Holding Tight [The Exiled 4] (Siren Publishing: The Lynn Hagen ManLove Collection) by Lynn Hagen

Author:Lynn Hagen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Published: 2016-10-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

It had been two nights since Kyle had gotten any shuteye, and he felt the lack of sleep down to his toes. He was currently sitting at Theo’s, Nikoli across the table from him. The man looked worried, but every time he said something about Kyle getting sleep, Kyle would say he was fine.

Something had to give. Kyle couldn’t keep missing sleep. His head pounded heavily with a migraine, and his body moved so slowly that a tortoise would have beaten him in a race. He’d glanced at himself in the mirror this morning and seen the deep, dark circles under his eyes.

“You have to eat,” Nikoli encouraged. “At least eat your burger.”

Kyle had no appetite. He hadn’t told Nikoli that his nightmares had started haunting him in his waking hours. He swore he saw Kirk a few times in town, but when he glanced back to where the man had stood, Kirk had been gone.

He was losing his damn mind.

Scooting from the booth, Kyle stood. “I’m gonna splash some water on my face.”

He saw the concern in Nikoli’s eyes, and it killed him to see his mate so worried, but that was better than the alternative. Kyle refused to fall asleep and be tormented by those nightmares again.

When Kyle looked up, he saw Palmino staring through the small glass window on the door that led into the kitchen. He’d thought the fairy would’ve taken off by now. He was curious as to why the man was still there.

Instead of heading toward the bathroom, Kyle made a beeline straight for the kitchen, hoping he wouldn’t get into too much trouble for going in there. Palmino disappeared from the window as Kyle approached. He swung the door open and stepped inside, but the kitchen was empty. “Hello?”

Kyle heard thumping footsteps by the door that led upstairs. He shouldn’t be so nosy. He should turn back around, go to the bathroom, and then rejoin Nikoli, but his curiosity got the better of him.

Opening the door, Kyle took the steps two at a time. They led to a small hallway, and Kyle had no clue which door belonged to the fairy. “Palmino,” he called out. “I know you’re up here.”

One of the doors squeaked open. Kyle headed that way. The door was ajar, as if in invitation to come in. So he did.

Standing by the window was Palmino. “What do you want?”

Kyle ignored the man’s bristly tone. “I thought you’d be long gone by now.”

Taking a seat on the chair behind him, Palmino shrugged. “Hard to leave when you have a demon after you.”

“Was the attack personal?”

“I don’t think so.”

“Then I’m pretty sure he’s moved on to his next meal,” Kyle said. “Though I don’t know anything about soul-suckers. I could be wrong, but I have a feeling I’m not, and you know this, too.”

Palmino’s shoulder sagged. He gazed out the window as he spoke. “You look like hell. You have dark circles under your eyes that weren’t there before.”

“I didn’t come up here to talk about me.

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