Page 10 of Searching for the Prince
“It was the way he said it’s been a while since you’d caught up in a suggestive way, and then he put his hands on you.”
“He’s my sire, and for many vampires that has a sexual element, but it doesn’t mean I am interested in shagging him again. I told you this before we went.”
“That doesn’t mean he doesn’t want to fuck you.”
“You know, if I took issue with every man wanted to bend you over, I’d be fighting half the people I meet. But I trust you, so you need to trust me. I admit there is a level of deference I have for him, but that wouldn’t mean I would take up any offer and risk what we have.”
He did trust Gwil. Gwil wasn’t the sort to cheat, no matter what his link to his sire. “I’m sorry if this is coming across as if I don’t trust you, I’m more shaken than I thought I would be, and then the fucker told me not to upset you… and that’s inevitable.”
If his unease was just about Solivatus then Hyax would’ve told himself he was being a twat and that would have been the end of it, but the issue was bigger than Gwil’s past and while it wasn’t Hyax’s fault over Metra, he still carried the guilt.
Gwil took a step closer. “To be fair to you, you’re not doing anything to upset me, you can’t help the position you’ve been putin and I’ll have to find a way of dealing with it because I’m not walking away. So I would appreciate it if you could try and do the same over Solivatus.”
Hyax pulled him into his arms, the depth of his feelings for this ridiculous man was like nothing he’d been prepared for. He’d thought he’d been in love with Gwil before they got together but now it was ten times anything he’d experienced. Even with all the chaos dating someone of his status would load onto Gwil’s shoulders he was still there for him.
“I will, I promise. It’s just I want the old goat to know you’re mine. And if he’s like this now, how’s he going to be when everything comes out about Metra?”
Gwil stroked his hair. “We’ll deal with him. I ain’t gonna let Solivatus console me or anything like that.”
Hyax stepped away. “He’d do that?”
“He did after I ended things with Hoffman, but we ain’t splitting up.”
Gwil hadn’t said much about him or the fallout, just that their split had been amicable. They were still in touch, now and again, and Hyax hadn’t given it much consideration.
“Do I want to know the sort of support he might offer?” He knew it was the wrong thing to say but he couldn’t stop the words escaping.
“Hyax, you’re being a knob. You don’t need me to tell you what happened. I’ve told you before, and I’m telling you again—it was nothing more than a brief physical release, so unless you’re planning to ditch me, it’s not an issue.”
“If anyone would be ending things, it’d be you. And I wouldn’t blame you with all the shit that’s flying around.”
Gwil scowled. “Do I need to say it in another language? Or sing it in falsetto? I’ve told you I’m not going anywhere. You need to park that idea before you make me think you want me to leave.”
Hyax was fucking everything up, he didn’t want to lose Gwil, and he was out of order. “I’m sorry.”
“Stop saying sorry and act like my partner instead. We’ve got a lot of stuff we’re going to have to deal with and we can do so together, but not if you’re all words and no action. Because if you’re going to act like I’m not worth the hassle, then we’ll go back to being business partners.”
He hadn’t fallen for Gwil because he was a pushover, but because their strong personalities had matched. Neither of them would do well with a meek partner and it was possible that seeing how Gwil was with his sire had triggered his reaction. “Understood, I’m not going to act like a bag of pus on a goblin’s ball sac and we’re going to get through this.”
Gwil laughed. “I don’t think I’d have ever thought of you in such a light, but I guess the analogy holds up. Actually, I was thinking can we use the Prince Simon stuff to our advantage.”
He couldn’t see how. “Really? I guess it’ll be good for our business, although I’m not sure it’s something we’d be able to share with many people.”
“The Vampire Council will know and that’ll give us brownie points from them, but I was more thinking of it as a way of putting off your parents from announcing your betrothal to Metra.”
Hyax would need to contact his mother about the request to help King James, and it was a perfect delaying tactic when it came to their other problem. “You might be onto something. There’s going to be a certain sensitivity regarding my involvement, but we couldn’t turn the request down as we can come at that from the Vampire Council angle.”
“I’m not just a pretty fang.”
“No, and I find your intelligence as fucking sexy as the fact you don’t need to breathe when you’re sucking my cock.”
“Blond twat.”
“Blood-sucking wanker.”
“I wank a lot less now we live together.”
If Gwil had been a fae there’d have been so many things he’d have done as part of their customs, and it struck him that Gwil being a vampire didn’t mean he couldn’t do those things. “Are you free for the rest of the evening?”
