“Ya back with me?”
Silas hummed in the affirmative.Blinking slowly, he struggled to get his eyes to focus.He registered the feel of Craeg’s thick arms around him and the way his firm pectoral pressed against his cheek.Smiling slightly, Silas flicked his gaze upward to meet Craeg’s warm green eyes.
“There ya are.”Craeg’s lips curved into a wider smile.“Ya passed out from pleasure.”Winking, he added, “A wee bit of a stroke to my ego.”
Snickering softly, Silas slid his fingertips over Craeg’s nipple, enjoying the way the man let out a happy sigh.His lover sure enjoyed it when Silas touched his nubs.While Silas didn’t understand it, since his didn’t make him feel that way, he still loved doing it to Craeg.He loved the way Craeg responded to everything he did to him.
So very sexy...and I’m the one doing it to him.
Just wow.
“You deserve to feel that way,” Silas told him.Snuggling closer, he slipped his calf between Craeg’s, keeping him close.“You made me fly.”
Craeg pressed a kiss to Silas’s hairline.“I noticed ya didn’t get the chance to claim me back because ya passed out,” he pointed out.After a second of hesitation, he asked, “Or did ya wanna do it while fuckin’ me, and that’s why ya waited?”
While that option hadn’t occurred to Silas, he still shook his head.“I don’t think I’m too interested in that.”Cocking his head, he took in Craeg’s arched brow and questioning expression.Silas figured his big, dominant lover probably didn’t understand, but that was okay.“Maybe someday, but I think it was just because you gave me too much pleasure.”At the thought of claiming Craeg, Silas’s mouth watered, and his bat chittered excitedly in his mind, so he knew he wanted to.“How about next time?”
Growling quietly, Craeg grinned at Silas.“I can’t wait.”Then he sobered and rubbed a hand up and down Silas’s back.“Actually, I think we should.Wait, I mean.”Craeg eyed Silas with concern as he told him, “That was your first time, and I want to make sure ya have plenty of time to recover before we do it again.I’d never want to accidentally hurt ya.No matter what.”
Even as his prick twitched, Silas giggled before pressing a kiss to Craeg’s pectoral.“You’re probably right.”He clenched his chute muscles experimentally.Silas loved how his mate always had his best interests at heart.
“While we wait, why don’t we watch a movie and cuddle?”Craeg nuzzled his cheek over the top of Silas’s head as he continued, “I could probably find another romcom for ya.Legally Blonde, maybe?”
Unable to help himself, Silas wrinkled his nose.“Um, I’m not really a fan of...romcoms,” he admitted.
“Oh.”Craeg sounded surprised.“But on our first date together, ya pickedMiss Congeniality.I just thought—” Craeg paused, his meaning and the reason for his confusion clear.
Feeling his cheeks heat, Silas knew he had to explain.“I overheard some of the older boys at my last group home talking about taking a girl to a chick flick so they could...cuddle and make out on the chance of, um,getting some.”With a shrug, Silas murmured, “I figured it would work with you, too.”
Craeg let out a deep chuckle, saying, “Aye, it did.”Then he waggled his brows and told him, “Ya never need an excuse to cuddle and make out with me, my sweets.”His expression turned a mixture of hunger and warmth.“I’m always happy to do that with ya anytime.”
Taking Craeg at his word, Silas tipped his head up.Craeg swiftly responded to the silent request and sealed his lips over Silas’s.
The room was immediately filled with the soft sounds of smacking lips and hums of pleasure...before soon turning into something deeper and more intense.
Chapter Eight
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HEARING HIS PHONE RINGwith Beta William’s tone, Craeg chewed quickly as he set down his fork.He swallowed hard before answering the call.“Aye?”he asked roughly, his throat still working.
“Catch you at a bad time?”William teased.
Craeg scoffed, realizing how it might sound as if he were giving head or something.“If we were doin’ what you’re suggestin’, I sure as hell wouldn’t have picked up,” he quipped, ending with a chuckle.
“Fair enough.”Then the beta sobered.“Yourfriendsare back.They snuck into the tiger shark show.They’re still there.”
Craeg started to stand.“I’ll be there—” He hesitated, his attention falling on Silas, who was still sitting in his chair and chewing a mouthful of clam strips.“I mean—”
“It’s fine, Craeg,” Silas told him, stabbing the tines into his last three morsels.“I’m done.”Before popping his fork into his mouth, he stated, “We can go.”Then Silas mumbled around his mouthful.“Um, if you don’t mind me goin’, too.”
Smiling at his sweet mate, Craeg told him, “I’d love it if ya joined me.”Lifting his phone back to his ear, he stated, “We’re both on our way.”
“Good,” Beta William stated through the line.“And good that your mate is coming.With his background, I bet it’ll be easier for him to connect with Katie.”
After that cryptic comment, Beta William hung up, leaving Craeg with so many questions.
Later.
