A Bad Case by Hollis Shiloh

Author:Hollis Shiloh
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: m m romance, gay romance mm new releases, Gay mystery, paranormal romance mm, gay romance m m, gay romance paranormal, gay mystery romance, magic, fae, time travel
Publisher: Spare Words Press
Published: 2014-07-01T04:00:00+00:00

I will be right there. Have some water and relax. I am sorry about this. – Lee

I stared at it for a moment, then moved to the coffee table, which had books and a strange-looking clear bottle. I picked it up, realized it was made of thin plastic and held water. I figured out how to open the lid and drank some, then sat down.

I picked up the book, but I couldn't concentrate on it. It was a mystery, something I'd already read. A Philip Marlowe book. I put it down after a few minutes, finished the water, and tried to think, tried to figure it out. This was a better mystery than any book, but a worse one, too. Had he sent me to the faerie lands? Was I stuck there now, or worse, in some kind of limbo? How long was "a minute?" The room was dusty, not well used or well loved, just a small room waiting for me.

The note had been waiting for me. Everything had been waiting a very long time.

I began to sweat harder, and my back prickled with fear. How long had these things been waiting? He'd taken the time to set everything up, and probably replace the water bottle once in a while, till the bottles were so newfangled they came in plastic so thin it was clear. I didn't want to think about how long that could be.

He'd sent me into the future.

To get away from his brother, and from him.

He'd saved me from both of them, from a life as a slave, but at what cost?

Where, and when, the hell was I?

I closed my eyes and rubbed the back of my thumb across my forehead. "Shit." I tried to gain control of my terror. I was locked in a box in the future with no way out, and I was at his mercy more than I'd ever been before. At least when I thought he was going to enslave me, I'd been able to accept it. But to send me here, to lock me in a room with no way out? I was going to go out of my mind.

Footsteps hurried, and the door yanked open.

"Joe?" It was a worried face that met mine. It was Peter's face, not Lee's.

I felt myself tense, and shrank against the couch a little further. "Don't worry." He gave me a pained smile. "I've come to let you out. I'm so sorry about this. Lee was supposed to be here to meet you, but he's in New York. I'm sorry about this. Will you come with me? Try not to be afraid. You're quite safe, I promise you, although this will all take some explaining, I'm afraid."

I got up, glad most of all I was being let out. It felt like the Navy brig all over again. I cleared my throat. "What year?"

He blinked, looking at me for the second time like I'd startled him but in a good way. "2014," he said quietly. "How did you figure it out?"

I shrugged, my mouth going out of shape.

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