Tavyn smiled. “I knew you were special.”
Kansas laughed, shaking off his shock. He’d ask Z about the glowing skin later. “Give me a few minutes to recover and I’ll glow for you again.”
Tavyn rolled until Kansas was on his back beneath him. “You need time to recover? Is that a human thing?”
The large cock pressed against his belly stirred and Kansas groaned. “I would have to fall for an arrogant ass.”
“I was just thinking the same thing.” The king’s smile was wicked as he slid down his body, licking his lips, his intention clear. “Now, let’s see what we can do to get that glow back.”
Chapter Seven
“I told you everything would work out. That’s why I brought you here.”
“I knew it! I knew you had a hand in this, Z.” Kansas attempted to glare at the wizard, but he’d been unable to pull off anything but a beaming smile for the last few weeks. He was just too damn happy. And completely in love.
“Thank you.”
Z nodded, his grin lecherous. “Thank you. I’d been longing for the consort ritual from the moment I laid eyes on you. It was definitely worth the wait.”
Kansas blushed. When Tavyn had officially asked him to be his lifetime consort, to stay in this world, he’d neglected to mention that Z would be presiding over the consummation ceremony.
Presiding and participating. He shivered in remembered pleasure, images of the three of them together burned in his brain.
Z winked. “I doubt he’d share you with me again. He loves you too much for that. And that’s as it should be.”
“Wait, how did you know how to find me? That I would be right for him?” The question had been plaguing him. Would any human have done? Had he been a random choice? He hated to believe that Tavyn could have chosen someone else.
“Don’t forget about our dreams, Kansas. You know you were the only one that could be.” A hot, hard body pressed against his back, wrapping his thick arms around his waist to pull him close. “Tell him about the rubies, Z.”
Tavyn. Kansas leaned back against him instinctively.
The wizard pulled a necklace out from under his shirt. A small ruby surrounded by a silver sun glinted in the soft light of the royal gardens. “This ruby is one of the few pieces left from the GW’s most magical of artifacts. There are only two like it in our world. I have one,” He lifted the king’s wrist to show Kansas the ring on Tavyn’s middle finger. “The king has the other.”
Z shrugged. “In this way we are always connected should he need me. And in this way I was able to find his perfect mate, you, long before I found the storm spell that was created to bring you here.”
“You saw me before? How?”
“The stone brought me to you several years ago. First in dreams, then for a few hours in person on your world. It wasn’t time for you to come to us yet, so I made sure you forgot the encounter. The storm was designed to bring you here you when you were finally ready. When you were healed and that spark of desire to live again came to light.”
So it had been Kansas all along. He was the perfect match for Tavyn. He smiled in gratitude.
He was going to miss the wizard.
“Pan and the others are going to be upset that you didn’t let them see you off.”
Z shook his head ruefully. “I know. Fenna has been particularly vocal on her feelings about my little holiday.”
The Glider had been hounding Kansas about Z leaving their world for any length of time, as if he had any power over the wizard. “What if something happens and he doesn’t make it back in time? The clans aren’t as peaceful as you think they are. The wizard’s power keeps more people in line than you know.”
She’d gotten even bossier since she’d been put in charge of the maps and scrolls. That was Lenard’s idea. Now everyone had to come to her for directions.
That horny cat was kind of brilliant.
He was also happy as a submissive Felix could be, creating the most sought after art and bonding knots in the kingdom—all personally tested and guaranteed by the creator himself. Kansas and Tavyn had become his best customers. He never realized all the fun to be had with restraints. Luckily, he was a quick study.
Both they and Pan, who’d been relieved of her pleasure droid duties to assume an apprentice position with the Royal Storyteller, had been cornering Kansas at every opportunity about the wizard’s upcoming defection.
Kansas was worried too, but Z was determined. Not even the king could change his mind. “I’ll return the moment I’m needed. The ruby will let me know. But I know I’m leaving my king in the best of hands.”