Inheritance 2 - Knight of Flame by Faulkner Amelia

Author:Faulkner Amelia [Amelia, Faulkner]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Laurence

Laurence whistled as he worked. He couldn’t stop himself. He’d whistled through making breakfast. He’d sung loudly to Nineties power ballads on his morning commute to the shop. Now that he was here assembling arrangements he was dancing and whistling his way back and forth between the shop and the back room to select blooms and sprays for each arrangement on the orders list. All his mom did was chuckle at him whenever he sailed through the bead curtain.

Everything was so alive today. The colors of their flowers were vibrant, and their scents smelled divine. He could almost taste the perfumes in the air as he bustled around like a worker bee.

Are you really going to tell me you haven’t realized your powers are stronger when you’re fucking someone?

Jack’s words rang in his ears, and he gasped.

Could that be why his mom’s gift only came in hints and instinct? Because Dad was dead?

He shook his head to himself. No. She’d said when she tried to teach him that it came to her more subtly anyway. She didn’t get visions, and she sure couldn’t transform bamboo into a fully-grown tree or make vines move under her command.

His senses did feel sharper today, though. It could be his imagination, or maybe that he was high on life, but there sure was an improvement.

His head rose as the bell above the shop door rang.

“Hey, Mrs. R! Is Laur in?”

Ethan’s voice, cheerful and bright.

“He is, dear. Go on through.”

“Thanks!”

By the time Ethan made it to the curtain, Laurence had washed his hands and was patting them dry with the hem of his apron.

“Hey, Ethan!”

“Laur! Good to see you, dude!” He paused, then a sly smile crept across his tanned face. “Oh, man, do you look like the cat who got the cream! You dirty dawg!”

“Shit, man, is it that obvious?”

“Oh hell yeah.” Ethan smirked and hopped up onto the table. “You score at last, huh?”

“Shut up!” Laurence laughed and filled the kettle.

“No way, dude.” Ethan swung his feet and narrowly avoided knocking over a stool. “So? Come on, you can’t hold out on me. Details!”

“I totally can.”

“C’mooooon! At least tell me what it was like!”

Laurence sighed as he gathered mugs out of the cupboard and lined them up in front of the electric kettle. “He’s so amazing,” he breathed. “Goddess, he’s… I’m so proud of him, and—” He felt his face grow hot at the memory of Quentin’s teeth on his skin. “I dunno. He’s kinda toppy.”

Ethan feigned a shocked gasp. “You didn’t!”

“Don’t even go there.” He dropped teabags into the mugs as he poked his tongue out.

“Laurence ‘I bottom for no one’ Riley!” Ethan crowed.

“No, asshole!” He huffed at the other man. “I didn’t mean like that. We didn’t fuck.”

“Then what do you...ohhh!” Ethan’s feet stopped swinging and he leaned forward. “He’s a kinky one, huh?”

“I dunno.” He shook his head. “Man, I really don’t know. He seems to like taking charge, but he could just be bossy.”

“Well, he’s like royalty or something, right?” Ethan affected a British accent which sounded jarring to Laurence’s ear.

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