Tears of Life by Shea Balik

Author:Shea Balik [Balik, Shea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mm, gay romance, gay fantasy, shifters, druids, curses, gay paranormal, ancient curses, gay fantasy romance, romance mm
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

“Your mom must have really loved your dad, huh?” They had been asking questions for the past hour as they rode up the mountain and along a ridge before finally descending on the other side. It was everything Mingus had dreamed of when he finally found that someone to love.

Wait.

Love?

Was that what he was feeling?

Mingus wasn’t sure. Then again, he’d never had much of a boyfriend before. The few guys he had gone out with usually didn’t ask him on a second date once they realized he wasn’t going to have sex with them. Well, not right away.

Mingus had wanted to find someone special. Yeah, he knew that wasn’t the ‘guy’ thing to say, but Mingus had never understood that. Why should it matter what gender one was when it came to sex? To him, it represented a commitment to each other. He wasn’t necessarily requiring marriage, but Mingus also didn’t want cheap, meaningless, one-night stands.

Oluf let out a small chuckle as if he were remembering a happy memory. “Yeah, she did. I think she might have loved him more than he loved her, but they were happy.”

“Did she teach you how to cook or did you have to learn that later?” He had been fascinated with some of the stories from Oluf’s childhood. To have a first-hand account of what it was like growing up as an actual Viking was downright astonishing.

No. It was so much more than that. Mingus wasn’t sure he would have survived back then without all the modern conveniences, but it would have been cool to experience it.

“Nah.” Oluf steered them to the right when they reached the bottom of the mountain. The path narrowed a bit, but they made it work so they could still ride side by side. “My da would have beat me if he’d found me doing something only women did.”

“See?” Mingus shook his head. “That would have been a miserable way to live. I would have hated being told what I could and couldn’t do just because I’m male.”

Oluf gave a shrug. “There were times I wished it could be different, but the fact was, it was the only way we knew how to live. The thought of not following in the path set out for each of us wasn’t even a question. We just did.”

Huh. Mingus had never really thought of it that way. “I guess that would be true. Even today, in a way. Kids tend to follow their parents when it comes to religion, politics, and often even careers. I mean, not to the same degree as it was back then, but there are plenty who just follow along, perfectly happy.”

Hell, he knew many of those kids. “And hunters,” he groaned. “They might be the worst. It’s like once they’ve shot an animal there’s no going back.”

“Is that what turned you off of eating meat? Seeing hunters?” Oluf asked as they walked into a breathtaking meadow.

Mingus gasped as he looked around. There were still a few flowers mixed in with the grass.

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