Dark Summer by S. J. Coles

Author:S. J. Coles [Coles, S. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: LGBT Romance Fiction
Publisher: Totally Entwined Group
Published: 2021-06-20T16:00:00+00:00

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“You loved him, didn’t you?”

I jerked from the warm, honey-colored stupor I’d been drifting in. Half-asleep, we’d cleaned up in the en suite then crawled into bed. I was on my back, Jay’s head on my shoulder, his warm weight solid and comforting along my side.

I had successfully put off thinking until those words were out of his mouth. I now went cold, despite the warmth of the room and the naked body pressed against mine.

“I…I could have.” The words croaked out of me as if they were being pried out with a crowbar.

Jay propped his head on his elbow and gazed into my face. “It won’t hurt forever, Alec.”

I swallowed, remembering when Novák had told me the same thing and thinking about how I was still, somehow, waiting for that to come true. I tentatively ran my fingers over the scarring on his neck. He didn’t move, but his expression changed. “Did he do this to you?” I murmured. “Your haemophile partner?”

Jay gave me a crooked smile. “Well, it wasn’t a human, was it?” he said, brushing his fingers over the similar marks on my own neck. “What about this?” he asked, softly.

“Evgeniya,” I said, hoarsely and his expression darkened. “They’re not supposed to do it. Even consensually.”

“We’re not supposed to drink theirs either,” he said. “But you’ve done that. Right?”

“Yes…but them drinking from us is way more dangerous. It’s too easy for them to get carried away.”

“He told you that, did he?”

“Yes.”

“So he never asked you…?”

“No,” I said quickly. “I offered once. He was offended.”

Jay shrugged a little awkwardly. “Some of them don’t like it, especially the ones who have gone through a lot to ensure that direct feeding isn’t necessary anymore. But between two willing partners? What’s wrong with that?”

“It’s dangerous,” I repeated.

“Just being with one of them is dangerous, Alec. But that’s what’s so irresistible, right?” I couldn’t find an answer to that. He smiled and pressed a kiss against my forehead. “Sleep. It’s been a long night.”

What had been a comfortable embrace now felt stiff and awkward. He must have sensed it too, because he rolled away from me. I listened to his breathing slow and level out as he drifted off, but it was a long time before sleep came for me.

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