The Tarot Sequence: TALES FROM QUARANTINE by Edwards KD

Author:Edwards, KD [Edwards, KD]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: KD Edwards
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

DAY 21

At some point during the morning, Addam noticed that Quinn had slipped away. And as he always did, he examined the dynamics of the moment to see if Quinn was in any trouble or distress, since his little brother so rarely admitted to it himself.

Addam knew Quinn had spent the morning with Anna and Max. The three of them had formed a bond at Magnus—something genuine and good, which Addam wholly supported. More than that, even. Max and Anna treated Quinn like one of three, not like an addition to two. That was a priceless distinction in Quinn’s short life, where eventually he was always edged out by people who feared his gifts.

Another hour passed. Addam hunted his brother down. He might not have a Companion bond with Quinn the way Rune did with Brand, but Addam had raised his brother, which was its own form of telepathy.

He found Quinn in the bedroom Quinn shared with Max. Max was off training with Brand, giving Quinn some privacy, but the expression on the sixteen-year-old’s face didn’t make Addam feel good at leaving him alone in that privacy.

“I think this is when I say something to you,” Quinn said unhappily. He was in front of a mirror, staring at his reflection.

“As you say,” Addam agreed, and took a seat on an overturned box. The bare room had little more than two inflatable mattresses, that standing mirror, and a wardrobe.

“Sometimes I’ve already told you. Sometimes I even think I already did, even though I know I haven’t, not now. Not here. Sometimes I never tell you, because it’s so hard to think about.”

“You are worrying me, brother. You can tell me anything.”

Quinn pointed at his reflection. “Max is getting handsome. Really handsome. People stare at him, and he notices, and he feels guilty about being vain, but that doesn’t stop him from paying extra attention to his hair and clothes.”

“And your feelings for Max are…growing?”

“No. I mean, yes. He’s Max. I love him. But I’m not… I… People come up to Max. At Magnus. And some of them want to have sex with him. A lot of times, though, it’s not for the right reason, because a lot of the students at Magnus Academy are really awful people. But I know Max thinks about that. About sex.”

“Would you like to talk about why that makes you uncomfortable?” Addam said, so calmly, because he knew his brother. A blunt question would lead to skittishness which would lead to Quinn’s fantastic ability to deflect a conversation in whatever direction he wanted.

“It doesn’t make me anything,” Quinn said.

He closed his eyes and rested his forehead on the mirror. “I don’t think about…it. Sex. At all. I don’t… it’s not something… I just don’t think about it. I don’t think about doing it, or wanting to do it, or who I would do it with. I like being close to people. I like people. But I don’t… Understand the appeal.”

“And this bothers you?”

Quinn’s eyes snapped open and he turned to face Addam.

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