“I don’t remember. Let me out of this, Kyle. ”
Ignoring him, Kyle continued. “This was my cousin Lucas’s idea, you know. Larsson and I have been traveling back and forth on transports for weeks trying to see if you and Tarr would come for us. He said that you wanted me to beg, but if I ignored you, you wouldn’t be able to stand it. ”
“I have no interest in what he said. Or what you say, for that matter. ” Taz practically spat the words at him.
Kyle slid off him and sat on the bed beside him, still gazing down at him.
“So you have no interest in having me come back to be your nobyo?”
He was silent so long Kyle didn’t think he was going to answer. Finally he growled out an angry reply. “You left me. You left our child. ”
“Technically, I only left you. The baby hadn’t arrived yet. ”
Taz glared at him and then turned his head away, his body language making it clear he wasn’t going to dignify that with an answer.
“If you don’t want me to be your nobyo, I can still let you go. I haven’t claimed you, you see. So while I’d be sad, and it would take me a long, long time to get over you, I might still be able to do it. Find another mate. If that’s what you want. ”
He glanced over at Kyle with a bitter, angry expression. “You just can’t help yourself, can you? You want someone else? I heard you were seen in bars with other men. ”
“Oh, that got back to you, huh? Lucas said it would. What would you think if I said yes, I would like someone else who treated me more like an equal?” Kyle asked, tilting his head.
“I’d think you were a whore! And I’d be right. You belonged to me. And you were very well treated!” Taz pressed his lips together bitterly and cast an accusing glance at Kyle.
“Well, you don’t want me anymore. What difference does it make to you? And in my culture, I wasn’t cheating on you at all. I haven’t properly mated with you yet. ”
“I’ve mated you, as you say, in every possible way. ”
“But I haven’t mated you. That’s what forms our bond. That and the bite. ”
“What do you mean?”
“Once I make love to you and give you the mating bite, then I would never be able to leave you—never be able to be away from you or ever want another man. ”
Kyle saw Taz listening carefully, but he still kept his face turned away. Sighing heavily, Kyle got up to leave. “I’ll have someone come in and release you, and send you back to Tygeria. ”
He got as far as the door before Taz spoke again. “I guess it wouldn’t be so bad, this mating thing. If that’s what you need to keep you from being a whore. ”
Stopping with his hand on the door, Kyle smiled a little before he turned back around. “You’re a sweet talker, I’ll give you that. ” He took a step closer to the bed. “So are you saying you’d like me to give you the mating bite? You want me to make love to you?”
“If that’s what it takes to get you to come back home where you belong…and take over your responsibilities. I guess I could make that sacrifice. The baby needs a nobyo, I suppose. ”
“What about you? Do you want me to be your nobyo?” Kyle asked softly.
Taz rolled his eyes. “Isn’t that what I just said?”
Kyle sat down on the bed beside him again. He took a key from his pocket and released Taz from the cuffs. He leaned over and kissed his forehead, his cheeks, his lips. Taz squirmed under his attention, and put a hand on his chest to push him gently away.
“Stop—I don’t like it. ”
Kyle wrapped a hand around his rapidly filling cock. “Really?”
Taz ignored him. “Well, how do we do this? Let’s get on with it. ”
“Lie down—face down. ” Kyle took his shoulder and urged him to turn over in bed. Grumbling, he moved to his stomach and rose on one hand to look over his shoulder at Kyle, but Kyle pushed him back down. “No, just relax. Stay down. ”
Taz let out a long, put-upon breath, but did as he asked and turned back around, holding himself up on his elbows. “Hurry this up, will you?”
Kyle smiled and took off his pants with hands that trembled with desire. He didn’t want Taz to see how much he wanted this, and he didn’t trust his voice right now. He shoved his pants and underwear down and stepped out of them, went to the small table beside his bed, and pulled out a small bottle of oil. He drizzled the cool, slippery liquid onto his hand and down between Taz’s ass cheeks, stopping for a moment to admire the rounded ass. He massaged the lube into the crease, finding Taz’s hole and enjoyed the needy little sounds coming from Taz’s throat, the ones he was trying so hard to hold back.