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.Teddy laughed. Got hungry, did you?Pierce shrugged, smile unrepentant. You took forever to get here. Well, since I didn t expect you until tomorrow, I wasn t exactly hurrying.Pierce chuckled and leaned his weight forward, resting their foreheads together. Couldn t wait.It s almost Christmas and I needed to be with my Teddy Bear.Teddy whacked him in the shoulder, but it was a half-hearted move, at best.Truth was,he d kind of grown to like that ridiculous nickname.Or maybe it was just the way Pierce said it, warm and affectionate, love clear in everysyllable.Pierce started to gently lower Teddy to the floor.Or at least, it started out gentle.Thentheir balance went and they landed in a heap.Teddy s breath left him with an audible  oof. Sorry, Pierce said.He was laughing while he spoke.Teddy didn t really take the apology seriously. Dork, he said, smiling. Mmm, but I m your dork. That you are.Mine and no one else s.No matter what the next ten years brought, Teddy would be forever grateful for thatfirst fateful Christmas.It had put Pierce right where he belonged in Teddy s arms.www.total-e-bound.comAlso available from Total-E-Bound Publishing:Odd Man InK.M.MahoneyReleased 12th September 2011ExcerptChapter OneIt wasn t the first time he d been snagged.And it wouldn t be the last time, either.DaiorMathews had been told on many occasions he had a real problem with authority.He alwaysreplied that it wasn t a problem but a really intense distaste.Authority and organisations.And politicians.And dentists.He wasn t too fond of dentists.Hell, he didn t like anybody,really.So when the guards opened the door and tossed him a companion, the kid flyingthrough the air like a freaking trapeze artist with the greatest of ease and a really hardlanding Dai should have minded his own business.Could have.Should have.The story ofhis life.But Daior just never learnt.When that kid hit the ground at his feet, looked up at himwith those pale blue eyes& Hell.Daior had a feeling his life had just become a great dealmore complicated.He sighed, leaned over, grabbed the kid by the shoulder and hoisted him upright. Kid, he said. Didn t anyone ever tell you that you need wings to fly?The kid dusted himself off. People keep saying that. And you keep trying to prove them wrong? Something like that.www.total-e-bound.comDaior snorted.The kid had quite a mouth on him.Daior liked it.The kid grinned at the sound. I m Terran, he said.He tilted his head back, studyingthe grey stone arching over their heads. So, where are we, and how do we get out? We re in a private complex on an unnamed planet in the Delta Sector.In Daior s opinion,  planet was being generous.The blasted rock was way too small tomanage enough gravity for a stationary orbit or a semi-comfortable living environment.Heck, he d seen asteroids larger.It must have one hell of a density to make up for it.Daiorhad pretty much covered the whole thing during his last escape attempt.It had only takenhim about twelve hours, with the exception of the blasted mountain.No way was heclimbing a mountain.That part he d left unexplored.Nature wasn t really his thing.Terran kicked at the wall, crossing his arms and scowling.He was probably attemptingto look ferocious, but his features were far too fine and, well, cute for that. This wasn texactly how I planned to spend my weekend.Daior watched bits of rock skitter across the rough floor and his mouth quirked. Notexactly my idea of a good time, either. You never answered my other question, Terran pointed out. What question was that? Daior could feign ignorance with the best of them. How do we get out? We don t.Terran started chewing on his lip, foot jiggling nervously. What do you mean, wedon t? This planet s about as big around as a nutshell.No place to hide.And no availableships to get us off, either.We re effectively stuck. Well, what do they want? With me? Something they aren t gonna get.You? Damned if I know.Terran wrapped long fingers around his slender hips and glared, his blue eyes like icyfire. What do you know? That you re damned cute when you re mad.Terran s mouth dropped open, and Daior half expected him to stomp his foot.It was the truth, though.The light wasn t very good KoraGel lamps might beconvenient and cheap, but they were crappy for lighting anything larger than a one-personwww.total-e-bound.comtent.The six bolted into the stone walls of their cave barely kept the dark at bay.Even so, hecould tell the kid was something else.Small and lithe but nicely muscled.Built for speed andagility, not strength and persistence, like Dai was.Hair of some indeterminate shade lightbut not blond stuck up in neat spikes.A pert nose, rounded cheeks with cute littledimples hell, everything about the man was little.Except for those eyes.They were big,expressive and the prettiest shade of blue Daior had ever seen.Bright with life andenthusiasm and glittering like the heart of a nebula.Those eyes suddenly lost their sparkle.It hit his gut hard to see it go.Terran sighed and plopped down on a large rock against the wall, resting his chin in hishand.He didn t say anything, just stared at the shadows lurking around his bare feet. Where are your shoes, kid? Daior asked. They took them. Why? he asked with honest confusion, casting a look at his own boot-clad feet. I don t know.I don t know who they are or what they want with me or anything.I wasjust out having a few drinks, wandering around Quentain, and suddenly I get kidnapped.Iguess I should just be glad they only took my shoes.That ugly guy wanted to take myclothes, too. They re all ugly, Daior replied absently.But& Well, damn.He probably wouldn thave minded a naked Terran all that much.Or at all.Wait& Quentain? If Daior s calculationswere correct, they were currently on the fringes of colonised space.Quentain wasn t even inthis galaxy, let alone the same solar system.They must have wanted Terran badly to draghim that far.Either that, or they really, really didn t want to be found.Maybe both.Daior pushed aside the questions for the moment.At the same time, he tried to bury theinstant surge of lust that had his cock hardening in his battered cargo pants.Just becausehe d been stuck in here for far too long, and in deep space for months before that, didn tmean his control was completely shot.He could restrain himself from falling on the first cutetwink he came across.Maybe.Probably.And hell, nothing even guaranteed the kid was gay, anyway.Althoughhis gut said yes.Loudly.And Daior s gut was usually right.www.total-e-bound.comDaior slid down the wall until his bum hit the floor, and he stretched out his legs,crossing his ankles and settling in.He didn t bother trying to get comfortable.It would be awasted effort [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]