Circle of Stone: An Alastair Stone Urban Fantasy Novel (Alastair Stone Chronicles Book 19) by R. L. King

Author:R. L. King [King, R. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Magespace Press
Published: 2019-09-08T22:00:00+00:00

Ian had a lot of sexual experience for a guy his age—during his time as a hustler, he’d been with everything from guys his own age to worldly older men with every kind of varied taste. He thought he’d seen it all, but an hour later as he lay, breathless and exhausted, next to Gabriel, he realized that wasn’t even close to true. In fact, he wondered if tonight’s encounter might end up as the one by which he judged every other one going forward. Even if it turned out that he never saw Gabriel again after tonight, he didn’t care.

Gabriel sat up against his pillow, hands behind his head, unselfconsciously showing off a physique that made Ian decide he needed to start spending more time at the gym. Gabriel’s appealing amusement as they left the club had morphed into a nearly otherworldly intensity during their time together, but now, afterward, he was back to the easygoing smile and catlike relaxation. He’d used magic to summon a bottle of fine wine and two glasses to the bedside table in his small but opulent suite near Staré Město, and now he sipped his while studying Ian with glittering eyes.

“I’m surprised I’d never heard of you before tonight,” Ian said, rolling to his side and propping his head against his hand. He made no attempt to hide his appreciative gaze.

Gabriel shrugged. “I travel a lot too. I don’t like staying in one place too long. I get bored.”

“Yeah, but the magical community isn’t that big, and—well, frankly, my friends would have mentioned a guy who looks like you do.” He chuckled. “Unless they wanted to keep you to themselves.”

“Where’s the fun in that?”

Ian narrowed his eyes, not sure exactly what to make of that. Now that the white-hot glow of passion had settled, his suspicions began to creep back. “You said you wanted to meet me. Why?”

Gabriel gave him a really? sort of look, his own gaze skimming over Ian’s bare chest.

The flutter returned, but this time Ian shook his head. “Yeah, okay, that too. But I don’t think that’s the only reason. There are a lot of guys out there. Why me? Does it have anything to do with my father?”

For a while, Gabriel didn’t answer. He sipped his wine and then returned the glass to the nightstand and lay back into the soft pillows. “It doesn’t have anything to do with your father. Not directly, anyway.”

“Not directly? What’s that mean?”

“He’s trying to find you a teacher. He’s put the word out—discreetly, of course—among various individuals in the magical world.”

Ian frowned. “Yeah, I guess he has. So what, though? I’m not ready yet. I’ve told him that. And you’re not a magic teacher.”

Gabriel tilted his head and raised an eyebrow.

“Wait.” Ian sat up. “No way.”

He didn’t answer.

“You’re a magic teacher?” Sudden anger rose. “Have you been talking to my dad? Did you two—I don’t know—cook up this whole thing to try to put me off my guard?”

Gabriel chuckled. “You were definitely off your guard tonight.

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