Mocker of Ravens by Jordan L. Hawk

Author:Jordan L. Hawk [Hawk, Jordan L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

John looked up when Caleb came back through the front door. He’d been sitting on the ugly orange couch Caleb insisted on bringing with him when he moved in, staring at the paintings on the walls.

“I’m sorry,” Caleb said as soon as the door shut behind him. He thrust out a big bunch of roses in John’s direction. “It’s just…I’m frustrated, and angry, but not at you. At SPECTR. And I’m scared we’ve cost you your career, and I know how important that is to you, and…and I took it out on you. I’m an asshole.”

John rose to his feet, but he didn’t take the flowers. “It hurt, hearing you say those things. You know I love you. Both of you. What Sean did…”

Seeing Caleb lying there dead on the floor had been the worse moment of John’s entire life. Worse even than when he’d tried to kill himself at fifteen, certain he was damned for having paranormal abilities.

“I know.” Caleb scuffed at the hardwood floor with the edge of his shoe. “What can I do? What can we do? To make things better. Maybe if we quit SPECTR…?”

He trailed off on the unspoken question as to whether it was even a possibility.

“It’ll get better.” John relented and took the flowers. The heat had wilted them around the edges, but they still smelled sweet. “For both of us. People are still on edge after all the nonsense with Forsyth. They’ll see what good work we’re doing, and they’ll forget the rest. Just give it time.”

“It’s like sleeping with a damn motivational poster,” Caleb said, but he grinned to soften the words. “Come here.”

John moved into his embrace. The fall of Caleb’s long hair tumbled around them both. After a moment, etheric energy bloomed around them, accompanied by Gray’s scent of desert sand kissed by rain and ancient incense. His hair stirred, crackling and shivering in an unfelt wind.

“This is very confusing,” Gray said. Although he spoke the words softly, his deep voice vibrated in John’s chest and bones. “I preferred when we had a clear enemy, and demons to eat, and no offices or paperwork or foolish mortals to deal with.”

In other words, when they’d been on the run. “There are always foolish mortals to deal with. So long as you keep me around, anyway,” John teased.

“You are an exception.”

John grinned and closed his eyes. Without the visual input to contradict it, his etheric sense insisted a being much larger than Caleb’s physical frame cradled him in its arms. “How are you doing?” he asked. “I know you’re still getting used to everything. Being in a living body. Putting up with Caleb. I mean, that alone…”

“Caleb says you are an ass.”

John laughed. “I bet he does. Seriously, though.” He drew back and peered up at Gray.

Gray’s eyes were black as oil slicks, but lightning flashed and flickered in their depths. Maybe those eyes should have been a clue as to his true nature from the very beginning. “I am with Caleb, and with you, so I am content,” Gray said simply.

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