Two Thousand Promises (Kings of Chaos #5)

20. Zhang Xiao Dan

Chapter 20

Zhang Xiao Dan

November 4, 2023

Zhang Manor, Connecticut

I t was time to take proper care of his mate. The whispers, stares, and giggles of the rest of his clan didn’t matter any longer. For the first time since the death of Shifu, Xiao Dan was going to stop worrying about what was best for the clan. Only Huli mattered.

Xiao Dan bent and scooped up Huli, draping his smaller frame across his arms as Huli gripped the nape of his neck with both hands. A sharp squeal of surprise jumped from the fox spirit, and he buried his face in Xiao Dan’s shoulder.

“Gege! What are you doing?”

“I’m taking care of my mate.” He cut through the room, weaving them past the others standing there with wide eyes and big grins.

“But I can walk. You don’t need to carry me.”

“Maybe I want to carry you.” A smirk lifted a corner of Xiao Dan’s mouth as they strolled down the hall. “Besides, I thought you liked when I carried you.”

“I do, but usually it was because it annoyed your other clan mates, which made me laugh. Now they aren’t annoyed, and I’m…”

“You’re what?” Xiao Dan asked as he nudged open his bedroom door with his foot.

“I’m embarrassed,” Huli mumbled into his shoulder.

Xiao Dan closed the door behind them with a soft click and stopped in the center of the room. “We’re all alone now. Are you still embarrassed?”

Huli lifted his head from Xiao Dan’s chest and looked around as if to confirm his location. There was a small lamp burning, casting the space in heavy shadows. Sandalwood and the sweet scent of orchid lingered in the room from the incense he’d burned while Huli recovered. The muffled noises from the rest of the clan fell away.

A sly grin spread across Huli’s lips and his hands tightened on Xiao Dan’s neck, pulling him in closer. “No, not embarrassed. What is Gege planning to do to me?”

“I thought I would inspect every part of my huli jing to make sure he is healed. You’re not allowed out of bed until I’m satisfied that you are better.” As he spoke, his lips brushed against Huli’s.

“Gege, I think you should just fuck me,” Huli stated in return.

A loud bark of laughter broke from Xiao Dan’s throat to bounce through the room. This was what he got for trying to be smooth and seductive with Huli. The fox wasn’t big on grasping subtle hints.

“What?” Huli demanded.

No more time for talking. Xiao Dan answered with a searing kiss that had Huli moaning into his lips. His tongue slipped into Huli’s mouth, tasting him. He released his hold on the fox’s legs, allowing him to slide slowly down his body while pressing their chests together. Huli’s heart pounded, seeming almost in synch with his own.

Why had he waited so long to claim his mate? Huli had lived within his heart for centuries, claiming more and more of Xiao Dan with each passing year. With remarkable patience and determination, Huli had conquered all of Xiao Dan’s doubts and swept aside his fears. Xiao Dan was not worthy of Huli, but he wanted to be.

As the kiss grew hungrier and more desperate, Xiao Dan worked his fingers under the hem of his lover’s shirt and smoothed his palms over the expanse of warm, soft skin, following along the curve of his spine.

A soft, joyful noise escaped Huli as he broke off the kiss and bowed his body into Xiao Dan. It was as though he couldn’t get close enough.

“Are you going to be mean and tease me? Have pity on me. I lost a tail,” Huli howled.

It wasn’t a laughing matter at all, but Huli sounded so adorably pathetic that a giggle might have sneaked out.

“No, I’m not teasing. Because my sweet Huli was injured, I’ll give him anything he wants.”

“Whoohooooo!” Huli shoved out of his arms and staggered a step away so he could rip his shirt over his head. He tossed it across the room, where it hit the door. With an exaggerated shimmy of his hips, he pushed his pants to the floor. Huli wasn’t a fan of underwear and refused to wear it. Despite Xiao Dan’s attempts to explain the necessity, the fox spirit couldn’t understand the human need to wear two sets of pants. And right now, Xiao Dan agreed with Huli’s policy that less clothes was best.

Completely naked, the surprisingly spry huli jing leaped onto the bed and stretched out on his side, facing Xiao Dan. He smoothed one hand across the large open space next to him and gave it two pats.

“Plenty of room right here if you wish to join me.”

Xiao Dan took a step toward the mattress, and Huli’s hand shot up.

“Wait! Only naked vampires are allowed in this bed. You’re wearing too many clothes.”

