The Two Kings (Afterlife Saga) (5 page)

His hands were tickling my sides and I couldn't help what came next. The worst thing in the world happened.....I snorted! His eyes widened at the new noise that just passed my lips and my hands flew out to my mouth but of course it was to
o
late....it was out!

“And that was
...
?” He asked mocking me as he c
ouldn't contain his wicked, bad boy grin
.

“I don't want to talk about it” I said getting defensive at my utter humiliation. I rolled off him but he pined me down and pulled the covers off me leaving me exposed.

“Oh no you don't, I want to hear it again!” An
d then with surprisingly gentle
fingers
he
tickled my defenceless naked skin until I was near to tears with laughter. Of course the snort
ing
came through
which made his roaring laughter harder and deeper. By the end of our little playing on the bed we were both trying to calm down enough to form actual sentences. Then it hit me, here I was having one of the best mornings of my life, when there was still so many questions I needed answering.

“Oh my God
...
I ca
n't believe I have been so self-
centred! I haven't
even asked you about Takeshi,
is he alright?” Draven looked as though he found this endearing but I just frowned, he can't let me get away with my self
ish behaviour
.

“Don't scorn yourself and you are sweet for asking but I think after everything you have endured you are entitled to a little distraction. Takeshi is fine now
,
he is resting. I gave him some of my energy to help him heal.” He was smoothing my hair back from my face as he spoke.

“How did this happen to him?” I could tell he didn't want to tell me but I raised my eyes to him before he could protest.

“Ok, I will tell you but Keira
,
I don't want you to obsess about something I will not allow to happen
.
” I nodded to indicate he should continue.

“Lucius is trying to poison his mind so that his actions can't be seen for what he has planned. I don't know exactly what he is going to do but one thing is for sure...he knows about you
.
” This made me shudder at the thought and Draven didn't miss my reaction as he pulled me closer to him, wrapping the covers around me like a secure cocoon, making me feel like a butterfly.

“But nothing
will
happen to you. He can't take you from me.” This sounded very threatening and I couldn't imagine anyone being as crazy as to want to
antagonise
Draven. Well apart
from the obvious being Sammael.

“But why does he
even
want me?” I asked
bring
ing
him back to my eyes, which softened when they got there.

“Bec
ause my lovely, you are mine and you are my only weakness.  Y
ou are a
lso a
very breakable human as we
both know so t
his puts the risks at a higher price. He will do anything to have you
, to take you from me
but he is not stupid and will not chance coming here himself. It just means that I will be a little more protective over you than I normally would.”
He said all this without too much emotion and I knew it was to spare me worry....but because I knew this I worried anyway.

“Ok
,
next question, why the Hell didn't you tell me that you had Layla here imprisoned?” Ok telling by his reaction to this question I could add another crazy person to the list of
“W
ho would risk making Draven angry.
”
He did
not
look happy that I hadn't forgotten this small factor.

“We are
not
going to discuss this!” He said flatly but I was not going to yield that quickly.

“And why not? I think I have a right to know!”

“You do not yet know enough about our ways to understand
.
” He was tryin
g to judge my response but what
ever he saw in my face
,
it was not wh
at he had hoped for
. His face said as much.

“Understand what?” I shook my head at him but I had a feeling I was going to regret the truth.

“You will think our ways are barbaric and
you won't look kindly on me
for being the one that has to enforce such punishments. Is this something that you really want to know about?” It wasn't so much a question but more a statement as he knew
that
I would not. I was torn
between the two Draven
s I knew. I remember
ed
how cold he had first been to me and the sight of him fighti
ng,
ripping into those creatures they call
ed Gorgan Leeches. How he wielded
his
two
powerful sword
s that came from his Demon form, slicing
into the body
that
Sammael had used as a vessel. It had been a truly frightening sight.

And of course there was the other Draven that was with me now. The one that had taught me more about the pleasures my body could endure
than anyone before him
. I had felt more love and passion in these past few days than in my entire life. His soft voice telling me how perfect I was and how
his
eyes looked
at me when he told me that
he loved me. It was like two completely different people but I couldn't help that I loved both of them to my very core.

“Ok
so
I get the point but I don't exactly need details here
.
” He was getting up and before I could protest he was leaning down to whisper in my ear.

