The word slipped out soft and sweet, but the second it left my mouth the air in the room changed completely. Malakai’s eyes darkened instantly. The hand that had been gently stroking my hair tightened in the strands at the back of my head. He didn’t pull hard, but he held me there, forcing me to keep looking up at him.

His voice came out even rougher than before.

“What did you just call me?”

I kept smiling, even though my heart was beating faster now. I liked the way his whole body reacted to that one word. I could already see the bulge starting to form in his pants...