would either of you care to elaborate?”
Liam remained silent. I bit my lip and shook my head, trying not to smile.
Darius quirked an eyebrow at my silence, but that only made me laugh.
“What happens in the realm stays in the realm, right, D?”
Liam cleared his throat again, still slightly flustered. “If you wouldn’t mind putting on pants, vampire…”
“Well,Iwouldn’t mind,” Darius said, “But Gray might. She prefers me pantsless. Don’t you, love?” He folded his arms across his chest, his eyes sparkling with laughter.
I cracked up that. He had a point.
I looked between the two men—my vampire and my… well, my Liam—my heart warm and full. Darius and I had gotten so much closer since that first night at Black Ruby, and though I’d only gotten a glimpse at Liam’s bottomless depths, I sensed it was the beginning of something very special between us. Betweenallof us. Liam, Darius, Ronan, Asher, Emilio… we were meant to be in one another’s lives. In so many ways, it felt like we always had been.
“Are you alright, love?” Darius asked, his smile softening.
I blinked away the tears that’d glazed my eyes and nodded. All of these feelings, this emotion, this intensity… maybe it should’ve been difficult to navigate, but it wasn’t.
It felt natural and whole and immensely beautiful. But it was also still so very new, and I was afraid that if I tried to talk about my feelings too soon, or put a label on anything, it would shatter.
“So I take it you’ve found our demon,” Darius said, stepping out onto the porch, still pantsless. “Ronan!” he called out into the snowy dawn. The sun here wouldn’t harm him. It wasn’t earth’s sun. Technically, it wasn’t even real. “Come in and sit by the fire. Gray has worn me out completely—you must take her off my hands.”
