Twice Bitten (Love, Lust & Magic #1)

Uriah

“You really think we should let our little magician take a snooze?” asked as he carefully secured Griff’s necklace back in its rightful spot around his neck.

Still in the buff, the vampire and werewolf watched as a freshly showered and sleepy Griff rolled over in Pruitt’s bed.

Pruitt shrugged. “He’s safe here with us.”

“That’s what we thought about my gig tonight, too,” replied .

Pruitt moved from his bedroom doorway into the bathroom. The shower was already running. “Well, in the spirit of saving time, want to try out my double showerhead set up?”

“You absolute dog ,” chuckled as the two stepped into the glass-enclosed shower.

The glass fogged as steam rose. The vampire and the werewolf gathered their thoughts as they allowed the warm water to run down their bodies.

“So, what’s on the roster, then?” asked.

“I didn’t invite you in here for part two of our little kitchen escapade, if that’s what you’re asking,” Pruitt smirked as he tossed the shampoo. “Not everyone has the stamina of a porn star.”

“Stamina of a vampire, you mean,” added , giving a friendly nudge as he ran the product through his hair. “And I have a feeling you’re just being coy.”

Pruitt opted for a conditioner before handing his body wash. “We didn’t tell Griff about the magic that was preventing us from—well, originally, I guess, it was bashing each other’s brains in, or touching at all.”

“How quickly it’s gone from that to blowjobs, huh?” teased as he lathered up his body.

“You’re something else, Riah.” Pruitt couldn’t help but let out a laugh. “I suppose that’s both a good thing and a bad thing.”

“Wasn’t bad when you were begging me to take control of you,” was quick to add.

“I don’t recall that,” Pruitt playfully knocked shoulders with .

“Just you wait,” a sudsy promised, squirting a handful of body wash into a loofah and rubbing it across Pruitt’s back.

“Whatever it was—whatever was zapping us when we touched each other, almost like it was trying to prevent us from learning more about our past—it’s gone now,” said Pruitt as he closed his eyes and enjoyed the attention.

“You think it’s ‘cause of Griff?” asked as he gently guided Pruitt to spin around.

“I know it’s at least connected to him,” Pruitt sighed as the loofah and ’s free hand moved across his chest, over his arms, and further down.

“Suppose we should let on what we saw the other night?” asked. “Little witch has a right to know.”

“Oh!” Pruitt yelped as he felt ’s hands tugging at his flaccid manhood. “Don’t get too wild down there. You mean Odessa?”

“I told you,” said as he scooted in close enough to press his chest into Pruitt’s. “Us vampires, we’ve got an undying libido. They should really bottle it and sell it as the next Viagra.”

“Hey.” Pruitt ran his hands up ’s chest as he looked him in the eyes. “Thanks for letting me behind your signature bad boy exterior.”

didn’t seem to know how to react at first. “Uh, I—well…”

“Ah, shut up,” Pruitt said with a laugh as he leaned in and pressed his lips against the vampire’s.

“Well, thanks for dropping the pretty popular boy fa?ade and letting me see your wild side,” replied as he handed the loofah to Pruitt.

“That, this—us here together—it’s all because of our magical little human friend asleep in my bed,” said Pruitt. “And I think it’s even bigger than what we were even imagining.”

“Can’t be much bigger than what I’m seeing downstairs, Mr. Mondamin,” said as he finally returned Pruitt’s kiss.

“You’ll get all the wolfy loving you want once we figure out what’s after Griff,” Pruitt assured . “Oh, and add that to the list of things I never thought I’d say to you.”

“In all our years of living, we certainly are in unprecedented times.” chuckled. “What happened at the bar tonight—you think that was Odessa’s doing, too?”

“I don’t think it,” Pruitt replied. “ I know it. ”