“I think I can fix that problem.” Xiao Dan stepped away from the mattress and grabbed the back of his shirt. Holding a fistful of fabric, he pulled off the offending sweater and dropped it on the floor to his left. Huli’s amber eyes widened, darting to his chest and then to his waist. Xiao Dan unbuckled his belt and attacked the button and zipper with quick fingers. A startling heat surged through his body to be the focus of such eager, hungry eyes. He couldn’t remember anyone ever looking at him with such need and excitement.

His pants and underwear were pushed to the floor, and he pulled off his socks as he stepped out of them. With his hands held out to his sides and a smirk, he asked, “May I join you in bed now?”

“Huh?” Huli blinked as if he’d forgotten all languages. He gave his head a hard shake and shoved into a sitting position. “Yes! In bed. Right now!”

Xiao Dan slid onto the bed, but he didn’t stop when he was lying beside Huli. He kept rolling until he had Huli under him and pinned to the mattress. All the skin was pressed to his body, feeling hotter than the sun, and it still wasn’t enough. He captured Huli’s mouth in a deep kiss, taking possession of the fox spirit. He wanted to taste his soul on his tongue, let it roll about in his mouth like caramel.

As the fox’s hands roamed his body, Xiao Dan caught them and pulled them up over his head. He gathered them together with one hand and pushed them into the pillows, trapping them. Little whines escaped his mate as he put up some token struggles and wiggled underneath him.

Xiao Dan broke off the kiss and dragged his mouth along his jaw to the tender skin along his throat. Huli took the opportunity to voice his complaints. “Mean! I want to touch! You said Huli could have whatever he wants.”

“ Mn . You can have whatever you want after I’m done with my inspection.” Xiao Dan licked his throat, sending a full-body shiver through the fox.

Huli shifted under him, getting his legs wrapped around his waist. A thick, hard cock brushed his stomach, calling to Xiao Dan. His mate’s groans of protest turned to moans of pleasure as he continued to lick and suck his way down Huli’s chest. He teased one nipple into a tight nub and moved to the other, cherishing the feel of Huli’s racing heart under his lips. As he moved to Huli’s stomach, he released his hands so he could cradle his lover’s ass, kneading the muscles and soft skin.

The fox squirmed under him, bowing his back as if he didn’t want to give Xiao Dan the chance to lift his mouth from his body. Slender fingers plunged into his hair, twisting and pulling lightly as he attempted to direct Xiao Dan to all his favorite places. Namely, the head of his cock.

Xiao Dan smiled against Huli’s stomach as he kissed his way to the inside of his hip, nuzzling the soft flesh there while purposefully avoiding his dick. Maybe he was a bit of a tease, but Huli’s begging and whining were so pretty. He couldn’t get enough of it.

“Gege! You’re being mean. Your Huli needs you.”

He huffed out a laugh, letting his breath dance over Huli’s shaft. “What does my Huli need?”

“Fucked,” he moaned as he shifted his hips to graze his dick along Xiao Dan’s mouth. “Wanna be fucked so bad. Just like in the bath, but harder.”

Xiao Dan licked the side of his cock once before tipping his face up toward Huli. “If I fuck you, you’re not allowed to come.”

“What?” Huli croaked. The fingers in Xiao Dan’s hair tightened. “Why?”

“Because after I come in you, I want you to fuck me.” Huli’s eyes went so wide they seemed like they were in danger of rolling out of their sockets. “Can you do that for me, Huli? Can you fuck me?”

The fox spirit swallowed hard and nodded. His mouth hung open, but there wasn’t a sound coming out of him. It was as if Xiao Dan had broken his brain, turning him into a taut bundle of need.

Xiao Dan lunged up to the top of the bed and seized Huli’s lips in a hard kiss. It was the one thing he’d always wanted to try. He might not have a lot of experience with physical lovers, but they’d all taken one look at him and assumed he was a top. He’d gone along with it since he’d never expected to see any of them again, but that wasn’t the case with Huli. This was his forever mate, and he wanted to share everything with him, to experience everything he could.

“Are you serious?” Huli demanded on an exhale, his voice trembling. “You really want me to—to do that to you?”

He grinned at his sweet fox and peppered a couple of quick kisses to his lips. “I do. I want to feel what it’s like to have you in me. Would you be comfortable doing?—”

“Yes!” The single word was almost a shout that leaped from Huli’s tongue. “Yes, I can do that! Flip fuck!”

Xiao Dan squeezed his eyes shut and bit the side of his cheek to hold in his laughter. The moment he could control himself, he said, “That. You learned that American phrase.”

