Page 14 of Devil May Hunt
“If people take advantage of you, it’s their fault. Are you this chatty because you’re nervous?” the man tilted his head, deep in thought. “No, you were talkative during our mating as well.”
Brennon didn’t really like hearing it called that, but whatever. “I don’t really know what went on between us, other than the obvious, and I don’t really care. I’m sorry if I somehow gave you the wrong impression, but I’m not looking for anything serious.”
“Of course you aren’t,” he agreed, but before Brennon could sigh in relief, he lifted a hand and pressed against a spot almost on the back of Brennon’s neck.
“Ow!” He pulled away, cursing at the sudden pain at the spot where he’d touched. He slapped a palm over the area protectively, sucking in a breath when he felt torn skin. “What the hell is this?”
“I bit you.”
“You—” Brennon frowned. “Wait, you bit me? Why would you do that?” He scrambled to recall everything he knew about alphas. “As far as I know, your kind only bite this deep when marking a mate.” Maybe they’d both been drunk. “Is that why you followed me? Don’t worry about it. I’m a Vital, so this doesn’t mean anything.”
“You should stop talking now. It’s still too close to the end of my rut, my emotions aren’t fully stabilized. If you keep saying things like that, I might not be able to control myself.”
Brennon’s brow furrowed all over again.
“You’re confused,” the alpha surmised.
“No shit.”
“It’s not that hard to figure out. Are you slow, perhaps? That would be…unfortunate.”
“Did you just ask if I was stupid?” He huffed and got to his feet after all, clicking his tongue when the other man didn’t step back to give him room. “Move.”
“Get in the car.”
“What? Why would I do that?”
“So I can take you to see a doctor.”
“I don’t need to go to the hospital. I have sun cream in my room. You aren’t listening, back off.”
“You’re the one who has a hearing problem.” The alpha captured him by the scruff of the neck and hauled him forward, ignoring Brennon’s yelp of pain from the movement. He sealedhis mouth over his, forcing his tongue past his lips in a possessive kiss that ended almost as quickly as it began.
He dragged Brennon toward his car while the shock was still keeping him distracted, lifting him with a single arm when Brennon finally tried to resist when they were close. “You’ll hurt yourself. Stop squirming, you’re in no condition to fight.”
“Put me down, asshole!” He tried to knee him in the stomach but was dropped into the passenger seat of the hovercar before he could make a connection. “Stop!”
The alpha buckled him in and slammed the door shut. He’d already made it to the other side before Brennon could free himself, locking the doors and hitting the gas so they sped off back toward the main city.
“What the hell do you think you’re doing? This is kidnapping! Do you have any idea who I am?” The Cree name held enough prestige on the planet that it should at least cause some hesitation before harming him.
“Yes, pretty love, I know exactly who you are.” The alpha glanced at him, then back at the road. “Do you know who I am?”
“A psycho?”
“I’ve been accused of that before,” he grunted. “But no.”
“I don’t care who you are. I don’t know how they do things wherever you’re from, but on Vitality, you can’t just kidnap someone you hooked up with one time.”
“It was over a dozen times.”
“That’s not—” Wait, wow, really? No. No. Not important. Brennon shook his head. “Dude, I’m serious. Stop the car and let me out, or you’ll regret it.”
“Dude?”
“What, you want respect? Why should I give you that? You’re taking me against my will!”
“I’m curious, why do you think I’ll regret it?”
