A Mage's Guide to Human Familiars (R'iyah Family Archives: Volume Book 1) by AJ Sherwood

Author:AJ Sherwood [Sherwood, AJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: paranormal
Publisher: Ranconteur House
Published: 2021-11-05T00:00:00+00:00

Garen normally didn’t lose his temper. In fact, losing his temper was such a rare occurrence that he could count on one hand how many times it had happened in his life.

So it said something that Nico had pushed him far enough to start yelling.

Shit, shit, shit. This wasn’t helping anything. Nico was on the defensive, not listening, and yelling right back. Garen wanted to shake sense into him.

He also realized their argument right now wasn’t why he wanted to put his hands on Nico. Even he wasn’t that dense. Garen took a step back, actively breathing calm and deep, trying to regain his temper. The sexual tension between them kept his feelings ramped up, which didn’t help.

Garen might have let it go, if it was obvious Nico had moved on. It had taken precisely ten minutes around him to realize that wasn’t the case. Nico was still very hands-on with Garen, still gave him that teasing little grin only Garen saw. He very much acted like when they’d been together.

Nico hadn’t moved on.

Neither had Garen.

It was about time they stopped acting like they’d broken up when absolutely nothing had changed.

Nico eyed him warily. “I don’t like that look on your face. Look, I’m trying, okay?”

“I know you are. I’m sorry for yelling. I just realized I’m only partially yelling at you because I’m frustrated all around. Nico, can we just admit that we never really broke up?”

Nico’s head snapped back, jaw dropping. “Uh, yes, we did.”

“No, we didn’t. We said the words. That’s about all that changed. We still Skyped and talked to each other whenever we had a chance. We still tried to see each other when our insane schedules allowed for it. About the only thing that really changed is we stopped sleeping together. Will you please admit nothing changed so we can stop dancing around each other like this?”

Nico shook his head violently. “Everything changed,” he rasped, eyes on the grass. “Everything. I’m Bel’s now.”

That was not the blow or the rejection Nico obviously thought it would be. Garen’s feelings for Bel were still kindling, but he recognized he was half in love with that sassy, brilliant little blond. Given the chance, given even a little encouragement, he’d fall easily.

Garen knew before he even opened his mouth that Nico was already in love with Bel and struggling with it. Nico wasn’t making a move for some damn reason, and Garen suspected he was the reason. Someone had to clear the air, and it seemed to fall to him.

“Nico—”

“No, dammit. I’m not rehashing this with you. No.” Nico turned on his heel and stormed out of the yard, through the back gate.

Seconds later, Garen heard the tell-tale sound of Nico running along the sidewalk.

He let his head drop back on his shoulders and blew out a breath. Well, shit. That could have gone better. He probably hadn’t started out right. What he’d been trying to convey was that their feelings hadn’t changed for each other, but there was still room for Bel.

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