The Witchstone Amulet by Mason Thomas

Author:Mason Thomas [Thomas, Mason]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-64405-531-1
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2019-05-18T16:00:00+00:00

HUNTER FOLLOWED Dax into an unoccupied storeroom. Shelves with crates lined the walls, leaving enough space in the center for Hunter and Dax to stand and face each other. The room was dark, but enough light pushed in through the open doorway to illuminate Dax’s face. His lips, pressed into a tight line, had disappeared. With hands on his hips, Dax looked at the ceiling. He still wouldn’t look at Hunter.

He took several full breaths and spoke in a low growl. “What part of keep low was unclear?” He was furious and fighting to maintain control.

Hunter could sympathize. Adrenaline from the fight was still pumping through his system. His hands shook, and his heart pummeled against his rib cage. He didn’t trust himself to not shout back at him, so he forced himself to stay quiet.

A hard, ugly silence filled the space between them.

“You have no idea the harm this will cause,” Dax finally said.

“I don’t care,” Hunter answered.

Dax’s eyes shot up to meet his for the first time. “Use your head. This threatens everything. Corrad has influence.”

“He’s an asshole.”

“An asshole with a devoted following. He could undermine what we are trying to achieve.”

“You seem forget I’m not part of any of this. Certainly, no one else has.”

Dax glowered up at him. “I won’t have it brought down. Not because of this. Not because of you. It’s too important.” He turned his back on Hunter and massaged the base of his neck. “Of all the people to provoke….”

“You think I planned this?”

“You’d be dead now had I not come in.”

“A humiliating pattern, I admit,” he replied, lifting his eyes to the ceiling. He wasn’t sure what stung more, that Corrad had bested him or that Dax still saw him as weak. “Care to hear why it happened?”

“The damage is done,” Dax grumbled. “Doesn’t matter.”

Hunter pulled in a long breath. This was the first he’d seen Dax in three days. Hardly what he’d imagined their reunion would be like. But seeing Dax this angry with him struck him harder than he would have expected. “Listen to it anyway. They were harassing Uri, Dax. Tormenting him.”

Dax stiffened. That seemed to get his attention. “You’re mistaken. You don’t understand our ways.”

“I know abuse when I see it.”

“It’s taken time, but Uri has grown to be welcome here.”

“Then what’s a skeg, Dax?”

Dax’s eyes jolted to meet Hunter’s, a new surge of anger flaring his nostrils.

“Corrad,” Hunter continued, “and everyone else in this hole, is savvy enough to not show their hand around you. But it’s happening. The boy is being persecuted. Daily.”

“Uri would have said something—”

“Not if he’s afraid.”

Dax fell silent. He knew that was true.

Hunter stepped closer. “All I did was stand between them to put an end to it. Corrad’s been gunning for a confrontation since I arrived, and like an idiot, I played right into it.”

“Corrad goaded you into this fight?”

“Not precisely. But I was a convenient excuse to start one.”

“And you’ve witnessed this harassment?”

“Enough to know it’s not isolated.”

Some of the anger seemed to drain from Dax, or at least its focus shifted away from Hunter.

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