BEAST IN ME by Sommer Marsden

Author:Sommer Marsden
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Accent Press Ltd
Published: 2013-01-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Cameron stepped toward him but Trace moved away. Fuck. How had he not seen the grief for what it was before? How could he be so stupid? There was a big difference between haven’t gotten any and having the last person you were with be the man you loved – and killed.

‘Why?’ he asked. But he already knew.

‘Because it’s been a long, lonely life.’ The wolf barked out a laugh. ‘Not to sound like some cheesy country song or anything.’

‘You just sound honest,’ Cam said, wanting to reach for him again, but putting his hands in his pockets instead.

‘Well, that is honest. I’m a coward, wanting to run from a life full of …’ He shrugged, but it was barely visible in the meagre light from the flashlight. Cam had let it point to his feet to allow Trace some semblance of privacy. ‘Nothing.’

‘Life can change,’ Cam said, not wanting to sound too hopeful. Hopeful for himself or the other man, he wasn’t sure. If he was brutally honest, most likely for both of them. And some sappy part of his dented bruised heart said maybe – just maybe – together.

He shook it off. Stupid wishful thinking.

‘Not usually. Not enough to … Anyway –’ Trace changed directions ‘– I didn’t let it take me. I just stood there and watched.’

Cameron was starting to understand why this man had hidden himself away. Living in a hidden town, concealing himself further in the basement of a church rectory. Having as little contact as possible with people.

‘What did it look like?’ he asked.

‘Like hell.’

Cam waited, wishing it had been a week or more since they’d met so he could reach out and take Trace’s hand. Offer some comfort.

‘Meaning?’

‘It was big. Bigger than the gazebo. It had tentacles, I noticed that, especially with all the talk that came from what happened at The Den when that band of crazies called up the thing from the floor. Concrete everywhere. I had to help them clean that up because Father thought it was the right thing to d –’ He caught himself rambling. ‘It was big, with tentacles, but it had this hook it looked like on first glance. But it wasn’t a hook so much.’

‘What was it?’ Cam pressed his belly to the railing to try and stave off the feeling of nervousness that had settled in the pit of his gut.

‘It was a stinger. Like on a scorpion. That’s when it happened,’ Trace said. His face was almost eerie in the torchlight.

‘When what happened?’

‘When I had that urge to just let it take me. One good hit from that stinger, and I bet you dollars to donuts I’d be toast. Accelerated healing powers or not. Sometimes dead is dead.’

Cameron shook his head and bit back his worry. He reached out and took Trace’s hand. ‘Please don’t talk like that.’

It was a risk, to admit to the easy way he’d taken to this man. Especially after so many years alone. It was a big risk and a lot of fear.

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