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.Alek stirred.“We have to be at the agency at one,” he mumbled.“In half an hour?”Alek sat bolt upright in the bed.“What?”Miki grinned, still lying down.“Gotcha.Hehe.”Alek’s lips twitched.“You’ll pay for that.”Miki jumped out of bed and ran towards the bedroom door, scooping up his briefs on the way.“You’ll have to catch me first,” he called over his shoulder as he vanished.Alek smiled.“Don’t worry.I will.”Clad only in his briefs, Miki ran laughing down the hall.Alek stalked him, not far behind.“Here I come, ready or not.”Miki turned down onto a corridor that had light carpet and plain walls.“Wow.Just like on the front of the house.” As before, where other people saw only plainness, Miki saw the walls covered with strange symbols.One symbol was glowing:ҖThe one next to a passage on the left.Miki peered down the passage and saw its walls were covered with the same glowing symbol repeated endlessly as far as he could see.The feeling of a presence watching him was stronger than ever.Miki sensed the house was prepared to show him its secrets.But was he prepared to accept them?He hesitated for a moment, then followed his instincts and darted down this strange, glowing corridor.It twisted and turned and came to an abrupt halt.The wall facing Miki had the same huge symbol as before at its center, surrounded by lots of other smaller symbols on three sides around it.“What’s that?” Miki wondered aloud, reaching out to touch the large symbol.As his fingers brushed it, it started to glow with a strange red light.Miki pulled his hand away.“What the hell?”The big symbol vanished and a huge arch appeared in its place, reaching to the floor.The smaller symbols formed a frame round it and there was total blackness inside.Miki stared.He felt very small standing next to it.Miki took a deep breath, looked behind him to check Alek wasn’t there, and stepped through the archway.He was in a massive chamber.The stone walls were covered with symbols, and hanging among them were objects of mysticism from around the world, ranging from African masks to decorated scrolls.Miki couldn’t see them in detail because they were too high up.His attention was drawn to the middle of the chamber.An even bigger version of the large symbol hung suspended in mid air, glowing and slowly rotating.It reached almost to the ceiling but ended about ten feet from the floor.Underneath it was an altar, on which rested what Miki thought looked like a piece of material and a sword; they were too far away to see clearly.Miki approached the altar.Close-up, he could see the piece of material was actually a dress, beautifully embroidered and folded neatly on the altar.The sword was very ornate and ancient-looking, and thankfully, not the one Anzu had let him glimpse the day before.“What are a sword and a dress doing here?” Miki wondered aloud.“It’s not just any sword, Miki,” Alek said from behind him.“It’s Ninurta’s sword: the one he took with him to find Kali.And that’s the robe she was wearing when he found her, the robe he gave her on their wedding day.”Alek moved forward to stand next to Miki.Miki turned to face him and they looked at each other with serious expressions.“Are you still sceptical, Miki?”“‘I— I’m not sure.I can feel their power.How did they get here?”“The robe has always been kept by our house,” Alek told him.“It is our greatest treasure.The sword—” he grinned suddenly.“I stole it.”“What?”“It belonged to the House of Drasi.I used it to invoke the magic to destroy their House, and kept it afterwards.”Miki looked at the sword on the altar again.He could sense it almost pulsing with power.“I bet they want it back.”“Of course.They can’t restore their House without it.That’s why it’s here.This room is the heart of our House, Miki.The source of our power.I don’t think it’s coincidence you came here.”“I just followed the symbols.”Alek put his arm around Miki’s shoulders.“We’ll see.Now, brunch?”“Definitely!”Killian and Lissette didn’t have to be at work until the afternoon, so they had another communal meal.Miki and Lissette had cereal, Alek had toast, and Killian munched a croissant while doing the crossword.Killian was in a suit and looked very smart; Miki and Alek wore jeans and casual tops.Lissette was wearing a green floral skirt and a white blouse.Miki missed her usual slogans, but grinned when he saw her bag.It was a canvas one lying on the floor next to her and it said, “Save the Earth.It’s the only planet with chocolate.”Miki and Alek left holding hands.“Bye,” Miki called.“Good luck for later, Killian.”“Don’t worry,” Killian called back.“I haven’t lost a case for ages.Not since I grew my hair.”* * * *Miki enjoyed his shoot that morning even more than the last one with Alek.He didn’t have to worry where he put his hands, and he knew that all the sexual tension building between them would be released as soon as they got back to Alek’s room.This shoot was a casual one so he wasn’t stuck in a suit either.It was for jeans, so they were both shirtless to better show off the perfect cut of the denim.At least, that was what John said.Miki didn’t care why.He got to see that gorgeous chest in front of him all afternoon, bare skin rubbing bare skin as they posed, and Alek’s hair falling over him like a silken waterfall.Every so often, Miki squeezed Alek’s ass, lovingly outlined by the tight denim, knowing Alek couldn’t retaliate without being seen.It made Miki damn horny, so for the sake of staying professional, he didn’t do it often.The last few shots had Alek staring straight at the camera while Miki gazed at Alek.Miki had that buzz he got after a good shoot, when he knew the photos were hot.It always made him hard, and he didn’t usually have a gorgeous man draped over him as well.“These look great, guys—same as the last lot.” John was happy.“Which reminds me.Would you be interested in nude shots? The editor of Girlplay was very—”“No,” Alek said flatly.“No way,” Miki said at exactly the same time.“Sure, sure.It’s always worth a try.Let your hair fall forward a bit more, Alek.Perfect.”They finished shortly afterwards and John flicked through the photos on his camera as they got dressed.“Everything seems fine,” he said.“Thanks.We’ll be in touch.”“Sure,” Miki replied.“Bye.”“Of course,” Alek agreed.“If the photos are that popular, we’ll want to renegotiate our fee.”Miki enjoyed the look of horror on John’s face as they left.* * * *Ten minutes later, a cleaner was startled by some strange noises and moans coming from the male toilets down a side corridor.Convinced it was a ghost, she hurried away and refused to clean that part of the Agency again.Being a good Catholic who believed in every word of the Bible, it was probably a good thing she didn’t go inside.“Oh,” Miki moaned as he leaned back against the wall and Alek knelt at his feet.Alek didn’t bother with foreplay but just closed his hot mouth over Miki’s eager erection.“Oh, Alek—”Alek’s hands joined in the torment and Miki squirmed with pleasure, wrapping his fingers tighter around Alek’s hair.“Alek— Uh— In a place like this—”Alek looked up, enjoying the ecstasy he could give.“You couldn’t wait, could you? You’re a bad boy, Miki.”Soon, Miki gave one final cry and arched his back as he came deep inside his lover’s mouth
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