Nelson & MacIlwraith: Moon Murder Mysteries #1 by K. Sterling

Author:K. Sterling [Sterling, K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bawdy Books
Published: 2023-09-27T18:30:00+00:00

Eleven

The awful gnawing feeling began as soon as Nelson started the Continental and put the car in drive. It was a burn in his gut that made his stomach sour so he had popped two antacids and hoped for the best. But he was nauseous and his head was pounding when he pulled into his spot at his apartment complex twenty minutes later.

He leaned forward and looked up at his building through the windshield, momentarily disoriented by the sound of drums. The car grew hot and he was flushed and dizzy and he could smell smoke and juniper.

Come back to me, Uaithne.

“This has to stop!” He squeezed his eyes shut, ignoring the heat thrumming in his veins and the anxious hunger building in his core. The need to rush back to Nox and make sure he was safe and content was immense. “I’ll make sure he’s okay and then I’ll be fine,” he told himself, taking out his phone and finding Nox’s number.

He hit send and listened as it rang several times. He pulled his phone away from his ear and checked to make sure he had dialed the correct number. “Why aren’t you answering?” He put the phone back to his ear and his heart rate accelerated as he waited for Nox to answer.

“Nelson?” Nox sounded wary when he finally picked up.

Nelson didn’t understand why he was so relieved or excited to hear his voice. “Everything okay?” He asked quickly.

“Everything’s fine… You just left. I haven’t even made it upstairs yet, but I was thinking about taking a bath myself.”

“Good. That sounds…” Safe? “Good. Just wanted to make sure everything’s okay. I’ll talk to you in the morning.”

“Sounds like a plan. Talk to you in the morning. Goodnight, Nelson.”

“Night, Nox,” he said, then hung up.

Nelson stared at his phone in his hand and forced out a long slow breath. The pounding in his head and his veins hadn’t subsided. His hands were sweating as he shut off the car, then gathered his tea and his coat. He hadn’t seen his apartment since Friday morning, but Nelson felt like he’d aged decades as he rode the elevator up to the sixth floor and turned toward his door.

Come back to me, Uaithne.

The hand holding the key was shaking as Nelson pushed it into the lock and let himself in. He stretched his neck and gave his head a shake, but still heard Nox’s voice ringing in his ears.

“Tea,” he told himself, recalling Nox’s promise that it would be just the thing.

Nelson left his keys on the kitchen counter, heading to his bedroom to deposit the day’s suit on the dry cleaning pile. After that, he looked up directions for making tea on his phone.

Not having a kettle was only a minor setback, but Nelson didn’t have a strainer so he added two heaping spoons of the loose mix to a mug of water and microwaved it for sixty seconds. The directions said to let the mixture steep for five minutes so Nelson used the time to take a hot shower and change into a fresh T-shirt and boxers.

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