“Please,” Alexei begged. “Please stay.” “It’s like I told Wolfe: I want to stay.” And because Jay was good and kind and perfect, he added what Alexei had been afraid to. “I want to stay with you.” Alexei’s sigh of relief was cut off halfway through because then Jay’s mouth was on his, the vampire wrapped back around him in the way he should always be. Because Jay should just always be there, in Alexei’s arms. There was no other reality that made sense.
