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another. It was one of the reasons James always requested him. Elias knew what he liked and what he didn’t. There would be no awkwardness or need to instruct. Add to that his sweet smile, cherubic features, and lean, slim body, and Elias was the perfect companion to ease the need he’d built up over the past year… or so he would have said only a few hours ago. Now he wasn’t so certain.
    And that thought truly puzzled him. In the past, he’d been attracted almost exclusively to soft-featured blonds, not black-haired, almost feybeauties, but there was no denying his reactions at the ball. Even now, with a delectable morsellike Elias kneeling in front of him, he couldn’t seem to get the other young man or his haunted green eyes out ofhis mind.
    James shook his head and gritted his teeth. Elias was right in front of him, ready and willing, and he probably would never see the other young man again. He didn’t know what was the matter with him, but it had to stop, and he knew the best wayto distract himself.
    He slid his hand further down to cup Elias’s head and drew the young man into his lap. Elias smiled and cuddled against him, sliding his hand up to James’s cravat, undoingit withnimble fingers.
“It’s good ta’ see you again, m’lord. It’s been too long,” he said, thenmoved his hands to the buttons ofJames’s waistcoat.
    “Yes, it has,” James replied, taking Elias’s lips in a gentle kiss. The soft lips parted beneath his, and a warm tongue darted forward to tease him. James groaned. Oh yes, it had been too long. This was just what he needed.
    He leaned in, tightening his hold in Elias’s hair and pulling himin for a deeper kiss. As their tongues tangled and explored, James slid his hands to Elias’s waist and drew his shirt up. Leaning forward, he nipped at the younger man’s chest, making him moan and writhe in James’s lap. The feel of that firm rump wriggling against his already strainingcock nearlysent himover the edge.
    Standing abruptly, he nearly threw Elias toward the bed. As he tumbled onto the mattress, Elias laughed. “I have indeed missed you, m’lord. How willyouhave me?”
    “I will have you unclothed first,” James replied, leaning against the bedpost and crossinghis arms over his chest. He took a breathto calmhimself as Elias rose up to his knees and pulled his shirt over his head.
    “As m’lord wishes, a’course.” Elias’s eyes never left his as he slid hands down his chest to the front of his trousers, unbuttoning them slowly and sliding them down over his slim hips. He wore nothing beneath, and his long, slender cock sprang free of its confines, fully hard and waiting for him. The sight sent another pulse ofwarmthstraight to his manhood, and James had to struggle againto controlhimself.
    Elias lay back on the bed and extended his legs toward James, his trousers bunched around his knees. James unfolded his arms and tugged them off, leaving the man bare, spread wantonly across the counterpane.
    James wasted no time admiring and crawled across the bed, stretching himself full-length against that tempting body. He took Elias’s mouth again, more fiercely this time, sliding his hands over that sleek body, grabbing and squeezing the firm globes of his arse and pressingtheir groins together and pumpinghis hips.
    He wanted to just lie there and feel the simple comfort of a warmbody pressed against his own, but his body was crying out for release and wouldn’t allow him to be patient. The frustrations of a year of celibacy, coupled with the events of the evening, made games ofanykind impossible. He was foolinghimselfto think otherwise.
    Rolling off of Elias to stand, he quickly removed the rest of his clothes and slid back on the bed. Sensing his urgency, Elias slid his hand down and gripped James’s throbbing cock firmly in his rough hand.
“I’m already prepared for you, m’lord, if you’d prefer to skip the pleasantries,”he said witha knowingsmile.
    “You know