“Absolutely not. I believe it would be of benefit to me.”
Another good answer.
Bijou nodded at Blaz, then reached for her cup. “That’s all I’ve got.”
Blaz picked up the conversational baton and gave Leilana the opportunity to ask questions. The female only had a few: should she be selected for the position, would she have the ability to keep in contact with her family? Would she need to acquire a vehicle to perform her duties? And last but not least, would she be able to bring her personal possessions with her if she was hired and asked to move into the residence of the Alpha?
Yes, no, and of course were Blaz’s easy responses.
While they concluded with pleasantries, Bijou finished her coffee and longingly looked at the counter, wondering if she should get another to go. Probably not, she thought. She knew the repercussions of too much caffeine.
However, she was curious as to whether theheurospwould be open to installing an espresso machine at Angel Central. Or better yet, at the Lair.
Yes. The latter because no matter what her father said, Bijou still wanted to move in there. For some reason, she felt as though she was meant to be amongst her own kind. It wasn’t that she was capable of predicting the future, but she got the strange feeling something big was coming.
Something that was going to rock the foundation of her very existence.
She just didn’t know what or when, but Bijou expected it would be sooner rather than later.
After leaving the training facility, Kaj broughtAcadia to the Lair. He couldn’t recall her visiting since they’d moved in and he was eager for her to get acclimated to it. If he had a say in the matter, she would be residing there with him in the near future.
“This is my office,” he told her as they stepped into the room.
It looked exactly the same as it had earlier except no Blaz behind the desk working at the laptop.
“This is lovely,” she said, releasing his hand as she began moving about the space. “We used this as an entertainment space when we resided here.”
“Seems more suited for it,” he told her. “Considering the size.”
“I think this works nicely as an office for you. Plenty of space for you to relax if you do not wish to work, plus it’s private.”
She paused before the fireplace, and Kaj had an image of her laid out on a blanket before the flames, her body covered in nothing but his flesh, moving beneath him as he brought them both to climax.
He cleared his throat.
Kaj wasn’t sure what had come over him, but he’d been hard and aching ever since he’d left her bed. Didn’t seem to matter that he’d had her that evening, he still wanted her now, and he feared his need for her was going to interfere with his good intentions. He wanted nothing more than to court her appropriately, to take her on dates and share small talk. But the more he thought about her, the more he wanted to feel her bare skin against his palms, her sex gliding over his.
The door at his back closed on its own. Kaj peered at it, then over to Acadia.
She had turned to face him, the flames flickering behind her in the hearth, the glow backlighting her.
“I don’t have to read your mind to know what you’re thinking, Kaj.”
Smiling, he moved toward her. “And what am I thinking?”
“The same thing I am.”
“Elaborate,balisra.”
“That we would both feel better if we were skin to skin right now.”
“You have not fed yet tonight.”
“I have not,” she concurred.
“I would like to avail myself to you now.”
He saw the flash of desire in her eyes, felt the answering call within him. His cock was already thick and hard behind his zipper, eager to feel her in any capacity. Of course, his mind drifted to their encounter in the theater, to the way she had been on her knees before him, his cock tunneling into the blessed warmth of her mouth.