“Moon might have shown me how to watch some American porn. I wanted to make sure I learned all the good moves for you.”

He didn’t know whether to curse or bless Moon for his assistance. “Should I ask if you watched porn with Moon?”

Huli shivered. “No! Moon and I aren’t friends like that. He showed me the website, gave me some headphones, and walked away.”

That was fine. He liked Moon, but he didn’t want Chen’s mate anywhere near his mate when it came to something sexual. Only Xiao Dan was allowed such things with Huli.

He recaptured Huli’s mouth for another draining kiss as he thought of Huli studying graphic videos, mentally making notes of all the things he’d want done to him and what he wanted to do to Xiao Dan. Yes, he was going to make a checklist. He wanted to do all the things with Huli.

His sweet fox pushed, getting Xiao Dan on his back so he could climb on top of him. Xiao Dan thought he just wanted to be in control for a while, but the devilish fox leaned over so he could dig through the nightstand.

“Huli, what?—”

The clever fox grinned as he held up the bottle of lube he’d hidden in there. He hadn’t thought that Huli knew about it, but his sneaky mate had gone poking about the room. That was fine with him. These private quarters belonged to them both, as far as he was concerned. He had no secrets from Huli.

“How about I prepare you, and you do me?” Huli suggested as he waved the tube at him.

“O-okay,” Xiao Dan stammered, while parts of his brain started shutting down. There wasn’t enough blood to run it and fill his cock.

With an excited giggle, Huli flipped around while continuing to straddle Xiao Dan. The crack of plastic echoed through the room above the sound of his racing heart in his ears.

“Here, give me one of your hands,” Huli said.

It took Xiao Dan an extra second to pull his gaze from the pert ass resting on his chest. So close. All he needed to do was lean forward and he could take a bite out of the adorable peach. He extended his right hand toward Huli, letting him squirt some lube across his fingers.

Naturally, Huli shimmied and wiggled that ass closer to him. He could barely work his own body to follow Huli’s instructions to spread his legs. As he was getting settled and spreading the lube over his fingers better, that devil slipped Xiao Dan’s cock into his mouth and swallowed him to the back of his throat. He cried out and his hips reflexively pumped upward. Huli used that opportunity to push the tip of one finger into his hole.

He swore and fought the immediate urge to come down Huli’s throat. This almost felt like revenge for torturing him in the bath. Maybe. But he couldn’t complain. His toes curled in the sheets and every muscle in his body tightened as he let himself revel in the feel of his dick in Huli’s hot mouth and the delicious mix of pleasure and pain as Huli played with his ass.

It took a full minute for his brain to kick in enough to remind him he was supposed to be returning the favor to Huli. With his left hand, he gripped one sweet cheek and squeezed, revealing that tight pink hole. He worked a finger in, stretching him. Low moans rumbled from Huli, massaging his cock as the fox sucked him harder.

Xiao Dan released his ass and reached under him to caress his leaking cock. Huli pushed back, fucking himself on his fingers. He let Huli take the lead. Each time Huli added a finger to his ass, Xiao Dan added one. He moaned again. The feeling was exquisite. He’d never felt this kind of intense stretch. But it wasn’t enough. There had to be more. He needed to know what it was like to have Huli moving inside of him, coming inside of him.

“Huli,” he growled between clenched teeth. He was hovering on the edge. All his self-control was little more than frayed threads on the verge of snapping. “I’m too close. I need to fuck you now.”

His dick slipped from Huli’s mouth. “Oh, thank the gods. I need to get railed now.”

Huli clambered off Xiao Dan and moved toward the pillows on his hands and knees, but Xiao Dan didn’t give him the chance to lie down. The vampire sprang up, wrapped one arm around his waist, and plunged his cock deep into Huli’s stretched ass. Xiao Dan froze, counting silently backward from a hundred, trying to grasp the last strands of his control. But he felt so damn good, and Huli had already tortured him with his mouth and his fingers.

“Don’t stop now, my mate,” Huli moaned. “I need everything you’ve got. Fuck me so I can fuck you.”

Okay. Huli had a very good point. If he held out for too long, Huli was going to fly off the edge, and they’d have to do the other half of their flip fuck another time.

With a grunt, Xiao Dan withdrew so that the head of his cock stretched those tight muscles before plunging in. He kept a slow, steady rhythm, driving them both mad, but he didn’t want to speed up. Every time they were together like this, Xiao Dan wanted to savor every moment. He’d waited so many years. There had been so many missed chances, doubts, and fears keeping them apart. Now that they were together, Xiao Dan wanted to suck on each second as though it were a piece of hard candy. Only then could he move on to the next one.

