“You did? Did you have a good day then?”
“Oh yes, fine. Maybe a little…”
“A little what?”
“A little lonely. But I understand you have to work, and the other mates are all off on trips with their spouses. I’m fine, really, but I was thinking. Maybe I could come with you sometimes? To the mines?”
Lucas shook his head. “It’s really hot and dirty. I don’t want you in that kind of environment. ”
“Oh. All right then. ” He chanced another plea. “I wouldn’t mind. I’d try not to get in the way. ”
“I said no. ” Lucas said sharply and then shifted uneasily as he glanced down at Kai. “Don’t look like that. I want you to be with me, but it’s not a place for you. Some of the workers are very rough men.
The way you were brought up—I’d be too worried about you to be able to work. ”
“It’s all right. I understand. ”
“Look, I was thinking,” Lucas said, leaning forward. “You said once that Scythians don’t have any household pets. ”
“That’s right. ” Kai said. “Animals are for outside,” he said firmly, repeating the words Merrial had told him so many times.
Lucas smiled. “Not always. When we were kids, Blayde and I had a windiga. Do you know what that is?”
When Kai shook his head, Lucas continued. “They’re pets—about so high,” he held his hand out by his knee, “with lovely brown fur. They’re fiercely loyal and surprisingly gentle to their owners, though they can be vicious to outsiders. It’s all in the way they’re trained, of course. My foreman told me his windiga had kits not long ago. He said you could have one, if you like. I thought it might be good for you, and they make very good watch animals. I like the idea that he can protect you when I’m at the mines all day. ”
“But won’t they make a mess in the house?”
“Not if you train them properly. They’re very intelligent and easy enough to train. I can show you. If you want. ”
“Yes,” Kai said, nodding. “When can I have him?”
“I’ll bring him home tomorrow. ” Lucas stood up and held out his hand. “Let’s eat something. I’m starving. ”
Kai followed his mate into the kitchen area and watched while he pulled two dinners from the cabinet. Kai had never seen these kinds of dinners before he came to Lycanus 3. They were already prepared, ready in seconds and absolutely delicious once they were put through the food processor, a small appliance on the countertop. He usually let Lucas pick out the dinners for him, since he had no idea what most of them were anyway. So far, he liked the Lycan food and almost always ate whatever Lucas fixed for him.
Lucas pulled out some kind of small red fruit and popped one inside Kai’s mouth. It was deliciously sweet and so juicy. The sweet liquid stained his lips. “Do you like them? They’re kaiberries,” Lucas said with a grin.
“Kaiberries?” Kai looked up in deli
ght. “Like my name?”
“Yes, exactly. They have a very short growing season and are considered a delicacy. ” He leaned over and licked the juice remaining on Kai’s lips. “Absolutely delicious,” Lucas said, and Kai felt a blush starting on his neck and working its way up.
Kai picked up a berry and held it out teasingly in front of Lucas’s lips. He’d only recently felt bold enough around his husband to tease him a little. Lucas seemed to like it. He opened his mouth to take the berry, but Kai held onto it, keeping the sweet, red berry just at Lucas’s lips. “Wait,” he said, “Hold the berry between your lips a moment. ”
Lucas widened his eyes, but did as Kai asked, holding the berry between his lips and quirking up an eyebrow. Kai leaned forward and nibbled at the berry, feeling the juices running down his and Lucas’s chins, feeling Lucas’s soft lips against his. Lucas moaned, and Kai nuzzled his nose in closer, taking the last bite in his mouth, and licking the juice carefully off Lucas’s lips. He sat back and looked up at Lucas innocently. “There,” he said. “That’s the way to eat a kaiberry, I think. And you’re right. They’re quite a delicacy. ”
Lucas swallowed hard and took Kai’s face in his hands. He bent his head and took his mouth, making a little sound that was half-groan, half-growl. “Dinner later,” he said hoarsely and hauled Kai across the counter into his arms. Grabbing the berries off the counter, he pulled Kai down the hall toward the bedroom. “I can think of another way to eat a kaiberry,” he said, and Kai squealed and pretended to try and get away.
* * * *
Throwing his boy onto his stomach in the middle of the bed, Lucas ripped at his clothing before turning his attention to his own. When he had them both naked, he looked down at Kai and saw him laughing up at him over his shoulder, sticking his ass up in the air and wiggling it.
Almost mad with desire, Lucas fell down behind him and pried open the cleft between his pretty, round ass cheeks. Burying his face in the crevice, he laughed to hear Kai scream and wiggle as if he were trying to get away. He raised his head slightly. “Oh no, you started this. I was perfectly happy to eat my dinner, but you had to get cute. “He bent back to his task, swiping his long tongue all the way up from the back of Kai’s heavy balls to the round little pink nub that was his prize. He grabbed a berry or two from the carton on the bedside and stuck them just inside the little wrinkled hole.
Kai squealed again when he felt the icy cold berries and tried to buck him off, but Lucas simply enjoyed the ride and then spanked his bottom a couple of times. He bit his ass cheek. “Stay still, boy. Accept your punishment for teasing me,” he said, laughing. He bent to his task, nibbling and biting at the sweet berries, licking them from Kai’s delectable ass. Kai was moaning and alternately sticking his little ass back up higher and then trying to pull away. Lucas held him still as he ate several more of the berries, enjoying Kai’s screams and groans.
When he had Kai trembling and thought his boy’d had enough, he licked the juice off Kai’s balls and his thighs and reached beneath him to grab his rigid cock. “Had enough, baby? We can save the rest for later if you want. ”