Total pages in book: 99
Estimated words: 93267 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 466(@200wpm)___ 373(@250wpm)___ 311(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 93267 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 466(@200wpm)___ 373(@250wpm)___ 311(@300wpm)
“Universe, if you’re trying to pull a joke on me, it’s not fucking funny.”
Sighing, he got up and headed for the door, pulling on his doctor’s coat as he went. He needed to check on Clarissa. If she was fine, maybe he’d head home early. Right now, he wasn’t in the right headspace to help anyone.
Gregori lay flat on his back, eyes hooded as he watched Salem ride him. It felt exquisite, the push and pull as Salem rocked back and forth, his dick sliding in and out of slick heat. He kept his hands on Salem’s thighs, loving the contact, sometimes reaching up to tweak a nipple just to hear Salem groan.
The pace was easy, not frantic for once, because right now the sex was less about getting off and more about comfort. For once, they were on the same page, but Gregori wished they weren’t, as it meant they’d both had a really shitty day.
Look at Salem, those slitted eyes, his mouth open in a pant. His legs trembled under Gregori’s hands from the exertion, but Salem didn’t speed up. Didn’t ask to change positions. Just kept riding Gregori with that perfectly slow pace.
With every fiber of his being, Gregori wished he could slow down his own climax. Extend this somehow. It wasn’t to be, sadly, his groin already tight and hot with the impending feeling. He could only take Salem with him right now.
Gregori shifted his hand over to Salem’s lovely dick and started stroking in time with his thrusts. Salem made that groan again, the sound like music to his ears, speaking purely of pleasure.
With a half shout, Salem came hard, the cum hot over Gregori’s hand. He felt Salem’s channel squeeze around him and it sent him over the edge. His hips slammed up as he spilled himself deep inside his mate, the climax more of relief than passion, but welcome nonetheless.
Gregori’s lungs worked, drawing in breath, though it had a catch in it. Damn soot still caused him problems. He ignored it, basking in the afterglow settling in. Salem collapsed over his chest, completely boneless. Hell, half of Gregori’s now softened dick was still in him. He was so warm, so cuddly, the thought of moving sounded sacrilegious. Gregori’s dragon let out a rumbling purr, a sound of perfect contentment. Their mate had come to them for sex and comfort, and right now, it made his dragon quite happy.
Gregori, though, wanted to know why. This was very unlike Salem. Should he ask? Or let it be and just indulge in the moment?
With a sigh, Salem pulled off and flopped onto his side. Then he waved a hand, speaking a spell. “Sui gev adi.”
The warm tingle of magic flowed over Gregori and he went from sticky to clean in a second flat. Uh. Since when did Salem know this spell? Gregori hadn’t seen this magic in a very, very long time.
“You learned the cleaning spell?”
“Sam taught it to me.” Salem lifted a single shoulder in a shrug, not proud of this, merely stating a fact. “Amaru apparently taught it to him.”
Trust Amaru to know this and have no qualms teaching it.
“Of course, my magic is only good for things like this,” Salem tacked on, tone bitter.
He hadn’t meant to poke a stick into the hornet’s nest, but it was obvious he had. Welp. Guess they were talking about it.
Gregori put a hand to Salem’s lower back and snugged him in closer. “Bad day?”
“Yeah. Shitty.” Salem burrowed in a little, a long sigh slipping out of his throat. “What should have been a routine appendectomy damn near killed a twelve-year-old girl this afternoon.”
Well shit. No wonder he was so upset. Not being able to help a child tore at Salem. He was a damn good pediatric surgeon for a reason.
“What happened?”
“Her grandmother fed her something before the surgery.”
“Uh. I’m not an expert on surgeries, but isn’t that a giant no-no?”
“It is. The body can’t process food well while under anesthesia, so it tends to go into shock. You’d think, with as many medical TV shows out there, people would get it through their heads to not do this. But you’d be surprised how many times we’ve had to cancel a surgery, or had an emergency on our hands, because people don’t follow instructions. In this case, the grandmother was the type to believe nothing could be wrong with her precious angel. She apparently tries to feed this poor girl gluten all the time even though she’s a hardcore celiac.”
“Ouch. That’s just stupidity layered on stupidity.”
“Tell me about it. Ugh, I hate people.”
Gregori nodded in sympathy and support. “People suck.”
“Anyway, this little girl crashed on the table. I had to do CPR to get her back and it was a close call. She’s now under observation and we’ll have to reschedule her surgery in the next day or two. Which shouldn’t have happened. But the kicker was, the entire time I worked on her, I kept wondering why I was born a mage. My magic’s fucking useless. It can’t even save a little girl.”