Good Things by April Kelley

Author:April Kelley [Kelley, April]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Adult, Erotic romance, Fantasy, Gay, GLBT, Paranormal, Shapeshifter
ISBN: 9781487414443
Publisher: eXtasy Books
Published: 2017-09-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Rico woke up to a wiggling mate. Rico held on to Jalen like a body pillow, only he was all hard muscle instead of soft stuffing. He ran a hand down Jalen’s back, trying to get him to stay still and go back to sleep.

“I have to pee.” Jalen’s breath fanned out against Rico’s chest.

Rico kissed him on the top of his head before letting go. “Hurry back, baby.”

Rico felt Jalen’s warm lips on his cheek before he climbed out of bed.

He lay breathing in Jalen’s scent. The smell wasn’t only on the pillow underneath his head. It surrounded him, as if he were completely submerged. Never in his life had he been more content.

“He’s stubborn and a control freak. He won’t give in easily. Don’t think that kiss means he is.”

Rico would never admit it, but Casey had the drop on him. He was long past the stage of jumping when something frightened him, but his heart kicked up a wild beat in his chest. He took a deep, slow breath to quiet it.

“I know.”

Casey sighed. “He’ll pull that I know what’s best for everyone crap even though he’ll be miserable the whole time. He’ll be up all dang night like he was last night. He does that when he’s really upset.”

When Rico heard rustling around, he turned onto his back. Jalen’s brothers didn’t look like him at all. Where Jalen looked as if he were African American, Uri and Casey both had hair so light it was nearly white and skin a pale pink color. All three brothers had blue eyes, although Jalen’s were a few shades darker.

“Where are you going?”

“To give Uri a heads up and ask him what we should do. We’ll come up with a plan of attack for you.”

Casey left the room in just his underwear, and a minute later, Jalen came in the exact same way. Rico’s heart jumped again but for a completely different reason when Jalen climbed over him and settled against his side. His head lay on Rico’s chest, and he seemed to be asleep within seconds.

And then he shot up in bed, his eyes wide as he looked at Casey’s empty bed. “Casey was in here when I left, right?”

“Yeah, he went to talk to Uri. He’s okay.”

Jalen sighed and lay back down again. His eyes closed immediately. “Scared the crap out of me.”

“You worry about everyone, don’t you? And what’s this about you not sleeping last night?”

“Two questions at once. Okay. First, Uri and Casey are like my kids. Of course I worry about them. I slept a couple hours and was up the rest of the time.” Jalen yawned at the same time he brought his leg over the top of Rico’s. Rico ran his hand along the coarse hair in lazy circles. “Casey almost died last month. He had pneumonia. I’ve been a little paranoid since. Don’t know what I’ll do when he leaves for basic training. It’ll be awful.”

“Markie and I will be here for you.

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