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of offices. She pointed in various directions. There s a kitchen you saw on the way in, a
couple of bedrooms set up in the back. Shani leaned over one of the desks, checking
phone messages. Did you guys eat enough on the road?
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Ben nodded, feeling odd having such a casual conversation with a stein. Until
yesterday, he hadn t really understood steins could talk at all. Yeah. Thanks for that.
On the road, Shani had bought Ben some fast food and given Kee a bag of organ meats.
Apparently, the Zombie Underground had it all figured out. For the zombie side of the
equation at least.
Can I stay with him tonight? Ben knew he d have to figure something out the
next day a place to live, money, everything. For now it was easier for him to fall back
on his default mode of operation, taking care of someone else.
Sure. Shani shuffled some stuff on her desk. She seemed as uncomfortable talking
to a human as Ben was talking to a stein. And the boss, Frank, said we can help you
out. I mean especially since you dialed in a rescue. He s going to want to talk to you
tomorrow. Shani scrubbed a hand on her face. She was good-looking, Ben realized.
Then again, so was Kee. Maybe it was an undead thing.
Yeah. Thanks. Ben wasn t sure what help they could give, but a roof over his
head and some money for food would go a long way to getting him started. Of course,
he d have to come up with an alias if he ever wanted to find work again. But the ZU
must have had ways of creating identities if they kept freeing all these undead. I m
dead on my feet. Ben had meant to say I m tired, but realized his snafu too late. Oh, I
didn t mean&
Shani started toward the hallway that led to the door. No worries, human. She
lifted her jacket from the hooks that hung near the office s doorway. The two of you
will be okay here tonight, right? I wanna head home and there s no one around to
babysit.
Uh, yeah sure, Ben called after her. He thought it strange Shani hadn t tried
talking to Kee at all. Then again, Shani probably knew better than anyone how to
handle shell shock.
The door closed, shutting Ben and Kee inside. Ben listened to Kee s footsteps
around the rooms of the office, but then found himself drifting through the space as
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well. He wandered to the kitchen and drank some water from the running faucet. He
looked in the fridge, though he found only plastic containers of raw meat. In the
cupboard, a box of crackers was clearly labeled, Ben .
It was nice to know someone had run to the store and picked up something they
must have associated with a human diet. A pile of crisp twenty-dollar bills sat on the
counter. A Post-it Note sat on top that read, Ben you could order pizza. But make
sure you meet them up in the market, not Kee. Q-ter.
The whole place felt a lot like Built4, except backward. The steins were free and
humans were the odd men out. Ben found that he didn t mind the change. He
wandered back into the hallway. Hey, Kee. He looked in a few doors, but finally
located him sitting in the back of one of the cages. Kee?
The cage door hung open, so Ben stepped inside. The cell was a lot nicer than the
ones at Built4. It contained two twin-sized mattresses on low-lying box springs. A half-
wall protected the toilets, and mirrors hovered over two sinks. Of course, both mirrors
were broken, but that wasn t surprising. If the ZU went around snatching steins away
from their human owners, a lot of the ones they collected might be violent at first. Ben
wasn t an expert in stein manufacturing, but he knew a lot of them were programmed
with homing mechanisms that compelled them to return to their makers if they got lost.
You okay? Ben folded onto the floor next to Kee. The big stein hadn t even chosen
to sit on the bed.
Kee shook his head, his eyes on his feet. He pressed his forehead into his hands.
This is a lot. It s a lot to learn.
Ben knew what he meant had seen the look of loss on Kee s face as they drove
into the city and through the darkened streets. The stein was smart, and getting more
intelligent so fast. Still, he was learning a lifetime of information in only a day.
You don t need to do anything different tonight, okay? Ben looked around the
room outside the cages and saw a shelf with some bedding. He hopped up and grabbed
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a couple blankets, deciding not to confuse Kee with sheets. Here. Ben handed Kee a
blanket and then joined him on the floor with his own. We ll sleep here.
The stein leaned his head on Ben s shoulder in a move so tender it tugged at Ben s
soul, healed something broken inside him.
Kee sighed. I am so happy you are here. The stein pressed his lips to the crown of
Ben s head.
The simple gesture sent a sizzle of heat under Ben s skin. Perhaps it was because
Kee wasn t pushing or making a move hadn t since the lab that Ben s dick thrilled to
life under his loose-fitting pants. When Kee tried to kiss him on the cheek, Ben buried
his face in the crook of Kee s neck. He sucked the warm skin into his mouth, nibbling
while Kee gasped.
Kee hesitated before gently stroking Ben s arm. It was as if the desperate, almost
violent lover from before had become as timid as a kitten. Ben licked a path up Kee s
neck. It felt incredible being forceful and eager with a man who wouldn t turn him
down or laugh. Who would do anything Ben wanted. Who Ben could repay for all the
awful things he d done.
You re not scared? Kee asked.
Ben swallowed Kee s question in a kiss. The scrapes on his skin stung, and Ben
wanted to take a shower, but later. After he had a chance to get dirty. No. He
breathed into Kee s open mouth. Not at all.
Kee growled at the next meeting of their lips, his mouth soft and open. He tasted
salty and male, and only seemed to be able to hold back for a few seconds before
wrapping an arm between Ben s shoulder blades and dragging him onto his lap.
In a scrabble of limbs, Ben climbed on. When Kee would have cradled him like a
child, Ben threw his leg over and straddled the larger male. The move seemed to startle
Kee for a second, so he dropped his fists to his sides.
With a smirk, Ben took charge gripping Kee s brawny shoulders, rubbing his
hard-on against the pronounced ridges of Kee s belly. Under Ben s ass, Kee s cock
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firmed and grew. But Ben just kept up his bouncing and grinding even when it became
clear Kee must have been uncomfortable. He chuckled into Kee s neck when the larger
male whined that Ben needed to stop.
Want me to pull out your big cock? The flush in Ben s cheeks echoed the blood
rushing to his dick. He felt as if he were in the middle of his very own porno. Complete
with a muscle-bound sweetheart and a sexy jail-cell scenario. He couldn t help but add
the dialogue.
A muscle twitched on Kee s jaw. He nodded with a desperate, glazed look in his
eyes. Yes, Ben. Yes, touch my& ah& He gasped when Ben s fist closed around him
under his pants, then jerked at the rough way Ben tugged him into place.
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