Page 48 of Becoming D'Vaire
His words had no effect on the chortling wizard as Grigori strode out of the room into the attached bath to grab a shower. He had the spray adjusted and was working Delaney’s shampoo through his hair when the glass door opened and he stepped in.
“Do you have any plans for the day?” Delaney asked after he started sudsing his own tresses.
“It’s Saturday, but usually I’m in my lab.”
“I forgot to ask, do you work for your brother’s company?”
Grigori dumped a healthy amount of conditioner in his palm, then passed the bottle to his mate. It was the first time he’d ever showered with another person, and he liked the quiet intimacy of sharing it with Delaney. “I work for myself. I sell my formulas to Umpyr, but I prefer to choose my own projects, hours, and all that. I still use the lab my father built for me when I was a kid. I was thinking of asking Aleksander if I could have something similar built here.”
Delaney’s smile was glorious. “Good idea, it’ll be easier to drag you out when necessary that way.”
“Exactly. So were you going to invite me to do something with you today?”
“I actually have a meeting. We have a group of sorcerers who work on projects together. Because it includes Council leaders, they wind up on the weekends. It might be boring, but you’re welcome to join. The other guys with mates bring theirs.”
“I’m rather intrigued by the idea of learning more about your magic,” Grigori replied as he grabbed the soap and spread it liberally over Delaney’s backside.
“You do realize I can do that myself.”
“Shame on you, trying to deprive me of touching these lovely cheeks.”
“It’s just…shit, I’m getting hard,” Delaney said with a little moan. Grigori loved how responsive the wizard was; it amazed him that simply rubbing his ass made his cock stiff. It made Grigori’s dick respond in kind.
He smacked the soap down onto the niche where he found it and used his body to crowd Delaney against the wall. Slapping his hands on the tiles next to his head, he brought their mouths tantalizingly close but not touching. “I guess we’ll have to do something about that,” he murmured. “Go on, grab our dicks in your hand and make us both come.”
Delaney did exactly as he was told, and Grigori sealed their mouths together. Steam filled the room along with their moans. The wizard caught on quickly as he jerked them and to Grigori’s delight, his tongue was sure as they kissed. It took hardly any time at all for them to erupt over Delaney’s fist. Afterward, Grigori managed to get them both clean while his mate slumped against the side of the shower, with a smile on his handsome face.
“Your mother’s worried about blood addiction affecting you, while I’m over here fully convinced I’m already addicted to sex.”
Grigori shut the water off and glared. “I start the day with your familiar licking my balls, and now you want to discuss my mother while we’re naked after having great sex,” he said, then yanked open the glass and stepped out of the shower. “I don’t have to take this kind of abuse.”
His eyes met Delaney’s, and he loved the humor dancing in the dark depths. “I really like you,” the wizard told him, which filled Grigori’s heart to overflowing.
“I’m going home to get dressed.”
Delaney pulled a towel off the rack and wrapped it around his waist. “Red undies.”
Grigori leaned over and kissed him. He didn’t know if Delaney realized he just invited him over for another night, but Grigori wasn’t going to lose the opportunity to spend more time with him. “I won’t forget,” he promised, then teleported to his parents’ condo.
* * *
In a shirt the same crimson as the requested underwear, Grigori sat next to Delaney as a group of men and one woman chatted in a large conference room in the building where the D’Vaires housed their offices. It comprised some of the most powerful sorcerers on the planet, and Grigori felt as if he were being included in some sort of secret club.
“I didn’t know you worked from home,” he said to Delaney.
“Yeah, the Dark Indigo office was Vadimas’s idea.”
“I like that when my lab’s done, we’ll both work from D’Vaire.”
“Aleksander jumped all over that idea.”
“Moving too quick for you?” Grigori asked. He managed to hold back his frown; he would move in right away if Delaney gave him the green light.
“It’ll take time to construct—it just feels too good to be true that you’re willing to be here at D’Vaire with me.”
“I don’t see it as a sacrifice.”
“We’re getting a vampire!” Renny shouted. “I’ve wanted one foryears.”
