Love Can't Conquer by Kim Fielding

Author:Kim Fielding
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 9781634773218
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2016-06-02T23:00:00+00:00

THERE WASN’T much point in showering before a run, so after dropping off the park kid in Beaverton—one of the kid’s friends had offered him a warm place to crash—Jeremy hurried back to the hotel and changed into sweats. No point eating now either; he’d catch something later. A few minutes after six, he was standing outside the lobby and bouncing on his toes when Nevin appeared.

Ten years younger than Jeremy, Nevin was a small man, his compact body coiled like a tightly wound spring. He’d grown up in some kind of hellish environment he refused to talk about, he could outfight much larger men, and he latched on to cases as doggedly as a pit bull. He had a famously active libido and would screw any man or woman who was willing and able. He was also unfailingly gentle and caring to people who needed it the most, especially the elderly and other vulnerable victims of crime. He and Jeremy got together every few weeks, sometimes with other guys for beers and a basketball game, sometimes just the two of them at the gym or out for a run.

Nevin jogged up to Jeremy and slugged him in the bicep. “C’mon, princess. I’ve already got a half mile on you.” Without waiting for a reply, he took off.

Even though Jeremy was nearly a foot taller and much heavier, they made surprisingly good running partners. Jeremy’s strides were longer, but Nevin had more zoom. They jogged side by side on the darkened sidewalks, sometimes separating to avoid pedestrians. They ran up Waterfront Park and past Union Station, then through the worn streets in the industrial zone near Qay’s window factory. Jeremy was dripping sweat and breathing hard as they raced through Northwest Portland to the edge of the West Hills, but they stayed in the flat area and came back through downtown, ending on the sidewalk outside the hotel.

“Wuss,” Nevin said as Jeremy bent, clutching his knees and gasping. “That wasn’t even five miles.”

“You’re out of breath too,” Jeremy wheezed.

“Bullshit. I’m just pretending so you don’t feel bad, old man.” Nevin grinned and leaned against the wall of the hotel.

“You’re such a giver.”

“Damned right.”

After a few minutes, Jeremy was able to stand upright again. He grinned crookedly at Nevin. “You always bring a ray of sunshine into my dreary day.”

Nevin could be adorable when he tried, like right now. “You are all lucky the gods saw fit to grace you with my presence.” He bowed slightly. But then his gaze caught something toward the street and the smile slipped from his face. “Did you notice—”

“That gray Toyota? Yep. I was a cop too, you know.”

“He’s been following us since—”

“Since we began. I know. I saw him the other day too. He’s not especially sneaky.”

Nevin took a few angry steps toward the street, then spun and marched back. “Well? What are you going to do about it?”

“What can I do? He’s not breaking any laws.”

“You stupid shit! He’s probably—”

“He probably has something to do with the Donny mess.

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