His brain short-circuited. That scent was all over his face. Mav’sbulgewas pressed against his mouth, separated from him by a thin piece of fabric.

Holy fuck!

He released the pie and shoved both hands against Mav’s solid abs, pushing him back.

Mav surged forward for a split second, the increased pressure of his bulge going straight between Telos’ legs.

What the hell,Telos thought desperately.

Then Mav sat back, Telos’ pot pie clutched in his hands, and the look on his face was extremely triumphant.

“What,” Telos snapped, scrambling to deal with this. A semi-naked Mav on his chest, the scent of his cock all over Telos’ face.

Do you even know where your cock was?Telos wanted to ask. Instead, he said, “You fucking asswipe!”

He grabbed Mav’s wrist. And shoved, so hot beef and gravy smashed all over Mav’s ample chest.

“You fucker!” Mav snarled, recoiling.

“You started it,” Telos hissed. He watched the meat and diced vegetables slide down Mav’s abs, biting hard on his tongue so he wouldn’t lick his lips.

Mav scowled and sat back. Any further south, and he’d be right on top of Telos’ rock-hard secret. Mav scooped the gravy off his pecs, licked it off his hand, and grabbed some pie filling. This left his chest and lips glistening like some kind of erotic photo shoot.

“Get the fuck off me,” Telos snapped.

Mav raised an eyebrow, and sat down harder.

This was too dangerous. Telos grabbed Mav’s ankle and twisted; Mav snarled, rearing up to fight.

It gave Telos an opening. He used Mav’s momentum against him, shoving him off so he was no longer pinning Telos.

“I’m taking a shower,” Telos growled.

He only realized then, that his phone was ringing. With another glower at Mav, Telos answered the call. “Hi?”

“Telos,” a woman said on the other end of the line, sounding frantic. Her voice sounded familiar. “Sorry, I just have bad news all around.”

Telos grimaced. “Who is this?”

She sighed gustily. “Samantha. We met at a bar almost a year ago, remember?”

“Oh.” Yeah, he remembered now. She had been a one-night stand. Easygoing, didn’t want to be involved. They’d both had a good time, and they’d exchanged numbers, but Telos never called her again. Uneasily, he asked. “What’s your bad news?”

“So I got pregnant after that night,” she said heavily.

Telos froze. “It’s mine? I thought you were on BC.”

“I was. It failed. I thought I wanted to keep the baby, but it’s been a rough few months. I was traveling down to give her to you.”

He really didnotlike where this was going. “What happened?”

“Your daughter’s been kidnapped.”

2

THE CALL THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING

Telos sat down heavilyon Mav’s bed, his mind spinning. “What.”