Sadly, his body wasn’t up for slow and steady. His orgasm was burning through him like a wildfire through dry brush. Within a few minutes, the last of his restraint and self-control were ash. He picked up his pace, pounding into Huli, losing himself in the feel of his hot, welcoming body as it gripped him so tightly. All too soon, he leaped off the edge and soared. The orgasm ripped free, sending an electric current of ecstasy racing along every nerve ending.

He wanted to linger in this state of bliss, but Huli was practically vibrating underneath him. The poor fox spirit was on the verge of shattering, and Xiao Dan couldn’t leave him in that state. He pulled out and flopped onto his back next to his lover.

“Still want me?” Xiao Dan asked.

Huli’s face twisted into an incredulous look and shook his head. “You’re silly. How could I not always want you?” He climbed between Xiao Dan’s legs, placed a hand behind one of his knees, and pressed the leg toward Xiao Dan’s chest as he pressed into his body.

Long, low groans tumbled from them in a chorus of pleasure. Had anything ever been so wonderful? That was a sharp bite of pain despite every muscle in his body being turned to mush, but it was fading as the wonderful feeling of fullness gripped him by the throat. Oh gods, this was amazing. This was what he’d been missing. The heat from Huli’s body was so intense, as if it were scorching him from the inside out.

“You okay?” Huli gritted out between clenched teeth. Sweat dotted Huli’s forehead, and his damp hair clung to his temples. Everything about him screamed one big, tense muscle as if he were barely holding it together.

“Perfect. Just need you to move,” Xiao Dan panted.

“Can’t go slow. So close.”

“I know, my sweet fox. Fuck me hard and fast.”

Huli took him at his word. He started hammering into his body, while his voice rose in an endless stream of grunts and howls of pleasure. Xiao Dan lifted his hips, trying to meet him thrust for thrust, marveling at the feel of Huli inside of him. He had waited too long to experience this.

Only a couple of minutes passed before Huli’s rhythm shattered and he cried out, pumping himself into Xiao Dan. All the lines of strain vanished from his face and he appeared as if he’d lost himself in that bright, shining moment of bliss.

The second his orgasm ended, Huli released Xiao Dan’s leg and collapsed on his chest, a slick, sweaty mess. His breathing was frantic pants while his heart hammered against Xiao Dan’s.

With a smile, the vampire wrapped his arms around his fox and kissed the top of his head. He couldn’t remember ever feeling this happy, this complete in all of his two thousand years of existence.

Huli lifted his head and flashed him a crooked grin. His eyes were barely open, giving him a very intoxicated look. “Did I do good?”

“You did very good. Would you want to do that again?”

That got his eyes to widen. “Yes. Definitely. But the next time, I get to come first, and you come second. I almost died!”

It started as a low chuckle that shook his frame and exploded out of his mouth as a deep belly laugh. Yes, only Huli would suffer a close call with death over an orgasm.

“Deal!” he agreed when he could catch his breath.

Huli smirked as he shimmied up the bed to stretch out next to Xiao Dan. They lay on their sides so they could face each other, both smiling like fools.

“I love you, Huli. You are the joy that has been missing from my life. I never want to lose you,” Xiao Dan murmured as he reached out to brush the tips of his fingers along Huli’s round cheek.

“You will never lose me. I love you with all that I am. This fox spirit has followed you nearly his whole life. Never gonna let you out of my sight.”

“After we defeat Min, we’ll go home to China. Will you live with me there?”

Huli lifted his chin and narrowed his eyes on Xiao Dan as he made little thinking noises. “I don’t know. Will I get to sleep in your bed every day?”

“If that’s what you want.”

“And will I get to shower with Gege whenever I want?”

Xiao Dan’s lips twitched, but he held back his smile. “Of course.”

“Will we go for our rambles through the plum orchard like we used to?”

“All the time.”

“Will you tell me every night that you love me?”

Xiao Dan leaned in and pressed a kiss to Huli’s lips. “Of course. You are my heart and my happiness. I love you with all that I am.”

Huli nodded. “Then Huli will live with you forever.” The words had barely left his lips when his regal, reserve facade shattered. He crashed into Xiao Dan and peppered his face with kisses. “You are never getting rid of your huli jing.”

Good. That was exactly what he wanted.