Of Nuts and Men: A Gay Paranormal Romance by Franks LE

Author:Franks, LE
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

He made Jamie repeat his words. “You’re going to hang on to my wrist, and I’m going to lower you down, and once you’re close, I’m going to swing you like I did earlier and you’re going to grab the trunk and let go, dropping onto that limb down there.”

Sawyer wasn’t an idiot. It felt good to get moving—great, even—but this? This was one thing too much. He couldn’t believe that redheaded idiot dreamed this up. It was the sort of maneuver that belonged in a circus, not a forest. Talk about your squirrel brain.

“Nope. There has to be another way.”

“There isn’t. Really, I wish there was.”

Sawyer could see it was true; Jamie looked like he was sorry, and he probably did wish himself away. It was quite something what Jamie was doing for him—a stranger—risking his secrets, trying his best to help him, staying by his side ever since he’d run across him....

He took a moment and really looked at Jamie. They were nearly sharing the same limb for a change, Jamie still without a stitch of clothing to protect his skin from the abrasive bark and sharp needles of the Jeffrey pine. In the gloom Jamie’s eyes were hooded, and in his crouched position he looked inhuman. And, Sawyer guessed, he really was.

“You shouldn’t be here. I mean, it’s great that you came, and you’ve done a lot already... but you shouldn’t suffer any more for your roommate’s actions or my mistakes in climbing up here. I can make it until you get home and call the ranger station. Seriously—”

Jamie interrupted him. “I can’t. Let’s just leave it at that and finish this.” “Why can’t you?” Sawyer needed to understand. In answer, Jamie ran a hand through his hair, then held it out to Sawyer, who took it.

It was like ice.

“Are you okay?”

The redhead pulled away and stood, looking off into the gloaming. His balance was astonishing, no wobbling or jerking as he rose, just liquid grace, and with his erect bearing, his arms crossed against his chest, and every sinew and muscle on display under milky white skin, he looked like a statue carved from marble.

Sawyer found himself drawn back to his earlier comparison of Jamie as fae—he was certainly otherworldly in this moment. His complexion was almost blue in the twilight, deepening to azure in the shadowed planes of his back and the dip of his buttocks and the line of his thighs as he turned away.

And if he’d lost his head, forgetting for just a moment that he was high above the forest in a tree, no one would blame him for the impulse to step up to Jamie and wrap his arms around him to hold him close and chase away the demons that seemed to be tormenting him.

And while that scenario was only likely in a fantasy, he did have some power of his own.

“I’m ready.” Sawyer felt his gut freeze, cognizant of the terrifying reality formed by his words. He might be able to do this for Jamie, but he would do this for himself.

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