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sharp look. Then he just felt hot. Embarrassed. Proud.
Turned on. “Callalily Parker is my mate.”
Cal"s groan said it was killing him just to hear it but
that he didn"t really mind. Maybe he didn"t understand, but
Ray bent to kiss him again, softly this time. Only biting him
a
little
.
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“Do I make you happy?”
Cal snorted. It wasn"t quite a laugh.
“Happy, Branigan? Are you serious? Ecstatic. Like I"ve
just eaten an entire hot fudge sundae and a
ton
of whipped
cream. Like it"s dawn, and I"m in a dewy field watching the
flowers open. Like I"ve danced all night. You make me happy
even when I want to smack you. Which I still want to do, by
the way.”
This time it was Cal who finally pulled away, glancing
over Ray to the door, and it must be some nurse to put any
kind of modesty into Cal Parker. Ray was fine with that in
any case, with anything. He just dropped his head to breathe
steadily in and out. He moved a hand down Cal"s chest,
pausing at his lower stomach, then sliding down another few
inches and ignoring Cal"s not so shocked moan.
“And with a potential audience too. Werewolves. So
slutty.” Cal was too breathless for his sarcasm to be very
effective. He wasn"t protesting, either, not even when Ray
popped the fly on his worn, soft jeans and made him moan
again, a touch louder.
“Hey. You never did tell me, Branigan,” Cal chided him,
amazingly still and oddly fierce in his curiosity, even with a
hard on. “What I smell like to you.” His voice dropped. He
pushed his body forward into Ray"s hand. “Tell me. It"s only
fair.”
Ray shuddered against him, considering the plethora of
terms he could use to try to define it, cherries jubilee and
champagne. Vanilla macchiatos. Yellow beams of spring sun.
Moonlight through trees. Daisies. Turkish Delight and
bittersweet chocolate. Home. Then he breathed in deep.
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“Happily ever after,” he explained at last, pushing his
nose over Cal"s skin, nuzzling that face and enjoying Cal"s
stunned, then thoughtful expression.
“I told Bens that rubbing my scent on your chairs would
pay off,” Cal declared triumphantly after a moment"s pause,
and then lifted a hand to stroke Ray"s nose for him.
He repeated it to himself a moment later, enchanted and
utterly delighted. “Happily ever after.” He hummed. “I like it.”
About the Author
R. COOPER has been making up stories since she was a wee
R. Cooper. She has a weakness for strong-minded characters
doing unspeakably hot things to each other and thinks dirty
martinis are for the weak (or perhaps just thinks olive juice
is gross). If she listed all of her turn-ons, it would take up
this whole bio, but they include smart people, tailored suits
with serious ties, shoulder holsters, funny people, sacrifices
made for love, power struggles, the walking wounded,
bravery, and good old-fashioned shameless sluts.
She also likes ice cream. Strawberry.
Visit R. at http://r-cooper.livejournal.com/. You can contact
her at [email protected].
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