Dark Secrets Unveiled (The Children of the Gods #45) - I.T. Lucas Page 0,1

his head.

With his perfectly-shaped physique and impressive morning erection on display, she couldn’t help but stare.

He was a fine male specimen and, given the way his lips curved in a satisfied smirk, he was well aware of his effect on her.

“Do you like what you see?” He sauntered up to her and pulled her into his arms.

“You know that I do.”

The feel of his hard length pressed against her soft belly evoked a jolt of desire, but as tempting as it was to push him back on the bed and have her wicked way with him, Sari couldn’t act on her impulse. As it was, she’d taken a risk making love to David last night. She shouldn’t have drained his energy when he so desperately needed every little bit of it to transition successfully.

“Go.” She pushed on his chest. “You said that you needed to answer nature’s call.”

“I do.” He let go of her and walked toward the bathroom with an exaggerated swagger.

“Show-off,” she called after him.

Glancing at her over his shoulder, David smiled and flexed his butt muscles. “Are you sure that you don’t want to join me in the shower?”

“I’m sure.”

“If you change your mind…” He flexed again before closing the bathroom door behind him.

As she waited for the coffee to brew, Sari wondered how she would survive the next few days. While David was awake and she was with him, the fear subsided, but she couldn’t be with him every second of the day or keep him awake all night. Both of them needed to sleep.

Perhaps she could ask Steven to hook David up to the medical monitoring equipment at night? Those things sounded the alarm when something went wrong, so she could sleep without worrying that she wouldn’t wake up in time.

But that meant spending the nights in the clinic and sharing a narrow hospital bed with David.

Perhaps she could move her bed down there?

Everyone would think that she’d lost it, including David, but Sari didn’t care. The most important thing was to keep him alive, and everything else was secondary to that.

Once the coffee was ready, she took their two mugs to the bedroom.

David was already back in bed, and he’d even shaved.

“Here you go.” She handed him a mug and climbed into bed holding hers. “Now that you are awake, tell me how you are really feeling?”

“Excellent.” He took a sip from the coffee. “Kalugal’s bite was one hell of a trip. All through the night I kept dreaming about the things I saw while floating on the euphoric cloud his venom bite brought about.”

“What things? I’ve never experienced the venom’s effects. I’m curious.”

As Sari’s imagination supplied the information she was missing, arousal coursed through her and her traitorous nipples puckered under her silk robe, giving her away.

David’s eyes hooded with desire. “I can’t wait to give you everything that you crave.”

Sari put her mug on the nightstand and crossed her arms over her chest. “Both of us will have to be patient. First, you need to transition. Then, you need to grow fangs and venom glands, which is no fun and takes up to six months. Only when your fangs and glands are fully functional, will you be able to give me the coveted venom bite. Provided that you transition in the first place that is.”

“It will happen.” He took her hand and gave it a squeeze. “Assume the win, true?”

“Correct.” Sari turned to pick her mug up and hide the tears pooling in the corners of her eyes. “So, what did you see when you were floating on a cloud of euphoria?”

David rubbed a hand over his clean-shaven chin. “It was similar to what I experienced on Ayahuasca, just better and without the nasty physical side effects. I didn’t have a care in the world. I was floating over beautiful landscapes and alien cities, and everyone I encountered there was friendly.” He smiled at her sheepishly. “I don’t know if Ayahuasca works on immortals, but if it does, you could give it a try to get an idea of what the venom bite is like.”

She shook her head. “I’ve never tried hallucinogens, but I was told that their effect is very short-lived on immortals. Our bodies metabolize them too quickly. How come you did that, though? Isn’t it illegal?”

“It was part of my PTSD research. Until recently, Ayahuasca wasn’t legal in the US, so I had to travel to South America. I talked with researchers there and looked into their data on