Edwon shrugs. “So we’re both underestimating each other.” And that was exciting, wasn’t it? Maybe they had something to prove after all.

But the tendrils were distracting him now. He leaned back into Jadus, goosebumps rising across his skin from the strange sensation, even though he still had a shirt between himself and their touch. He wanted that shirt off, too, so he used one hand to start undoing buttons.

His other dug nails into the back of Jadus’ neck. He tilted his head back, allowing that strange tongue access. “So do you always walk around naked?”