Page 89 of Beyond the Ruby River
When Mahu smiled, Daka hadn’t been ready for it. Could you ever be ready for something as monumental as a smile from a long-lost love?
“Right here? On your porch?” Mahu lifted a brow. “Or shall I carry you inside?”
Daka grinned back. “Inside. Bedroom’s to the left. Hurry.”
Mahu’s speed startled Daka. He found himself on his back on the bed while Mahu tugged off the trousers he’d just put on—Daka was naked before he’d registered they’d moved. “That was impressive. Now you.”
Mahu discarded his clothes just as quickly. Daka wanted their skin to touch in every possible place, but Mahu hovered over him instead. The look in his eyes was new. Hungry.
Ravenous.
At the realization, Daka reached to touch his mouth. “Mahu, I can feed you too now, can’t I? I want to. Will you bite me? Please?”
“I would love to.” Mahu trailed cool fingers from his cheekbone, down his jawline to his neck.
Daka shuddered. He’d imagined this exact scenario on countless occasions. Knowing it was about to happen left him breathless. How would Mahu’s fangs feel as they sank into his flesh, as they pierced a thrumming vein? What was it like when your blood left your body to feed the one you loved?
Mahu’s gaze burned a sizzling shiver along the skin of Daka’s throat. Anticipation stirred in his belly.
“Now, Mahu.” Daka tugged at his immovable shoulders. “Don’t wait.”
Mahu chuckled. He bent down to lick the place Daka would like to be bitten, whispering against the skin, “Have you learned no patience in two millennia, Dakarai? We have our time back, let’s make use of it slowly.”
Daka growled, wrapped his tail around Mahu’s torso and yanked until flesh met flesh. “If you aren’t going to bite me yet, at least give me your kisses.”
“Yes,” Mahu hissed before molding their lips together and groaning into Daka’s mouth.
Daka felt their kiss down to his curling toes. After aching for this for as long as he could remember, finally receiving the intimacy had him near to trembling out of his skin. Mahu’s body was a familiar, solid weight on his—Daka could almost forget the time they’d lost. Mahu’s skin was cooler now, his muscles hard as iron, but the shape of him still fit perfectly in Daka’s clinging embrace.
Mahu shifted to cup Daka’s head in his palm, to hold him in place while ravishing his mouth. Daka’s panting breaths escaped between kisses, his thoughts scattered under the welcome onslaught. Mahu’s hand moved from the back of Daka’s head to his horn, caressing the curved appendage with a delicate touch.
Daka broke from the kiss to order, “Harder. Grab it. Show me you want me.”
Mahu’s fangs dropped.
Daka’s pupils widened at the site of them. Mahu took the horn roughly in hand and tugged Daka up for another kiss. A dangerous kiss. Two sharp incisors waiting for the soft muscle of Daka’s tongue. Daka didn’t hesitate. He licked the twin daggers until copper burst from the cut.
Mahu gave a chest-deep needy rumble that vibrated between them. He pulled back with a guttural groan. “Dakarai?”
“Take it. I’m fine. Doesn’t hurt much.”
“It needn’t hurt at all if you’d only wait.”
Daka slid his tongue out from between his lips, still bleeding. He arched his brows at Mahu as if to say,want it? Come get it.
Mahu dove in, sucking Daka’s tongue into his mouth then sucking blood from the shallow cuts.
If Daka had ever wondered what paradise would be like, he needn’t wonder any longer. The only thing that could make this better was if Mahu—
“Get inside me,” Daka mumbled around kisses. “I need you.”
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“Ineed you too,” said Mahu, his voice thick with desire.
Below him, Daka writhed, his lean muscles flexing and releasing against Mahu’s. Their hard cocks were trapped between them, pressed together, eager for more.
