Page 68 of Bitten

“Oh, so sure?”

“You wouldn’t have let me in if you had. And you wouldn’t be wearing that shit eating grin, either.”

Caelian tried to force the smile off his face, but struggled. “You assume too much.”

“Nah,” Kane said before eating a bit more of his burger. He shared another bite with Caelian before finishing the thing off.

“Some appetite.”

“I haven’t eaten like this in twenty years,” Kane admitted.

“You’ve been a Halfling that long?” Caelian asked.

Kane nodded, leaning his big body back in the chair some. He stretched long legs before him and in that moment, Caelian truly realized just how much bigger the man was than him. They’d walked side-by-side from the hotel and back, but Caelian was used to often being the runt in a crowd. All spread about beside him, it really seemed to sink in.

“How are we gonna fit?”

Kane laughed. “Now you worry about that?”

“I don’t know… it just sort of hit me now just how big you are.”

“Come here,” Kane murmured, his stare heated.

Caelian slowly rose and walked a bit closer. Kane dragged him over, seating him on top of a big, hard swell under those jeans.

“We’ll fit just fine,” he whispered huskily. “Don’t you worry.”

Caelian felt a shiver race down his spine at the raw sound to Kane’s voice. His cock began to thicken, as did the one under him. He turned slightly and straddled Kane’s lap. “So what changed your mind about tonight?”

“I was reminded not to let a good thing slip through my fingers.”

Caelian smiled. “You assume I’m a good thing, hmm? I’m not so sure I’m all that good.”

“Then you better be damned good at being bad,” Kane said before he lowered his head to capture Caelian’s lips.

Caelian felt the first touch of Kane’s lips on his, and his body melted against him.A spark lit within, igniting the desire that had been building since they’d met. That bond he felt had been leading him here, to his moment, since he’d laid eyes on Kane.

He’d felt a growing hunger… one that threatened to drive him insane. But he wasn’t sure that the touches of Kane’s hands on him might not do the same. The Halfling moved his hand, sliding it to the back of Caelian’s neck and drawing him closer.The kiss burned on, their lips and tongues warring with one another as Caelian pressed his hands against Kane’s chest.

If only his chest was bare.

Through their clothes, Kane ground his hard cock against Caelian’s equally hard shaft.Caelian felt a fire in his veins, the need to be skin to skin with this man. To commune with him on a sensual level and know him in every way.

Yet there was another desire welling within him.

Caelian felt compelled to submit. He wanted to be dominated. And he sensed Kane was the one who could fulfill that very exciting fantasy.

Caelian pushed Kane away, breathing hard.He leapt from the man’s lap and glared at him. “I should make you work for it, since you denied me last night.”

An odd glint came to Kane’s eyes. He stood up, peeling his shirt off and baring his chest. Caelian nearly melted into a puddle of desire then and there. But he had a game to play. One that was only just beginning.

Kane took a few steps closer as Caelian took a few steps back. The hotel room wasn’t that large, so he only had a little space to run. To jump. To leap out of the way and make Kane give chase.

And from the look on Kane’s face, he was more than ready to play. He swept a hand out and Caelian leapt to the bed, narrowly missing it. He walked over the mattress and landed on the opposite side.

Kane growled and raced to the other side with him, only for Caelian to dive back over toward the table. The Halfling smiled, rubbing his hands together as he watched Caelian closely. He took slow, hesitant steps closer…

Just as he jumped, Caelian dove to the floor and snuck past.

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