Rosko, Mandy - Night and Day (Siren Publishing Classic ManLove) by Mandy Rosko Read Free Book Online

bristled like an offended hedgehog. “I’m not leaving here without him. Cedric, this was a mistake man, let’s go.”
    Cedric pulled his face from his hands, and again Silus was able to see more than just that pretty head of golden hair. It was unfortunate that the face was so solemn.
    “Your guard is wise to assume danger. You could do well to learn from him,” Silus said. “However, I do not wish any harm upon you. Do you wish it upon me?”
    Cedric shook his head. “No.”
    He would have to be the stupidest of earth’s creatures to believe that one little word. But, Cedric had come to him in the first place, after all, fully knowing that Silus was a creature of the night. And, if he truly wished harm on Silus, he could have done any number of things whilst he was busying himself writhing on the floor of his bedchamber.
    He could easily cause him harm now by glowing bright enough to turn Silus into a pile of ash.
    Perhaps he really was the stupidest of all the creatures, because he believed him. “Good. For now, I wish to speak with you, calmly, and rationally.”
    Knowing his parents wanted to kill Cedric meant lust would have to be put on hold.
    Cedric seemed to see this as well. Finally, he spoke. “I’ll be fine, Ben.”
    “Are you fucking nuts ?”
    Silus and Cedric hissed their shushes at him.
    “Are you fucking nuts?” he said, quieter this time. “Ceddy, if I leave, you’re going to be stuck here either ’til sunup, or whenever I come back.”
    “He shall be with me,” Silus stated. He would never let anything happen to him. “He will be able to summon you after …” After what? They spoke? Fucked? “After.”
    “Cedric—”
    “Ben, I’m good. I’m not going to stay the whole night, and I don’t expect you to stick around either. I get that it’s dangerous, but right now I don’t care.”
    Something seemed to pass between the two men. Some sort of private knowledge that Silus wasn’t privy to, because Ben relented.
    “I wouldn’t leave you stuck here to sneak out on foot. I’ll be back for you in half an hour.” Ben turned a glare onto Silus. “If he’s not in here by that time, I’m getting his family involved.”
    “Understood.”
    “Jesus, I’m not a woman, guys.”
    Ben’s wide smile showed off his bright white teeth as he disappeared like the Cheshire cat. Silus thought he saw a hint of that smile remaining even after the man was gone.
    It left the pool house quiet for a moment.
    “Guess I was a little forward when I kissed you.”
    Silus did not know what to say to that. Cedric sat in front of him, shamefaced and waiting.
    He always thought the hard truth served better than anything softened. “I did not ask you to stay because I wanted to berate you, but, yes, considering our hate for each other, you could have chosen to be more careful.”
    “Wow, you actually hate me?”
    He did not seem hurt by it, but there was something amiss in his voice. “I suppose I do. Are we not supposed to hate each other?”
    Cedric grinned, and his golden eyes softened to a lovely shade of amber. “We’re supposed to. People are supposed to do a lot of things. Doesn’t mean they have to.” Then he shook his head. “I just learned that last night.”
    Silus didn’t think he wanted to know what Cedric referred to.
    “And I’m still sorry about jumping on you. I just got—excited.”
    “I already knew that,” Silus said. But then the truth behind Cedric’s apology dawned on him. Though last night had been very pleasurable, the two of them, alone in this little space, knew very little about each other aside from their species, and that did not make a good beginning.
    Boundaries had not been set.
    But Silus did not wish for boundaries. He was not even certain what this was. He was in his family pool house with a sun sprite, the most foul of all vampire enemies.
    And yet… “Had that human not been present, I would have let you finish what you started.”
    He had not