Page 74 of Distinctly Daray
Baxter threw his arms up. “He’s hopeless.”
“That just means more green beans for me,” Teverild replied, scooping up a giant forkful of the aforementioned veggies and shoving it into his mouth with a flourish. He added an obnoxious moan and closed his eyes in ecstasy as he chewed.
Victor tucked his lips in to keep from laughing at the way Cassius’s brown gaze widened and he dropped his own fork to watch his other half with rapture written all over his handsome face.
“Settle down or we’re going to have to tranq Cass,” Arvandus remarked, his blue gaze brimming with humor.
Teverild winked saucily at Cassius, then yanked him close for a deep kiss that had Victor’s eyebrows flying up.
“I hope they keep their clothes on,” Ducarius remarked. “I will be most annoyed to watch them have s-e-x at the table.”
“Think of it as an educational experience,” Samson advised. “You could learn some things to help you once Fate brings you your mate.”
“I have already mentioned I find the entire thing distasteful. I doubt my mind will be changed in the future.”
“You must honor your gift from Fate,” Alaric told Ducarius.
“I would never betray the Sentinel Brotherhood by denying my mate,” Ducarius replied.
“You’ll be interested in s-e-x after you meet him,” Baxter insisted. “We’re sentinels. Attraction doesn’t exist for us until we are with our other half. But trust me, your d-i-c-k will definitely be interested in your mate.”
“Victor, you have a sentinel mate, can you help me?” Vellerynd asked. “Would it be better for me to ignore the f-u-c-k-i-n-g spelling or keep telling them to knock it off?”
“Since when do you swear?” Teverild asked his brother.
“I did not. I spelled it out.”
“To answer your question, Vel, Phillip is a gentleman. If I politely asked him to stop doing something that annoyed me, he’d immediately do it,” Victor explained.
“I am a gentleman,” Ducarius stated.
“Act like it,” Chander advised between bites of his dinner.
“I am too,” Baxter insisted.
Benton scoffed. “Yeah right.”
“I’m not talking about in bed,” Baxter told his other half. “Of course I’m not a gentleman then. You wouldn’t want me to be.”
“Give me one example of you being a gentleman outside of our bedroom,” Benton retorted.
“Easy. Sometimes I let you win when we spar,” Baxter countered with a shit-eating grin.
“Are we heading over to the complex tonight to watch Ben kick Bax’s ass?” Keegan asked.
“I will go with you,” Phillip immediately answered.
“I’d love to watch two handsome men spar tonight,” Victor told his mates. He’d enjoyed journeying to the sentinel complex long before he met Keegan and Phillip, and being with his mates only made it more interesting.
“Ben and I will go. We’re the most handsome here,” Baxter replied.
“He was talking about Keegan and Phillip, not you,” Chander retorted. “Also, you’re delusional.”
“Why didn’t we shorten their names like we did for Sam?” Cassius asked.
“The same reason we did not shorten Victor’s or Arvandus’s. Sometimes it is best to leave a name alone,” Alaric said.
“What’s the criteria for deciding if a name is shortened or not?” asked Devlin, Lich Reaper Grymington Daray-D’Vaire’s other half. The rock star had mischief in his blue eyes, and Victor wasn’t surprised by the way Alaric’s glowing gaze narrowed at the enchanter-human hybrid.
