Page 25 of In the Dark

“I can fuck you now? Oh goody. I’m so excited about that. I always wanted to be mated against my will, then have my mate offer his ass to me as compensation.”

Kelvin pursed his lips and watched Key pace the floor again. He didn’t need Key to say a word. The thoughts in his head were enough. Kelvin was being called every name Key could think of and he grimaced at some of the more lurid descriptions of dick removal Key was coming up with.

Covering his dick in honey, then letting bees and wasps have him was one he didn’t need to know about, or using bottle openers on it. Just thinking about that had Kelvin covering his junk, which Key noticed.

“Stay out of my head!” he shouted.

“I can’t. You’re screaming at me right now.”

“I’m doing both because I’m fucking pissed off, fang boy. No. Not fang boy. Fang dog or mutt. Yeah fang mutt. Oh! Do rats have fangs? I’m going with yes, so you’re now fang rat. Oh, it has a nice ring to it.”

“No it doesn’t.” Kelvin was actually offended at being compared to a rat.

Storming up to Kelvin, Key jabbed him in the chest again. “I get to decide, not you, fang rat.”

Taking a deep breath in to calm down, Kelvin said, “Key. I’m trying here, but if you keep pushing my buttons –”

“What? You’ll mate me against my will? Been there done that, so what now? Oh right. There’s some psycho dude out there who will come after me, and how many of your precious laws have we broken? Am I going to be executed now? Great! Just fucking great. Thanks. I always wanted to be mated, hunted down like a rabid dog, then executed. What a fantastic day or night or whatever the fuck it is.”

A sinking sensation filled Kelvin, and he sucked in a lungful of air. Fuck. Oh fucking fuck. He’d fucked up. Oh fuck, he’dreally messed up. Key slowly turned and faced him, his face pale. “Key.”

“Oh shit. We really are in trouble. I’m going with the ‘I had no idea about any of this’ defense, and then leaving the country. You can die on your own.”

“You die too,” Kelvin murmured.

Key blinked, his mouth opening and closing. Kelvin braced for impact. “What the actual fuck! You die and I die? Where was that in the non-existent memo I never fucking got?”

“You said no, so I didn’t think—”

“Of course you didn’t think!” Key screamed at him. “Little brain in your dick was thinking. What have you done? What the fuck?” Key grabbed his hair as he stared at Kelvin. “Jesus fucking Christ. What have you done to me? Tell me everything. Now. Mate.”

“Well, er, the thing is—”

“Just spit it out.”

“Our lives are tied together. If I die, you die and vice versa.”

“That’s just awesome. I’m overwhelmed at how awesome that is.” Key staggered over to the bed and sat on the edge, and when Kelvin went to offer support, he stopped. Key raised his eyes and glared at him as he slowly lifted his head, his eyes remaining locked on Kelvin’s. Kelvin took a hasty step back. His mate looked like he was about to rip Kelvin’s face off.

“Don’t tempt me,” Key muttered.

“I’m sorry.” Kelvin didn’t know what to say to help, and going by the look on Key’s face, sorry wasn’t it.

“You’re sorry.”

“Well, yeah?”

“We’re mated. Right? For life and all that shit?” Kelvin nodded and Key exhaled heavily. “No cheating, right?”

“No cheating, or straying, or doing anything to hurt you…” Trailing off, Kelvin closed his eyes as he felt Key’s anger explodeinside him. It was a strange sensation, but he didn’t have time to ponder it.

“Hurt you? HURT YOU!” Key launched up and pushed Kelvin. “What do you think you just did?” Key pointed to his neck. “You stabbed those things in my neck without my permission.”

“You did say I could the first time—”

“The first time! Not the second. I definitely recall not giving you permission to drop fang on me the second time around. I was too busy being fucked the way I wanted, and then I discovered no condom and mated. Me, mated, when I’d said no.”

“I really think you need to calm down.”

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