The Heart of the Lost Star (Tales of the High Court Book 3) by Megan Derr

Author:Megan Derr [Derr, Megan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay, Bisexual, Trans, Fantasy, Romance
Publisher: Less Than Three Press, LLC
Published: 2017-08-20T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Kamir was going to throw up. He had hoped nine years ago that he would never have to go to court again—at least for something as upsetting as protecting his children. They were his. This shouldn't be an issue.

Hopefully today's petition to get an order of holding would hasten it toward not being an issue again. He wasn't entirely convinced a judge would grant the order, but Velina was right in that it couldn't hurt to try—at least it would be on record that he didn't feel safe around Theoren and had tried to force him to keep a distance.

He pulled out his pocket watch and stifled a sigh as he saw his scheduled court time was nearly two hours overdue now. Damn it, he had other things to do with his day. The house was nearly ready. He'd really hoped to go into the city to look it over and see if any changes were necessary. And even though everything had significantly quieted since Jader's departure a few weeks ago, he was still going to be stuck in the office doing work all day and still catching up on the morrow, so who knew when he'd have time to inspect the progress on the house. He could not afford to sit in court for hours on end.

But he also didn't have a choice. He tucked his watch away and tried to focus on the book he'd brought along. Pantheon knew he wouldn't be getting another chance to do something as simple and fun as read for a long time.

Try as he might, though, all he did was wind up reading the same page over and over. His mind kept flitting between all the work that needed doing, fretting about the trial, daydreaming about the house and how excited the children would be, and how Jader was doing.

Did Jader miss him? Was he already wishing he didn't have a lover so he could enjoy a lover or three in Benta?

Doubts tried to creep back in about whether he wouldn't enjoy them otherwise, but Velina had always made it clear—and said it again recently, unasked, as though anticipating his worries—that if Jader had any intention of doing so, he would have discussed the matter with Kamir before leaving.

But it was hard to remember that when Kamir could hardly compare to… well, nearly everyone else. And who knew what was happening in Benta.

It didn't matter. He and Jader were a temporary thing. Look at what happened the last time he'd gotten infatuated with someone. He was not doing that again, he wasn't. He'd gotten out of that mess. He had two good children. A house. Money. He was proving to be good at managing a full estate, and the secretaries seemed to enjoy working with him, the staff who'd written to him were always congenial. Whatever happened with Jader, he was fine.

Kamir sighed and tried to go back to reading his book, or at least think of something else—something that wouldnt drive him mad.

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