Page 111 of Claimed (The Courtside King Duology 2)

Staying on task, he reached into the bin and pulled out a bundle.

Breck regarded it and smiled. “Jute. Your favorite.”

The fact that he remembered made Kai’s heart go all fluttery. “Yes. My rope of choice… forpersonaloccasions.” He slid Breck a smile, then gestured toward his hands. “Give me your wrists.”

Breck lifted them, visibly swallowing again.

Kai positioned them so their palms faced, then got busy with his jute. Short moments later, he finished it off with a knot, leaving the remainder of the rope hanging free.

“Too tight?”

Breck shook his head.

“Good.”

Kai turned him to face the window.

Breck stiffened instantly, no doubt afraid that people could see them as they passed on the street.

“Don’t worry,” Kai reassured. “From this height, we’re good. I’ve checked many times. The road’s too close, and the cafe across the way is only one story high.”

“Oh… Yeah, true.” Breck visibly relaxed.

Kai moved in behind him and eased his elbows down. Which, in turn, lowered Breck’s hands and left his chest exposed. Sighing at the sight, he met Breck’s gaze in their reflection, then wound his arms around him and cupped his chiseled pecs. Slowly, he thumbed their hard little nipples. He knew from experience that Breck was sensitive there.

Breck’s lashes fluttered.

Kai grazed his neck with his lips. “My lover is beautiful,” he murmured. “My lover is whole and perfect. Without any accolades, without any fandom, without any crown.” He refused to let society influence Breck ever again. He rolled those nipples and then gave them a squeeze. “I want to hear you say it,jeja. That you’re perfect and whole.”

Breck moaned, arching into his touch. “I’m perfect… and whole.”

Kai dragged his lips to Breck’s ear. “There’s no earning your worthiness… You are such just bybeing you.”

Breck exhaled on a shiver.

Kai slid his hands lower, skimming over Breck’s forearms before running his fingers along the grooves of his abs. Breck’s stomach clenched, his heavy lids dipping, his heated stare smoldering as he watched Kai in the glass.

Kai brushed his lips along the shell of his ear. “You’re a free, sovereign being,” he continued, “who can choose whathewants in this life.”

Breck shivered. Kai continued south, following Breck’s happy trail down toward the front of his shorts. Breck loosed a groan as Kai palmed his bulge. Then oh so slowly, he began to stroke.

“Never give away your power... It is yours alone. The world cannot have it… no matter what they make you believe. You can be whateveryouwant to be.” He leveled Breck with a look in the window that said,Do you understand?

Breck nodded, his muscles twitching, his eyes both smoldering and contemplative.

Kai smiled a little, then reined in the chatter and slid Breck’s shorts down his dark chiseled legs. Bared and beautiful, his erection jutted proudly. Every masculine vein in sensuous relief amidst the candlelight.

Kai drank him in, then stepped to his supplies and retrieved some lube. Popping the lid, he poured some onto his palm, then tossed it back into the bin. Breck watched intently. Kai moved back behind him and splayed his free hand against his abs.

Easing closer, he grasped Breck’s rigid shaft. “So very happy,” he sighed against Breck’s ear, “to finally call you mine.”

Breck sucked in a breath. And then his amber eyes flashed. “I’ve wanted to be yours for a really long time.”

Kai’s heart thudded at his words. He started to stroke. Nice and easy, his loose grip teasing Breck’s glans with each leisurely pass.

Breck moaned and absently widened his stance. Kai’s blood pumped hotter. He clutched Breck’s nuts with his other hand. Then slowly he pulled them lower as he stroked Breck off.

Breck breathed a curse and started rocking his pelvis, each retreat of his hips pulling his sac taut in Kai’s grasp. A sensation he seemed to really like, going by the noises rolling up his throat.

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