Ten by Tia Fielding

Author:Tia Fielding [Fielding, Tia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-64405-117-7
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2019-01-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

EMIL KNOCKED on the door when Makai was still drinking his coffee. He walked to open with a mug in his hand, probably looking sleep mussed to boot. Oh well.

“Hi, I… uh, I had Mom drop me off before she went back to her baking.” Emil was fidgeting, shifting his weight from one foot to the other, and not looking at Makai.

Makai realized he was nervous. “Come in. Do you want coffee?”

“Yeah, sure.” Emil followed him into the kitchen.

Something between them was a bit… off. Well, not just something, Makai knew he’d made this happen by asking for the break.

Once they both had more caffeine, they went to sit on opposite ends of the couch.

“Look, it was a lot,” Makai said thoughtfully. “Talking about it all was…. It made me feel more than I thought I would, afterward. More memories popped up. Nightmares.”

Emil was frowning at his mug. “Maybe this isn’t—”

Makai’s heart started to beat faster. “No. Emil, no.” He waited until Emil finally looked at him before continuing. “This is worth it. You’re worth it. It’s going to be a learning curve, but I want to have a chance to be us.”

Emil’s lower lip somehow ended up between his teeth and Makai wanted to tug it out. The silence took forever, it seemed. He was beginning to think that maybe Emil had thought of it, and despite their sporadic texts, he had changed his mind.

“Unless you don’t—”

“No!” Emil looked at him, eyes wide and apologetic. “No, I do want this. I guess… I guess there’s a whole lot of shit we need to deal with.”

“But we have time, right?” Makai hoped so, so much they had time.

“Yeah, we do.” Emil looked at him and smiled shyly. Then he seemed to deem the subject done for now. “So, what do we need to do to prepare for the horde?”

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