Can we move this along?" a bored voice stated. "I have places to be and people to shag.""Ian, I'm not going to hug you," I stated as I approached him. "I know you like this better."With that, I slapped him hard enough to rock his head to the side. When he'd straightened, he flashed me a wicked grin."Finally, you give me what I want. Knew you loved me, Reaper.

You didn't get to bring a date because the type of girl you'd pick would want to liven things up with a group orgy before cutting the cake," I pointed out.His smile was shameless. 'Exactly.

Come on down, mate, take a bow! I stand in abject awe.

Oh, well, isn't that nice. You are a nice young girl. Be a good friend to her and set her straight. She has love bruises on her neck and didn't come home until this afternoon." Sweet Holy Jesus, why couldn't the ground just swallow me whole? Bones stifled a laugh and nodded solemnly. "Don't fret, Grannie. We're going to a Bible retreat to scare the devil out of her.

Then to top it all off, you were only reacting to me because you were impaired! That's rich! You know what those drugs did to you in the first dose, before the second one made you comatose? They killed the bug up your arse!" With that, he yanked the stone off its setting and opened the passageway. My mouth hung open in outrage, and he pointed an emphatic finger at the exit. "Out you go, before I lose my temper and we'll see how much you don't like kissing me.

My queen, his thoughts said reverently.My ass, I didn’t reply out loud.

Damn, Ian was already there. I braced myself as he came out from behind the RV. He sniffed, his nose wrinkling. Then he looked over me and my blonde captive, grinning."Managed to squeeze in a golden shower along the way? How lecherous, I'm impressed." "Save it" I said crisply.

Can't you improvise? You know, make some loud pounding noises or cause the outer walls to bleed?

You do that, and I take back every nasty thing I've ever said about you."He grinned, his mood changing from serious to wicked in an instant. "Why? I'm all those things and more."I shook my head. Ian was more proud of his depravity than anyone I'd met, but if he helped me pull Bones out from under four bespelled vampires and one demonically-enchanced vamp, I'd shower him with prostitutes and porn while swearing he was an angel.