Riley swallowed and frowned at Tao for a moment, but then his expression softened and he eased back against the vampire's body, sinking deeper into his embrace. "I want to bleed for you." He said, and maybe he shouldn't have, but the feeling of having himself completely bared to Tao was too goo to let go of. When Tao made his promise, Riley smiled and relaxed, "Thank you." He continued, giving Tao's hand a squeeze. He licked the vampire's chest, his tongue rough, in the way that he might have cleaned the pelt of his mate or pups. His eyes went to the slowly fading bite mark on Tao's shoulder and he shifted a little to lap at the wound. "We can mark each other." He said, "Just not our bodies." He looked up and into Tao's eyes. "It may be smoldering, but my fire is in you, and you'll find it won't be extinguished so easily. Besides-" He smiled, "I can always sniff you out. You smell so strongly of magic that a noseless gopher could find you."