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Just because he found the ard was mutual

Still, there had been an undeniable trickle-down effect, a gnawing, restless energy that had ultih the entries of males and human men that he had availed himself of from time to time Most of them were acquaintances, individuals he met at clubs or parties, and he never asked about their couple status All he cared about, as did they, was that they could fuck well

Not to put it too bluntly

And the fact that he had chosen one with dark hair and a big, strong body? He supposed he could look at it as a sign of ih, it was hard to be encouraged by the fact that he had traded one h," he said aloud

Shifting his legs out from the satin sheets, he sent himself toward the bath, the subtle aches and click to his hip the kind of things he was used to after a day like the one he’d had--and he tried not to think of Blay and the past Back when he had been with that male, the aftermath of the sex had been more about the warmth in the center of his chest and the side sht about his love

What he was experiencing noas nothing more than the mechanical residual of unaccustomed exercise

As he entered the hts over the sinks off for a nulow froh illumination And he also didn’t want to look at himself in all the mirrors

He took four Motrin as he waited for the hot water to get running in the shower

Stepping into thethe anti-fogging mirror he’d had mounted in one corner When he was finished, he was no more refreshed than he had been satisfied by the way he had spent the day--and for the first ti hihtly tasks held no prospect of enthusiasm or satisfaction

And then as he toweled hi terrycloth made the emptiness of the penthouse seem like a black hole in space

In the back of his ain Certainly, everywhere he went, there he was…but he had to believe that a fresh perspective would come if he lived in a different place and pursued a different kind of life Perhaps as a teacher? There were people who still wanted to know about the Old Laws, and he was so well-versed in then a curriculum--

When his phone went off out in the bedroo iain, he wrapped the towel around his hips and proceeded over to it--because, yes, he was that kind ofa phone while naked was inappropriate, even if FaceTime was not involved

Especially as it was likely Wrath or one of the Brothers--

No, not this time As he checked the phone’s face, it was not soested it was from a member of the Brotherhood’s household

Vishous was into the untraceable

"Hello?" he said

"Saxton?" Ruhn’s voice was instantly recognizable, and a surprise Also carried with it an erotic charge, but again, that was just on his side

"Yes? Hello? Ruhn?" There was so or so "I’m sorry, I can’t hear you?"

"I’m out at Miniahna’s" Fuzz Rustle "I just ran two"Where are you?"

"I’m at home Don"

"Can I coet here" After he provided directions, he cut in, "Wait, before you hang up Did you kill the trespassers? Do I need to call for a body re sounds "Not yet, you don’t But that is not going to last"