Changing Tides by Alex Standish

Author:Alex Standish [Standish, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-63533-748-8
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2017-08-16T04:00:00+00:00

BRETT STOOD by the water’s edge, gazing upward at the endless expanse of the heavens. It was a clear night, and millions of stars shone their light down on the small island.

He wanted to be alone. He appreciated the effort everyone was making to draw him out and talk, but he really couldn’t be bothered. The eight men were still missing, with Devon among them.

The whole day had been spent building shelters, finding food to last a few days, and searching for their missing friends. Stranded on the island, they had no way of knowing when they would be able to rejoin civilization, but they had a pile of wood ready to light should they happen to spot a ship sailing by. The smoke from the bonfire would surely be enough to disclose their location.

Now all they could do was wait. Wait for the night to end so they could keep working on their provisory habitations, wait for a vessel that would rescue them, wait… for Devon to appear.

A sudden noise close by made him tense, but before he could move, he was grabbed from behind. A hand covered his mouth while an arm wrapped powerfully around his chest, imprisoning him. He fought fiercely as he was taken to a shelter behind a large group of boulders.

Once there, he was released and turned around to face his captor. Prepared to growl his protest at being manhandled this roughly, he focused his attention on the man before him. And blinked.

“Well? Aren’t you going to say anything?” Devon finally asked, obviously amused at his speechless reaction.

“You… you lout,” Brett snapped, coming out of his daze, obviously surprising Devon with his anger. “I thought you were dead! And why the hell did you drag me out here? I thought it was a miscreant wanting to hurt me.” Then in one swift movement, he buried his right hand in Devon’s hair and pulled his head down, brushing their lips together in a featherlike caress. “I thought you were dead…,” he whispered brokenly against Devon’s mouth. “That I would never see you again, feel you again, kiss you again….”

“I’m sorry,” Devon said, capturing Brett’s lips and kissing him passionately.

Brett broke the kiss long enough to take a deep breath, then took Devon’s lips again, this time less frantically. When they finally parted, their eyes met and held, saying all the things they were unable to voice yet.

“Why didn’t you join us at the camp?” Brett asked.

“I wanted to see you first, speak with you first. I could not resist when I saw you by the beach.” Devon sighed tiredly. “I can’t believe we came all this way for nothing. Now we have no ship and no map. I wish I had never heard of that treasure.”

Brett smiled. “Well, I can’t assist you with the ship, but I still have the map.”

“You do?” Devon asked, confused. “I thought I left it in my cabin.”

“You did. But I still have it…. Memorized in my head,” Brett said smugly.

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