Chapter 7
A shrill beep made Michael’s eyes pop open before the sun rose. Adam snuffled against the bare skin of his left n****e and then tucked his entire head between Michael’s arm and chest, ears covered.
The thing emanating the horrendous sound was a box on the other side of the room. It was too far to reach if he wanted to keep Adam secure against his side. The pitch changed to something beyond awful, discordant and it made Michael’s ears ache.
“Adam,” Michael crooned to his mate. The human groaned into his skin and his hand flopped around in the air for a heartbeat or two. “Please, my mate, I need your assistance.”
“No,” Adam groaned and burrowed deeper into his place. “It’s too early.”
“Yet you are the one who insisted on making that box noisy.” Michael was trying to be reasona
