them. If they don’t except this I will be very hurt.
“Are you alright dear? You’re injured.” My mom asks him.
“I’m fine.” He says placing a wash towel back over the cut on his head. My dad stands and walks over to Keyan. He worries me a little when he stops directly in front of Keyan. He looks into his eyes and for a second I think he sees his spiral life-ring. But how would my dad know about it?
“Alright Kenna.” My mom attempts to interrupt and my dad holds one hand up to stop her. “Keyan I welcome you to our home. I believe that you are the honorable man that you say you are. Did you guys eat yet? Rhoda and your mom whipped up an awesome meal.”
“I’m starving and I’m sure that Keyan is as well. I’ll be up in my room. We need to change and ready ourselves for tomorrow there is a long week ahead.” My dad is especially nice today and I’ll take it. I grab Keyan’s hand and we go up the stairs. Before I reach the top my dad has something else to say.
“Did you get the things that I had sent up from the cave?”
“No. But I will get to it.”
“Well take your time. It’s safe inside of my warehouse.” I nod. The look on my dad’s face is unfamiliar to me. I shake it off and lead Keyan back to my room.
I go into the bathroom after he sits on the edge of my bed. I grab a washcloth, wet it, and then lather it with soap. I bring it back and begin to clean the wound. He sits there without moving. After I’m finished I take a long look at the cut and it is healing already. I sit beside him and remove my sarong. He takes a long glance at my chest and I smile.
“Are you sure that you can wait until my birthday?” I playfully ask.
“It doesn’t matter if I can or cannot, I will.” He says ripping his eyes away. “Your father recognized my spiral life-ring.” He sighs.
“Are you sure?”
“I’m positive. He looked directly at it.”
“How does he even know about it?”
“I don’t know.” He says completely distracted.
Chapter 15
Keyan and I are totally engulfed in the frivolous sitcoms that are on the tube tonight. I watch him as he watches the TV. I snuggle into his chest deeper so that I can be as close to him as possible. My mom nor my dad has come to check on us. I guess they are really going to let me do this. Could they trust me this much? A commercial comes on and Keyan brows are bent. He is deep in thought.
“A penny for your thoughts.” I say hoping that he reveals his dilemma.
“It’s probably nothing.”
“Is it about my dad noticing your life-ring?”
“Yes. Only a member of The Order knows where to look. It’s a little unnerving.”
“I don’t think that he is even aware of what he saw. Your eyes are definitely enticing. Maybe he was admiring them?” I joke.
“No. I’m sure that he knows exactly what he was searching for.” he never takes his eyes off of the television. But I’m done talking about anything besides us. My dad is hardly a threat to him. There is not a chance in hell that my dad could be a Falconer. I place my hand underneath his shirt and gently rub at his abs. The ripples feel like paradise beneath my fingertips. They glide along his beautiful body and I want to be one with it.
“What are you doing Kenna?” he looks over at me and his eyes control me.
“I want to do things with you. If we can’t make love we can do other things.”
“Like what?” he raises one brow.
“Well…you enjoyed what Litzy did right?”
“Yes but I don’t think that…” I silence him with a sensual kiss. As our lips meet a fire ignites deep down inside of me. I want to give him all of me but he refuses to take it. So for now I’ll give him a taste. As I attack his lips and take siege on his tongue, my hand explores. I rub around his belly button inching my way down towards his magic stick. He grabs my hand and the kissing stops.
“No.” I ignore his denial and slide my hand down his pants. I grab hold of it and start to massage
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