Page 84 of Two Thousand Blades

Okay, so maybe now Xiang was preening a bit. He’d won the heart and devotion of an ancient, powerful creature. Who wouldn’t feel proud of that?

For a moment, he thought Kai might take him to the oversized tub that could easily fit them both in a luxurious soak. But Kai turned in the opposite direction and Xiang cackled. He should have known. It was the spot where they spent most of their close lounging time. The giant mound of pillows and cushions.

“I’m not playing weiqi with you,” Xiang declared.

Kai answered him with a wicked grin. “I have no interest in weiqi this time.” As he reached the foot of the mound, he tossed Xiang into the center of the pillows, wringing an undignified yelp out of the vampire.

When his eyes found Kai, the dragon was standing naked with his hands on his narrow hips while his eyes caressed every part of Xiang. He glanced at himself to find that he was also naked, reclining on a pile of soft, silky pillows like some decadent sultan or maybe just a delectable meal for a dragon.

At the very least, Kai’s magic made removing unwanted clothes quick and easy.

“Do you hate clothes?” Xiang teased.

“Clothes are a necessary evil. You must be covered around others because your exquisite beauty belongs to me alone.” As he spoke, Kai crawled on his hands and knees up the pillows, his strong muscles dancing under lightly tanned skin. His dark hair hanging so that it obscured his hungry silver eyes. Everything about him screamed predator, and Xiang was so happy to be his prey.

“And when it’s the two of us in your hoard?”

“Our hoard,” Kai corrected. He paused as he reached Xiang’s feet and pressed a soft kiss to the inside of his ankle. “Here, I want you naked all the time so I can properly worship you.”

Xiang’s eyes fluttered shut as he got lost in the sensation of Kai slowly kissing his way up his calf, along his inner thigh, and to the tender, smooth flesh on his pelvis. The evil dragon skipped his hard and leaking cock completely, and Xiang could feel Kai’s smile as he purposefully tortured him.

“You’re a mean dragon,” Xiang grumbled. He opened his eyes to see Kai tip his face up from where he was kissing his way across Xiang’s flat stomach.

“I like to save my favorite parts for last.”

With a grunt, Xiang grabbed a handful of Kai’s hair and hauled him higher. “But I can’t wait anymore for your lips.” He seized Kai’s mouth in a brutal, possessive kiss that squeezed a whimper from Kai’s throat. The dragon handed himself over, letting Xiang dominate him and still begged for more. Kai’s neediness was fuel tossed onto the fire burning in his veins.

He broke off the kiss and pulled Kai’s head up to take in his mate’s face. His glazed, unfocused eyes, puffy lips, and flushed cheeks only sped up Xiang’s heart. No one had ever looked so beautiful or sexy to him. So absolutely precious.

“Gods, I love you,” Xiang breathed.

Kai’s eyes blinked into focus, but Xiang wasn’t expecting his features to scrunch up as if he were in pain. “Is this what love is? This constant need to see you, touch you, smell your scent. To want to share every moment of happiness and to crush every sadness.” He shifted and pressed a hand to his heart as if he meant to dig it out of his chest. “This constant ball of joy, anxiety, anger, frustration, sorrow, and fear in my chest, springing forth every time I see you. To fly and fall at the same time. This is love?”

There was only one thing Xiang could say.

“Yes.”

Kai did not appear appeased or consoled. He turned his head away, seeming to glare at some distant point before making a disgruntled sound. “All the poets are liars. They made love sound like a gentle spring shower, but it is really an endless storm ravaging the earth.”

There was no point in asking the dragon of rivers and rains if he liked such an idea. It was written in the gleam in his silvery eyes and the twisted smirk on his lips.

Kai stared at him, his warm smile returning like the sun cutting through black clouds. “I love you, my vampire.”

This time when their mouths met, they slipped into a series of slow kisses where Xiang became lost in the heat and touch of his love. Kai surrounded him, becoming his entire universe. Yes, love could be stormy and brutal, but he wouldn’t want to miss a second of the adventure with his dragon.

A dragon who liked to bite almost as much as a vampire.

“Ow!” Xiang cried as he jerked his bottom lip free from Kai’s teeth.

Kai dipped close and ran his tongue across the wounded flesh. “Want my vampire.”

The growling purr returned as Kai kissed his way down Xiang’s neck and along his collarbone. Xiang spread his legs, allowing Kai to nestle even closer. Kai’s hard cock rubbed against his thigh while his own pressed into Kai’s stomach. The slight friction was nothing but a frustrating tease. He wanted to be buried in Kai’s tight heat.

“How does my dragon want to be fucked? Since this is your wish.” Xiang wrapped an arm around Kai and rolled him onto his back. “Want me to put your ankles on my shoulders and fuck you so very deep?”

“Next time.” Kai flipped Xiang onto his back with a grin. He crawled up Xiang until he was sitting up, his knees on either side of his hips, and Xiang’s cock nestled between Kai’s warm ass cheeks. “I want to ride you,” Kai announced.

Oh, that gave him some very wonderful ideas and put his bossy dragon in his control.

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