Liam froze.
The bedroom went very quiet.
The distant hum of the city suddenly became too noticeable.
Liam turned back toward the window. "That is not what I said."
"No," Arik agreed. "That is what you avoided saying."
Liam's face heated.
The bond, traitorous and luminous, warmed with Arik's amusement.
Arik adjusted his hold and whispered, his warm breath brushing Liam's ear. "I just wanted to sleep in the same bed with my running mate."
He paused.
A wide grin grew on his face, felt more than seen against the back of Liam's neck.
"But if you want it…"
Liam froze so completely that even the bond seemed to pause out of secondhand embarrassment.
The bedroom went very quiet.
Outside the darkened smart glass, Alexandria continued moving in pale blue lines, entirely indifferent to the fact that Liam Sienna Canmore had just been cornered by a sentence, a body behind him, and his own traitorous curiosity.
"You," Liam said carefully, "are enjoying this too much."
"Yes."
