Goodbye, my mate
His pulse rabbited under my touch - human hearts beat so frantic, like they're racing toward extinction.
"Rare's here," I traced his lifeline, calluses catching on royal skin I shouldn't have exposed. "Medium's... here." My thumb slid upward. The scent of his adrenaline spiked, copper-bright. "Well done's—"
He jerked back like I'd branded him. "Burnt. Got it." The flush creeping past his collar betrayed him. "Just... char the damn thing. I like my meat like my landlords - crispy and screamin'."
I served his steak resembling charcoal briquettes. Mine bled freely, five plates circling me like a carnivore's sacrament. He stared as I demolished the third, juices staining my chin rubied.
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