Page 25 of All Night Long

“Awww, poor Gray has something we all dream of having and look at him pissing all over it.”

“Shut up.”

Kai pursed his lips. “Nah. This is too much fun.” Sitting, Kai placed one leg over the other and drummed his fingers on his thigh. “Is he a good fuck?”

Gray’s mouth fell open, and he narrowed his eyes at Kai as he snapped his mouth shut. “None of your fucking business.”

“Come on. You don’t want him, so why not let us share? Oh, that’s right. You only want to fuck him. A hole for you to stick your dick in and get off.”

“Get out.”

“Nah, I’m having way too much fun messing with you.”

“You bastard.” Gray stood and stomped over to Kai, glaring down at him. “You come over here to wind me the fuck up? Like some fucking kid’s toy?”

“Well, I didn’t want to use that as an example but…” Kai straightened and stared at Gray. “One mate,” he whispered. “We only have one and you’ve found yours, yet you’re here bitching about the fact he’s human rather than enjoying what you have been gifted.”

“Feels like mates are becoming this mythical thing,” Hugo murmured. “Before Kelvin found his, I couldn’t remember the last time we had a mating. Several decades ago, if not longer.”

“Nah, longer than that.” Kai shook his head and exhaled heavily. “Don’t fuck this up. Don’t let something like his species ruin the best thing in your life.”

“You know how I feel about humans.”

“We all know how you feel about humans. The fact you let Key work with you is astonishing, considering how much you detest them.”

“I’m not stupid. He has skills that I need.”

“So you can put up with him being human because he’s skillful. Does he know about this?”

“I imagine if he doesn’t, he will at some point.” Gray went back to the sofa and sat. Rubbing his hands over his face, he bit his bottom lip. “I’ve hated humans for a long time.”

“You have, and now you need to face that hate or lose your mate, because he will at some point become pissed off with how you’re treating him and find a man who wants to be with him. We all know how you’ll react to that.”

“He’s already fucked another man.”

“Did he know what he was to you when he did?” Hugo glanced at Kai, who was watching Gray.

“No, he didn’t, and the man is someone he was involved with.” Gray detested admitting the truth, but no matter how it made him feel, he had messed up by not telling Henry everything.

“So he had sex with his partner before he found out exactly what you two are. Not his fault then.”

“Never said it was. I can admit—just—when I’ve fucked up, and I did then.”

“And we all know how you reacted when you found out.”

“How would you have reacted?” Gray demanded from Kai.

“I wouldn’t have been in that position in the first place. I would have told my mate everything he or she needed to know. Not overreacted like a petulant child, and stormed off. For someone as smart as you, you can be incredibly dumb at times.”

“Finished insulting me yet?” Gray almost shouted. He was growing more and more annoyed with Kai and his attitude. The vampire didn’t need to keep reminding Gray that he’d messed up. He already knew all of that and was trying to move on, which, with him being him, was hard. He’d hated humans for decades and no one should expect him to erase all of that in a matter of days.

“No, not really. I’m enjoying myself.” Kai sat back and stretched his arm along the back of the sofa. “Not often I see the almighty Gray in this position. You’re normally looking down your nose at people.”

“I have never done that,” Gray spat out.

“No, you haven’t. Not to vampires at least. Now humans… that’s a different matter entirely.”

“I know!! I get it. I hate humans and didn’t care who knew about it. Fucking hell, get off this horse because you’ve flogged it to death.”

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