“Of course not,” Silver cut him off softly. “It’s impossible to find something that doesn’t exist.”
“You…believe me?” Had he been messing with him? To what end? “Punishment?”
Nuri didn’t realize he’d said that last word out loud until Silver chuckled and stood with a flourish.
“I’m not punishing you, Nuri.” In one quick motion, Silver pulled the curtain open, exposing himself to the waxing moon hanging high in the sky. “I’m enlightening you.”
It was no surprise when the Emperor’s body responded to the exposure, his Swift form appearing right before Nuri’s eyes.
It was his own reaction that shocked him.
Almost the second Silver set his purple and gold gaze on Nuri, arousal hit him. His dick pulsated and lengthened between his thighs, aching and already dripping precome faster than he could process what was happening.
And not just that.
His hole fluttered, legs parting on their own as he clenched around air, and he emitted this pathetic, needy sound he wasn’t aware he could make.
Nuri froze, realization slamming over him like a bucket of ice water.
Silver smirked at him wickedly and slowly stalked toward the bed. “It took you long enough, Narek.”
“No,” his denial came out breathy and weak, made worse when it was followed by a moan as his balls tightened at Silver’s proximity. “Tell me you didn’t. That we didn’t…”
“The night of your accident,” Silver came to the end of the bed, “I fucked you in this form. You begged me to do it. Youaskedfor it.”
“No, I—”
“Come, Nuri.”
Tears ran down his face as his dick unloaded on command, the orgasm unsatisfactory and leaving him with a sinking sense of mortification unlike any he’d ever known.
Chapter 21:
Silver’s cock fought against the seam of his pants as he watched the string of sticky fluid shoot from Nuri’s slit to fling across the mattress. It painted a stream of opaque white, a thick glop plopping less then five inches from where he stood.
When he lifted a knee onto the bed, he was sure to place it directly over his bondmate’s release.
“Hypocrite!” Nuri’s sharp accusation gave Silver pause, and he froze only partially lifted onto the end of the bed. “You have no right to be angry with me after keepingsomething like thisfrom me for weeks!”
“I could argue that you started it.”
“Bullshit! We both know I was half out of my mind from the meds that day. I didn’t consent tothis!”
He was starting to piss Silver off by refusing to call it what it was, but he figured he owed him at least a few minutes toadjust to this new reality. Silver switched gears and pulled back, starting to undress as he spoke.
“I’m not talking about the day of your accident,” he stated cooly, aware of the way Nuri’s gaze tracked his every movement.
Despite his emotions, his mate wouldn’t be able to resist the pull of the bond, and that much was apparent in the way his breath quickened and his pupils dilated with every scrap Silver discarded.
“Ackor Hue sent you that message long before then.” Silver stepped out of his boxers and straightened to his full height, admittedly preening a little under his mate’s scrutiny. “I asked if you were certain there was nothing else you needed to tell me, if you recall.”
Nuri’s brow dipped low. “You’ve known from the start? Why didn’t you say anything?”
“I know everything about you. Well. Almost everything.” It was true he’d miscalculated by canceling his trip to Vitality. But he’d learned from that mistake and wouldn’t be making it again.
Now it was Nuri’s turn to learn from his.
“If you already knew, then what are you so mad for?” Nuri demanded, gasping when Silver captured his bound ankle and dragged him down the bed. He tricked to kick out, almost managed a blow to Silver’s shoulder, but he caught his foot and pinned his legs before he could make contact.
