Lih made to take off the lenses.
The thin albino was puzzled, and wanted to give them back, until Sage quickly explained their purpose and why he wanted Lih to have his lenses.
An odd smile flickered across his face as Lih put them on again. More than ever, with the dark gleaming lenses masking his pale eyes, Lih looked out of place.
“It’s your property,” Lih turned to Sage and held out his hand. “Thanks.” He smiled.
Lih didn’t like this gift horse at all, but he found himself admiring Sage. And not for the first time. He was a stupidly attractive man. Fully loaded, that would have been Costa’s description. Sage’s clinging shirt accentuated his chest as he strode toward Lih with the other three pairs.
Sage came right up to him, face to face. He swallowed hard. He could smell his natural clean scent. Sage’s mouth curled in a generous smile.
Lih realized he was staring at him. Again. This was wrong. He knew it. He couldn’t be trusted. That hacking ability. That… partner of Aiden Finnegan. He tried to curb his libido by thinking about that sickening power inside Aiden, and maybe Sage. That did the trick. Channeling...
Lih was at a loss to know why Dorian hadn’t just reported the intruders. They were dangerous. For a while now, Lih knew Cruz had picked up on something strange, old enmities at the front door maybe, and since then Lih wanted no part in Dorian’s private affairs, lest he be played off against anyone. Was Sage trying to build an alliance that Lih wanted to side with?
Sage Parker would never, ever be Vitya Lih’s friend, but for the good of his mission, there was no way he’d let this go—
He glanced up and their eyes locked. Sage’s bright gaze was full of simmering heat, hotter than the sun itself. A promise of something taboo. Light, Sage was really nice to look at, Lih thought.
Shocked by his own desires, he looked away. He was a detective, damn it! Not the purest, he’d be the first to admit. But he was an officer of the CCDPD. And Sage had a man of his own. For Ascendency’s sake, Aiden was back where they came from in the same house!
What was wrong with him? According to Alex, lack of sleep was affecting his hormonal balance, his emotions, self-control. Was that it? Was he beginning to lose it, at last?
“Really? Do you look after your own? How did you and Dorian meet? Was it through Nox? Did you also help out the police department?”
Sage was quite definite about Lih helping Dorian in future. In return for that, Sage had given Lih a pair of his augmented lenses. Well, Lih wasn’t going away… he’d make Dorian understand that when he talk to older domovoi officer again.
That, finally, snapped him out. He felt a new emotion, as primal as lust. Lih tore his eyes way from Sage’s considerable appeal and started playing with his new toy. He wore his new shades from Sage like a trophy. “Infrared’s on.” He hesitated, “Uhh… you mentioned biometrics? How do it work?"
The thin albino was puzzled, and wanted to give them back, until Sage quickly explained their purpose and why he wanted Lih to have his lenses.
An odd smile flickered across his face as Lih put them on again. More than ever, with the dark gleaming lenses masking his pale eyes, Lih looked out of place.
“It’s your property,” Lih turned to Sage and held out his hand. “Thanks.” He smiled.
Lih didn’t like this gift horse at all, but he found himself admiring Sage. And not for the first time. He was a stupidly attractive man. Fully loaded, that would have been Costa’s description. Sage’s clinging shirt accentuated his chest as he strode toward Lih with the other three pairs.
Sage came right up to him, face to face. He swallowed hard. He could smell his natural clean scent. Sage’s mouth curled in a generous smile.
Lih realized he was staring at him. Again. This was wrong. He knew it. He couldn’t be trusted. That hacking ability. That… partner of Aiden Finnegan. He tried to curb his libido by thinking about that sickening power inside Aiden, and maybe Sage. That did the trick. Channeling...
Lih was at a loss to know why Dorian hadn’t just reported the intruders. They were dangerous. For a while now, Lih knew Cruz had picked up on something strange, old enmities at the front door maybe, and since then Lih wanted no part in Dorian’s private affairs, lest he be played off against anyone. Was Sage trying to build an alliance that Lih wanted to side with?
Sage Parker would never, ever be Vitya Lih’s friend, but for the good of his mission, there was no way he’d let this go—
He glanced up and their eyes locked. Sage’s bright gaze was full of simmering heat, hotter than the sun itself. A promise of something taboo. Light, Sage was really nice to look at, Lih thought.
Shocked by his own desires, he looked away. He was a detective, damn it! Not the purest, he’d be the first to admit. But he was an officer of the CCDPD. And Sage had a man of his own. For Ascendency’s sake, Aiden was back where they came from in the same house!
What was wrong with him? According to Alex, lack of sleep was affecting his hormonal balance, his emotions, self-control. Was that it? Was he beginning to lose it, at last?
“Really? Do you look after your own? How did you and Dorian meet? Was it through Nox? Did you also help out the police department?”
Sage was quite definite about Lih helping Dorian in future. In return for that, Sage had given Lih a pair of his augmented lenses. Well, Lih wasn’t going away… he’d make Dorian understand that when he talk to older domovoi officer again.
That, finally, snapped him out. He felt a new emotion, as primal as lust. Lih tore his eyes way from Sage’s considerable appeal and started playing with his new toy. He wore his new shades from Sage like a trophy. “Infrared’s on.” He hesitated, “Uhh… you mentioned biometrics? How do it work?"
Viktor Lih
Officer of CCDPD
Officer of CCDPD