Page 15 of All Night Long

“I can scent that, but there is something else. Underneath. Yours but not.”

“Really?” Kai sniffed up the shrugged. “Can’t smell anything except that spray.”

“Or burned toast.”

“Fuck off, Hugo. Do you want a drink, or am I kicking you out?”

Hugo watched him, then smiled slightly. “Sure, a drink sounds good.”

“Why are you here?”

“We wanted to talk about the new security measures, but you haven’t been at work, so figured we’d catch you here. Everything good?”

“They are now. I thought we all agreed to the new measures and new teams?”

“We do, but Key pointed out a possible blind spot we didn’t consider.”

“Helps he grew up in the area.” Hugo sat on Gray’s sofa, watching him.

Gray ignored him and made their drinks, then took a seat far, far away. This made Hugo frown. “I can scent someone else,” he murmured.

“I fucked a human. Haven’t showered.” That would account for the other scent and put Hugo off.

“Hmm.”

Gray glared at Hugo, but Hugo didn’t look away. “You two just stop.” Kai sighed and sipped his drink, then picked up the conversation. “Key suggested altering one of the patrols, so we cover the whole area. I agree and so does Hugo, but you run security, so we thought we’d run it past you.”

“And you couldn’t call or email me? It needed an in-person visit?”

“We haven’t seen you—”

“Who is he?” Hugo leaned forward. “Your scent is like Kelvin’s is now after mating Key.”

Gray stared at Hugo. How long could he keep the pretense up when it had barely lasted five minutes? “A human. Met him in a club. We fucked and look at me now.”

“You’re mated?” Kai’s eyes widened. “What about the law?”

“I wasn’t thinking about the law when I was fucking the human and it was in a club, so I wasn’t paying that much attention.”

“When will you tell the council? We just got Kelvin back. We can’t afford to have you gone now.” Kai ran a hand through his hair.

“Well, said human thinks I’m a nut job, so not sure and I’m not out there searching for him.”

“We know you don’t have a high opinion of humans,” Hugo murmured. “You let Key stay, though.”

“He has skills I can use to keep vampires safe.”

“Ah. I knew there was a reason. Didn’t think you were thawing out where humans were concerned.” Hugo stood and walked over to Gray, then inhaled. Gray stood and pushed him away, but all Hugo did was grin. “You smell interesting now.”

“Fuck off before I do something you’ll regret.”

Hugo held his hands up and backed away. “Poor Gray. Given the one thing he never wanted. A human for a mate and he actually mated him before realizing. You know, once this gets out, everyone will rip you apart. We all know how much you detest humans. Except Key, well, I think he has some idea that you’re not fond of humans, but for some reason, he actually thinks you’re nice. I wonder why Kelvin hasn’t said anything to him.”

“I asked him not to, and I told him I would be nice to his mate. Key’s not bad. For a human.” Gray shrugged.

“Ooh, listen to you. All nice and shit to Key and now you have your very own human for a mate. Oh, the fates must be pissing themselves over this. However will you cope? We know you have to be with him and does that mean you can’t fuck anyone else other than your mate? How will your dick cope?” Hugo laughed, then shouted when Gray launched himself at him. Dodging Gray, Hugo laughed again. “I hope he’s a good fuck, as he’s the only one you're getting.”

“Humans can fuck other humans.” Kai watched Gray. “I don’t think the bond works quite as strongly with them as it does with us.

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