Spirit by Multiple Authors

Author:Multiple Authors
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 9781634766425
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2015-10-19T04:00:00+00:00

Eleven

MASON GRIPPED Sabbio’s hand so tightly it hurt, but Sabbio didn’t mind. He’d held Mason’s just as tightly as their airplane lifted into the air—and for most of the long flight from San Francisco to Frankfurt. He’d done it again when their second, smaller airplane took off. He couldn’t help it. It was easier for him to believe in gods than to believe giant metal machines full of people and suitcases could fly like birds.

But now they were safely on the ground again, and it was Mason’s turn to need comfort. Their hands were clasped under the café table, where few people would notice.

“I am not going to become a ghost again just because we have returned to Split,” Sabbio said.

“I know. It’s just… sometimes I’m afraid I’ll wake up and find out the last two years have been a dream.”

Sabbio smiled. “If so, it has been a wonderful dream.”

It had. They’d spent every day working together, Mason teaching him planting and Sabbio instructing Mason on how to build walls. Laboring under the sun as a freeman—with his lover at his side—was marvelous. Even better, though, were the evenings they spent alone together, cooking, eating, leaving small gifts on the altar, watching TV, or practicing Sabbio’s reading skills. And then they tumbled into bed, making love and falling asleep in each other’s arms.

“I don’t know what I did to deserve you,” Mason said.

“Nor I you. But the Fates have been very kind.”

When Mason smiled like that, he was more handsome than any god.

A moment later, a man approached their table, and Mason stood. “Viktor! It’s good to see you.”

Viktor grinned. “I am so happy you called me.” He shook Mason’s hand and looked curiously at Sabbio. “You have brought friend?”

“Viktor Lulić, meet Sabbio Gould.”

Viktor’s eyes went wide when Mason said Sabbio’s name. “Is this your sablast? Your ghost?”

“Not anymore. Now he’s my husband.”

Recovering unexpectedly quickly, Viktor sat and gave Sabbio a hearty handshake. “Predivan! Wonderful! I have never seen ex-ghost before. How is this possible?”

Mason answered simply. “We believed.”

That must have been good enough for Viktor, because he smiled again and leaned back in his chair. “I am no longer mechanic. Now I show Dalmatia to tourists almost every day.”

“Do you have room in your schedule for us?” Mason asked.

“Always for you! But, Sabbio, you do not need guide.”

Sabbio shrugged. “I know the palace and the old city. But when I was alive the first time, nothing else was here. And when I was dead, I could not move far beyond the walls.”

“Ah.” Viktor stroked his chin. “Then you must visit islands. I will take you. But also we will go to Dubrovnik and Ston. And I will show you best wine, best seafood, best everything.”

Mason turned to Sabbio. “Sound good?” Over the past two years, he had taken considerable delight in introducing Sabbio to the wonders of America. They’d visited mountains with towering trees older than Sabbio, deserts full of darting lizards and prickly plants, cities with buildings so high they reached the heavens.

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