To Be Where You Are by K.Z. Snow

Author:K.Z. Snow [Snow, KZ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Liquid Silver Books
Published: 2011-12-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

“Yes, we remember them. Quite well.” Rahenna glanced at Rugh, who nodded in affirmation. “The ambisexual one, Perez, even sought us out in New Orleans.”

“That’s what Noah suspected.” Jackson was back in the recliner, sitting in his favorite position—one ankle resting on the opposite knee, elbows resting on the chair arms. “You didn’t go ahead and change his ass, did you? He isn’t skulking half-demented around some bayou?”

Rugh snickered. “Yeah. Wrastling ‘gators to drink their blood.”

“I think you’d better hold off on the sarcasm,” Adin said from the other recliner. “And, FYI, alligators are cold-blooded.”

Still smirking, Rugh shrugged.

“We didn’t do anything of the sort,” Rahenna said defensively. “Perez asked questions and we answered them. I think he hung around primarily to see what our ‘lifestyle’ was like. In fact, he made a point of telling us he wouldn’t undergo the blood birth unless Noah did.”

Jackson wasn’t quite getting it. “So where is Perez?”

“He didn’t follow us back to Chicago,” Rugh said. “I can tell you that much. He was still in New Orleans when we left.” He and Rahenna exchanged a glance that bore some meaning Jackson couldn’t interpret.

“What was that look about?” He sat forward by a few inches. “What aren’t you telling me?”

Rahenna’s gaze moved back to him. It was steady enough; she didn’t seem intent on hiding anything. “We met a man while we were down there. He didn’t like us. I think he knew what we were, or sensed it. But he could hardly avoid us if he wanted to be around Perez. And he did want to be around Perez.”

“He wanted more than that,” Rugh drawled, studying his slightly charred fingernails.

“Do you think he ever got it?” Jackson asked. “Do you think he got what he wanted?”

Rugh turned up his eyes without lifting his head. “We don’t know. But the man tagged along wherever we went. As long as we had Perez with us.”

“We did a lot of pub crawling, for obvious reasons,” Rahenna added.

Adin, who remained quiet, was watching Jackson. In fact, he watched Jackson every time Jackson looked at Rugh. It was absurd, Jackson thought, how one guy's presence could make them both so uptight. But this was the first time they’d been together in the company of a seriously desirable man. Especially a desirable man who'd already had one of them and now wanted to sample the other.

“I think Perez liked him at first,” Rahenna said. “Or at least liked the attention. The stranger behaved like a suitor. He enjoyed looking at Perez, dancing with him, fondling him. And spending money on him.”

“And Perez allowed it,” Jackson said, just to verify his impression. “Even encouraged the man.”

“For a while. Then Perez began tiring of it.”

“The man was too clingy and persistent,” Rugh said, his voice subdued. His gaze flickered inexplicably in Adin’s direction, and Adin looked down at his lap. “Perez went from feeling flattered to feeling suffocated.”

Jackson tried not to be distracted by this strange, fleeting interplay. Something Rugh said must have snagged a piece of flotsam from his and Adin’s shared past.

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