Spell Tracker (Light Mage Series Book 1) by Alex C Vick

Author:Alex C Vick [Vick, Alex C]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Alex C Vick
Published: 2018-12-01T05:00:00+00:00

15 A Few Questions

I felt for him. It wasn’t the first time I’d seen years of friendship rocked to their foundations by the L-bomb, and to say that the fallout tended to be complicated would be understating it.

“I’m sorry. Pretending it never happened isn’t a great plan, though,” I said.

“It wasn’t my plan,” he replied, folding his arms. “I hate it. I feel as if my best friend was lying every time he told me it was OK to be gay. I mean, he clearly has no intention of coming out, does he?

“And I don’t know how to behave around him. Like, every time I touch him, even by accident, he might be thinking I’ve changed my mind or something.”

His voice was rising and his emotions were flooding the small space. Fear, resentment, relief. I was glad. I might finally be able to help him.

“And Mina is being so nasty,” he went on. “She used to be popular because she was fun to be around—can you believe that? But I can’t call her on it. I know how much she’s hurting.”

He fell silent, and I waited, wanting to be sure he’d finished.

“Well? Can you help them, or not?” he said. His arms were still folded, the muscles tense.

“Tenuo,” I said softly. “I can help them. But only if you let me help you too.”

“I’m not the one that needs helping,” he protested. “If I wasn’t worried about them, I’d be fine. What… what was that word you just said? I feel like I want to sigh with relief, but I don’t know why.”

“I banished the fog. Temporarily.”

“Oh.” Devin frowned. “I didn’t ask you to.”

“Stop being such a martyr. The three of you are completely mixed up in this. I have to help you too.”

He glared at me. “What the hell happened to free will?”

“What’s your problem?”

“I don’t have a problem!” He got up and walked to the door.

“Stop. Stop.” I went after him, grabbing hold of his arm.

“Let go of me.”

“Make me,” I said, without thinking.

Devin turned around and leaned into me, until we were touching from chest to knee. I clutched his arm even tighter. I think it’s the only thing keeping me standing.

“I don’t want to be your assignment, Avi,” he said. “I want to be…”

“Yes?” I prompted.

“God. I want to be the person who can do this.”

Oh, shit. All I could do was kiss him back and hope that my enthusiasm didn’t put him off. His hands were in my hair, twisting my head to find a better angle. It felt like every single nerve ending I possessed was burning with the need for more.

“I can’t,” he said, in between kisses.

“C-can’t what?”

“I can’t stop.”

I pushed him against the door with my body. “Do you want to stop?”

“No. Please.” He pushed back and that was it. At that moment, all my training might as well have happened to someone else. I wasn’t a guardian. I was earthbound. And I wanted.

We didn’t really do much of anything, but it was no less amazing for that.

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