Gannon Morgan by Anitra Lynn McLeod

Author:Anitra Lynn McLeod [McLeod, Anitra Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: erotic MM, Romance MM
Published: 2012-12-03T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

McBride went to the platform, but there was nothing new. He didn’t bother chastising the merchant for not informing him about Alden’s issues since he doubted he knew. The merchant handled the thralls on commission, taking a small bit of the sale for himself. He wouldn’t have known what was going on, so McBride let the issue go, especially when he had bigger and better things to concern himself with, like his continuing descent into madness with Caleb. After their interlude last night, McBride had left without a word, walked stiffly across the yard, entered the big house, and slammed the door. He hadn’t once looked back because he felt Caleb watching him. Now that they were lightly bloodbonded, McBride would be tied to him no matter what he did. Even if he found a suitable companion and never drank from Caleb again, he would always feel him in the background.

Since there was nothing to be done about the mistakes he’d already made other than not repeating them, he turned his attention back to Gannon and Alden. His high hopes were shattered when Alden had literally run into him this morning, but he was encouraged by the concern Gannon showed. He had simply woken up in his usual pissy mood, and it had scared the hell out of Alden. But even with the slight hiccup, it seemed Gannon and Alden were working out after all.

In halting terms, Gannon told McBride what they’d done last night. He was apologetic, thinking he’d overstepped his bounds, but McBride had been relieved. It looked as if he would have to spend some time with the two men, but they wouldn’t need as much instruction as Bailey and Ferris had. They were still going to need some help to deal with Alden’s panic attacks, but that was something that could be overcome with time, care, and consideration—all things that Gannon was more than willing to do.

Since he was already on the edge of town, McBride went by the Larsden place. Crime-scene tape still encircled the area, but preliminary findings suggested it wasn’t a virus. As good as that news sounded, McBride wasn’t counting it as a win until they definitively knew it wasn’t a virus. However, even if it wasn’t, that didn’t rule out some other type of infection. Something certainly had pushed the man into a state of insatiability and superhuman strength. Ripping a man apart barehanded wasn’t something a normal man could do. But the crimetech, Quintus, had been fairly certain it wasn’t a blood-borne pathogen.

“Fairly certain?” McBride had asked as he continued to dress. He had a communication implant in his right earlobe that allowed him to talk while doing other things.

“Well, all the tests aren’t back, so I’m not going to say it’s one hundred percent not a virus, but I’m fairly certain.”

“So we’re counting this a semi-win?” McBride didn’t mean to be snarky, but he was tired and concerned about his bond to Caleb and what caring for Alden would cost Gannon.

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