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He makes a noise in the back of his throat.
It could be a sound of satisfaction. Or… Or it could be his esophagus closing up before he keels over.
“Kai.” My voice shakes and tears prick my eyes. “Say something.”
“It’s good,” he simply mumbles.
I blink. “Good?”
With disbelief, I watch him go for the pancakes next. Taking three at a time, he grabs some bacon along with them. He layers the food like a sandwich and polishes it off with impressive speed.
“It’s… good?” I ask again with skepticism.
Other than being a complete mess, he seems fine. Chocolate surrounds his mouth, the icing clinging to his beard. Instead of getting a napkin, he licks his fingers.
“Yeah.” Casually rattling off a review like he’s a food blogger at a hotel’s continental breakfast, Kai drawls, “Not the best I’ve ever had. The cake is a bit too sweet for my taste. The pancakes are a little spongy, and I like my bacon on the crispier side. But it’s a solid meal. I’d give it seven out of ten.”
A breath whooshes from me. “Are you being serious right now?”
“Well, I haven’t tried the eggs yet, but—”
Irritated by his recklessness, I mumble out a few expletives in Portuguese while rubbing my temples. “You shouldn’t take risks like that.”
“Like what? Like this?” Kai grabs a nugget-sized piece of the eggs, tosses it up into the air, then catches it with his mouth.
His cheeks puff up as he chews, and he winks at me.
He. Winks. At. Me.
The grumpy warrior is actually being playful, and I find it both unnerving and charming at the same time. “I’m not sure if I should laugh or yell at you.”
“You wanted to eat,” he plainly explains, like testing the safety of food for me is no big deal. “Now you can.”
My little crush moves toward intense infatuation, and my heart patters a little faster. “You shouldn’t put yourself in harm’s way for the sake of my appetite.”
“I will not see you suffer.”
“And I don’t want to watch you die.”
“I wasn’t going to die. I thought it through first, and I realized something.”
“What’s that?”
“What are the chances that Armand’s watching us right now?”
“Oh, one hundred percent. I’m absolutely certain he is.”
“Armand’s biggest kink is deprivation,” Kai analyzes. “This food is an opportunity for him to flaunt his abilities while fucking with us. He wants us to drool and battle with desire, but ultimately, he wants to watch us refuse to indulge in something we desperately want.”
That’s a very astute observation, and I couldn’t have said it better myself. Kai really gets it.
“Yeah, okay.” I calm down. “I see your point.”
“Besides, can you imagine how anticlimactic it would be if he were to take us down with a cake? No way. He’s not going to ruin his fun with something as quick as poison. I’m just returning his mindfuck with a fuck you.”
Kai lifts his fist and waves it around with his middle finger sticking out.
I smile a little.
