Trey grinned crookedly. “So that’s why I’ve been tasting tequila since I woke up. Was it really necessary to give me tongue?”Eric laughed. “Hey, I know you like that kind of thing. I thought it might revive you.”“You gave him tongue?” Jace’s nose curled. He knew Trey was bisexual, and Jace was fine with that, as long as he wasn’t confronted by it. To each man his own—just keep it behind closed doors.Eric rolled his eyes toward the ceiling and shook his head. “No, I didn’t really give him tongue. Jeez, dude, do you have any sense of humor at all?”Jace had a hard time figuring out when Eric was being serious and when he was joking. He’d probably do better if he erred on the side of joking. The guy was rarely serious.“I knew you were joking,” Jace said.“Whatever.”“I’m bored. Let’s watch Sed and Jessica’s video again,” Trey said.Dave peeked in the door. “Eric, are you ready to go?” he whispered loudly.“Sed and Jess left,” Eric said, waving Dave back into the room. “It’s safe.”Da
Aggie went to her table and returned with a black cloth sack. She slipped it over his head. The room was tinted black as he stared through the gauzy material. He could see just fine, and he could breathe. He realized she couldn’t see his face like this. Was that her purpose? So she didn’t have to look at him?“Stay,” she said, before leaving him lying there on the cold floor, his leash lying loose beside him. He tilted his head and watched her walk into the second room of her sanctum. She returned a moment later with a big, muscular man on a leash. He was hooded, but otherwise unrestrained.“Kneel, Loser,” she growled at the man.“Yes, Mistress V.” He dropped to his knees, bent over her boots, and rubbed his leather-encased face over her feet and ankles with feverish reverence.He noticed Jace lying naked-with-socks on the floor and glanced up at his dominatrix in question.“Don’t look at me directly.”He averted his gaze.“We’re going to show this misbehaving slave the proper way to
She tilted her head back and took in the beauty of the speckled sky. “I never take the time to look at the stars. I’m usually working.” She snuggled closer to Jace. She hoped Roy didn’t fire her for leaving. She could tell him she had an emergency. Knowing Jace was leaving Vegas counted as an emergency, didn’t it? Her arms tightened around him. She had to admit she didn’t want him to go.“Come here,” Jace murmured, sliding an arm around her waist to coax her to move around his body.She slid so they faced each other, her back to the handlebars and her legs straddling his. Up on the main road, a car passed, but no one seemed to know their little dirt road existed.“You said you wanted to drive out to the desert to have an orgy on my bike.” His low voice sent ripples of delight through her body. “If you still want—”Aggie kissed him, thrusting her tongue into his mouth. He remembered that offhand comment? He groaned, his hands gripping her bare thighs beneath her skirt. She tugged his T
“Why are you thanking me?” Sed said. “I’m putting your ass to work.”Which suited Jace just fine. This was only the second time Jace had been inside Sed’s condo. The first had been Sed’s housewarming party, probably the wildest in the history of man. Jace didn’t remember most of the evening. He’d passed out on the rooftop patio in nothing but a pair of women’s blue satin panties, and Eric had drawn flowers all over his back with an indelible marker. Jace didn’t recollect where he’d gotten those panties.Sed’s place was huge and extravagant. Maybe it was time for Jace to buy a place of his own. His little apartment didn’t get much use, but Brownie would probably like a balcony she could sun herself on. It just seemed a waste to spend all that money on something so rarely used. Normally, Jace was on the road far more often than he was at home, but since Trey was out of commission until his finger mobility improved, they’d had to cancel a bunch of tour dates.Jace followed Sed through th
Their hour with the kids flew by. Eric had more energy than all twenty kids put together. On their way out the door, Eric pounded Jace on the shoulder. “Let’s go grab a beer or two. What do you say?”Jace smiled. Was he finally making that elusive connection with Eric? “Yeah. Sounds great.”Two beers turned into ten or twelve. Jace lost count. Being a quiet drunk, Jace stared into his magically refilling mug while Eric chattered enough for five people with everyone in shouting distance. He kept himself and half the bar entertained. Jace wasn’t sure that Eric was even aware of his presence. He wondered what Aggie was up to. Three weeks was long enough to let his pain fester. Maybe he’d drop in on her the next day. Assuming he didn’t die of alcohol poisoning or asphyxiate on his own vomit in the night.“You drunk, yet?” Eric asked near midnight.Jace closed one eye to get rid of the three or four extra Erics in his line of sight. “Define drunk.”“Wanna go get a tattoo with me?”Jace nod
He laughed again. “Bonding moment with Eric.”She sucked the ring into her mouth, and his body stiffened. Ooo, fun. She flicked it with her tongue. “Who’s Eric?”“Our drummer.”“Anything else I should know about?”“Hmmmm. The wicked awesome tattoo on my ass?”She stripped his jeans and boots off and inspected his cute, little butt to find nary a mark on his perfect ass. “I don’t see anything.”“Look closely.”She ran her hands over the smooth cheeks, up and down. “Nothing here.”“That’s right. It wasn’t on my ass, was it? I swear I got a new one somewhere. I doubt you’ll find it.”She remembered he had a few on each of his upper arms, one on the left side of his chest. Problem was she wasn’t sure if she could pick a new one out of his collection. She coaxed him onto his back and pulled his shirt off, leaving him naked except for his socks, and started with the tattoo on his upper arm. A skull engulfed in flames. “I remember this one.”“You sure?”She wasn’t. “Yeah.” The dagger and ros
After changing into jeans and a T-shirt, Aggie grabbed her leather jacket along with Jace’s and then met him at the curb. He sat on his bike, gazing up at the sky. She touched his arm gently, and he started.“Do you always think that hard?” she asked, handing him his jacket. He slipped into the worn leather garment.“Mostly.”“Where do you want to go?”“Anywhere.”So he was back to answering her questions with as few words as possible.“Do you want to go someplace quiet where we can be alone? Or crowded where we can have a lot of fun?”“I don’t like crowds.”“Then let’s just ride.”“You’d like that?”“Yeah.”He smiled, and her heart melted. “Me too.”He took her hand and helped her climb onto the bike behind him.“Aggie?”“Yeah?”“I really like you too.”She slid her arms around his waist and put her chin on his shoulder to try to see his expression under the light of the corner street lamp. “I’m glad to hear you say that, Jace, but what brought it on all of a sudden?”“You told your
“I did bring Jace’s favorite flail,” Aggie said. “It’s in my luggage. I’m sure you could use a good, hard beating.”Eric’s eyes widened. “You’re joking.”Aggie lifted her eyebrows. “Do I look like I’m joking?”“Don’t worry. She won’t break the skin,” Jace mumbled.“I think I’ll pass.” Eric scooted over a few inches and flopped onto his back to stare up at the ceiling. “I’m bored.”Aggie snuggled closer to Jace. She was starting to think he could sleep through an earthquake.“So Aggie, what do you like to do for fun?” Eric asked.“Besides make men cry?”He laughed uncomfortably. “Yeah, besides that.”“She sews,” Jace murmured.“Sews?”“Yeah, sews.”“What? Like pot holders?”“No, like leather corsets,” Aggie said.“She makes them by hand and sews designs on them,” Jace said, starting to sound more alert now.“Embroidery,” Aggie clarified.“They’re works of art.” Jace’s hand stroked her hair lethargically. “And sexy.”“Oh,” Eric said flatly. “Well, that gives me a boner. Now I’m bored an