“I have to do Demon/Angel
man things
.
” And he winked at me before leaving to use the bathroom. I couldn't believe how shocked I was just to see him doing something so human. I mean he wa
s only using the bathroom for g
oodness
sake but I still couldn't believe it, even when I heard the toilet flush
I found myself giggling
. I got up
, cleaned the evidence of our joining with some tissue
and put my clothes on still chuckling to myself before he came out. I wondered if he left the seat up? Ha!

When he came out
, he too was
dress
ed and his hair was pushed back,
wet around his neck. The sight of him in designer jeans and a tight fitted black vest made me need to sit down. His shoulders looked huge and it seemed every day he was taller. I was only five foot three so he was over a foot taller, being I guessed over six foot. I had never asked him so I wasn't certain.

“How tall are you?” I asked thinking while I was pondering it
,
I might as well get the facts. He looked at me with a curious smile and I knew he was wondering were the question had come from but he obliged
me
anyway.

“I'm about six foot four, two hundred and forty pounds and I hate cucumbers, anything else you would like to know
?” He asked
and I could tell he was teasing me again.

“You hate cucumbers?” I said trying not to laugh at the thought. He came up to me
as I was sat on the bed
and
put one hand on either side of my thighs,
leaning into me smiling.

“I don't like the texture but one thing I do like the texture of
....
” He was speaking over my mouth and
the rest of his sentence was lost
on my lips making it very clear what he was referring to. We were just about to do the naughty again when my phone started to vibrate and I almost cursed out loud.

“Bloody technology!” I said instead but Draven found my frustration funny and he jumped up quickly to retrieve my phone. Of course as soon a
s I saw who it was, this did mak
e me swear.

“Oh shit!” I knew it wasn't lady like but I couldn't help it.

“Keira what's wrong?”

“Just
reality!” I said before flipping the phone open and saying begrudgingly
,

“Hi mum
.
”

Chapter 3

Unfortuna
te Family M
embers.

“Hi Honey, I've not caught
you at a bad time have I
? Only there was no answer at home
.
” My mum
’s
sweet voice made it difficu
lt to lie so of course I did a lousy job of it!

“No mum
its
fine, is everything alright?” I noticed Draven had taken a seat and looked very amused at the dread on my face. The problem was that even though I was some distance from him, I knew he could still hear every word that was being said, on both sides.
Damn
Demon hearing!

“Yes every
thing
’
s fine sweetheart, I guess I just wanted to see if there's anything new with you?”

“Umm no not really just plodding along, you know college and work and stuff
.
” I was trying my best to sound casual but when I was faced with the most gorgeous, sexiest man alive staring at me and knowing every lie I made, oh and finding it hilarious at that, well let
’
s just say it did make personal phone calls....difficult.

“So
,
nothing new then
?” My mum was being
about as subtle as a bull at a tea party!

“Mum is there something you want to ask?”

“Well don't be angry with her but Libby kind of hinted that you were courting?” Oh no just when I thought it couldn't get any worse. I was going to murder my sister! When I didn't answer my mum cleared her throat down the phone.

“Keira
!
” My mum was getting impatient and I refused to look at Draven who the last time I looked was frowning.

“Yes mum
...well,
I'm sort of seeing someone
.
” I said quietly but it didn't do me much good as when I looked up
,
Draven
’
s
injured
expression
filled my view. He was stood in front of me and he mouthed the words “sort of” to me.

“I mean
yes
,
I am dating someone
.
” I corrected and this brought the smile back to his lips.

“Well that's nice Kaz
zy honey,
me and your dad both think it's abou
t time but Libby mentioned he’s
your boss
.
” Oh boy, Libby was certainly going to be in for it now. I would refuse to cook for a month but poor Frank would have to eat gruel and charcoal for the duration and that wouldn't be fair on him.

“Yes that's right, he owns the club but he's not my manager, so it kind of doesn't count
,
plus we don't really see each other when I
’m
working, see I work downstairs.” I was babbling on and on and for the first time I felt like kicking Draven in the shins as he stood there grinning at me like a
mischievous
child. I mouthed the words “grow up” at him but this just added fuel
to a naughty flame
.

“Well as long as it doesn't interfere
with work Keira that's the important
thing
.
”

“No it doesn't
.
” I said trying to sound convincing but when you have the memory of Draven's hands all over your body when you were trying to work, it made it harder to lie.

“So w
hat's he like? Libby said he’s
very handsome and that you were wearing make up again so I gather this means you
must
really like him.” Bless my mum but right now I just wanted my phone to blow up! But no doubt that Draven would just use his powers to fix it again. He was
definitely
enjoying himsel
f to
o
much for this little
call
to end
.