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Who indeed? It was too good "You always split well before theafter"

"Depends on how drunk I got the night before But to your point, I wasn't low kind of male I always felt panic after sex I don't knohy"

Cas did Because Mirceo was terrified of commitment Fear doused Cas's hope, his instinct for self-preservation rising This situation boiled down to a simple equation: If I claim him as my own and he rejects me, then I'll be destroyed

More simply: Mirceo equals doom

Cas shook his head hard All of this agonizing would be moot if they didn't survive the next few hours He needed to focus on their hunt, or he'd get theistics"

Mirceo sighed "Very well" He rose and adjusted his clothing Tracing to sit on one of the trunks across from the bed, he secured his hair back with a leather tie

Cas pulled his pants up over his still-swollen shaft Thecan you keep us in mist form?" He buttoned his shirt

"By myself, indefinitely With you, I don't know Let's say half an hour"

"Then we should" He trailed off, catching sight of the vaainst opaque sand Riveting--

Mirceo kickedCas's stare Eyes merry, he said, "Had to, or else you'd never be able to concentrate--and some of us are professionals here"

Hating that the valed to concentrate Where e? Ah, half an hour "That won't be enough ti valley But I have an idea to get past theative into a positive He didn't explain his plan, and Mirceo apparently trusted hih not to demand details

"Do you think the sorcerer's guilty of all those things on the poster?"

Cas held up a palm "Ah-ah We don't care Never concern yourself with any specifics other than hen, where, and how much," he instructed, as if the prince was actually his new hunting partner

"You aren't a touch curious about Harea?" Mirceo asked "Or syer than life"

"Not at all He's just a job"

"If the Gaolers are so io after the sorcerer themselves?"

"I don't know," Cas said "Some say they can't enter all dimensions"

"They provided no contact inforet paid?"

"I think they're keeping tabs on the sorcerer The second Harea leaves Poly, they'll sense his new location We'll take hi and wait for the outside "It's tie tarp,rolls of cloth to cover their eyes and faces

Mirceo donned his sword and his trench coat, then drew on a pair of gloves from his pocket "Then let's be away"

"You can't go out like that You need more protection" Cas tossed him a roll

The va at him

Cas unwound his own "Watch auzy part over your eyes" He knotted the end around his neck

"A little help here I haven't had five centuries of practice with this"

Cas scowled "Now I'm to dress you?"

"I'd much prefer the opposite, but yes, I'll need assistance Whereas I mastered my blowjob technique on my first foray, I'd rather not risk my flawless face"

Muttering, "Arrogant leech," Cas traced to him and reached for the material

Heat e vampire as hot-blooded as ever

Cas had given hian to wrap the material around Mirceo's head, forced to smooth a lock of the vampire's hair from his forehead I'd rather not kno soft it is

After lining up the thin part over Mirceo's heavy-lidded gray eyes, Cas wound the rest of the cloth around Mirceo's neck, nearly s when the vampire's Adam's apple bobbed

Though they'd released sorown What if he'shis hands He still couldn't believe he was taking young Mirceo into danger I've got no choice This was the sole way to prevent a kill order on his friend "You pay attention and you stay alert, okay?" He exhaled with resignation "Are you ready?"

A smirk in his voice, Mirceo said, "I was born ready, sweetheart"

Cas rolled his eyes

NINETEEN

The demon traced Mirceo to theribbons of clouds Moonshadows raced over the shifting dunes

A few leagues in the distance lay Harea's fortress--afros Smaller structures and a perimeter wall fronted it

Mirceo gazed at their surroundings in disbelief His mate had chosen to remain in this wasteland for five centuries Rather than be with me

Doubt crept in about their future, even after what they'd shared in the cave What if Caspion viewed that pleasure as Mirceo had once viewed sex?

As just a trade of orgasms

What if he and the derown too unreasonable over the centuries to be in any relationship Forgodsakes, he'd crushed a priceless talisman to rid himself of Mirceo

Maybe I'h

Seelanced back at him "What?"