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The space was more like a high-end restaurant than a college dining hall. Floor-to-ceiling windows overlooked the forest at the rear of the main building. There were different-sized rectangular tables—some long, some four-seaters, or even just two-seaters. They had black glass tops and they were paired with plush leather chairs. There were specialty stations, including a Beverage Station where students could concoct their own drinks specific to their tastes, a high-end Dessert Station with pastries, cakes, and confections galore, and there was even a Customizable Meal Station.

The new friends were sitting on the same side as each other at the four-seater table, and Kai was talking animatedly, using his hands a lot as usual—something sorcerers were knownfor doing—while Vorzyr was smiling and chuckling along to whatever it was that he was saying.

I decided to employ my Incubus hearing and listen in.

Just a little.

I had to keep an eye on them, didn’t I?

They were both potentially volatile, especially together.

While I tampered down Kai’s ferocity, Vorzyr didn’t exactly have that same soothing effect upon him. So it was a concern, for sure, despite the fact that things had been going very well over the last few days ever since the night we’d… fornicated together.

“Half-frozen?”I heard Vorzyr asking him.“So, what was the other half? Just unaffected?”

“No, that would have been better. The rest of him was bubbling in a sort of fluid-like state.”

“Wow. How did you fix it?”

“I couldn’t. I wasn’t educated enough at the time. My mom had to step in. I was banned from performing freezing spells for years after that clusterfuck.”

“You were only four. I’m stunned that you were even able to perform it at all. Your power was staggering to manage that at such a young age.”

“Power without knowledge is a very dangerous thing.”

“I see, that’s the point of your story? And here I thought you were trying to humanize yourself to me by telling me about a time where you’d fucked-up and hadn’t been the perfect golden boy sorcerer for once.”

“You’re incredibly paranoid.”

“Only when in the company of a self-proclaimed puppet master.”

Oh, no. Things were taking a turn to a bad place.

I’d been gone too long grabbing food.

I clearly couldn’t leave them alone together for more than a few minutes at a time.

Leaving them to it for a bit had actually been a test for that.

“You were delighting in my company the other night, V.”

“As were you in mine. In fact, your cock was basically pulsing in my hand.”

“You’ve got a good grip.”

“Maybe next time you’ll get my mouth.”

“I’ll take something else instead.”

“Ha. You think I’d give you that?”

“I’m sure we can come to a mutually-beneficial agreement.”

“A lot of that will depend on how insufferable you are, or whether you can tone down your natural talent for pissing me off.”

“Now, where would be the fun in that? When things are too easy, are they not a bore also?”

“That comment gives me some major insight into why you are the way that you are, Kai. Careful, I might start thinking that you’re actually trying to bond with me.”