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His heart pounded equally over either

Ruhn stepped up to the front door of the far his wool jacket There was blood on it His knuckles were busted And he had been hit a couple of tih the pain wasmess

After Saxton had dematerialized out of the scene behind the French restaurant, Ruhn had spoken with the Brothers for a time They didn’t seem particularly bothered by any of the violence or the fact that he’d nearly killed the human But their opinion was not what mattered to hi his boots in preparation for going in And then things were open Saxton was on the other side, his coat having been removed, his blond hair flopped off his cowlick as if he had been dragging restless hands through it

His stare locked on Ruhn’s left eye, the one that had its own heartbeat fro

Ruhn lifted a hand and covered whatever was going on up there But that was stupid "May I come in?"

Saxton see coffee?"

As the male indicated the way in, Ruhn followed the direction and then just stood there in the little entry area at the base of the stairs Saxton’s eyes traveled around, but always returned to Ruhn’s face

Maybe his injuries orse than he thought? They didn’t feel like h pain tolerance, they never did

"It’s fine," he said as he touched his face "Whatever this is"

Saxton cleared his throat "Yes Of course Ah, coffee?"

Ruhn shook his head and proceeded in the solicitor’s wake to the back of the house Sure enough, there were a pair of s on the counter and the scent of fresh brew in the air

"Do you like anything in yours?" Saxton went for the pot and pulled it out froar inFor a decade"

Saxton slowly pivoted, coffeepot in his hand "I’et lost in howabout the past "It was an indentured fighting ring, run in South Carolina Hus and birds Va in the ring with other ood at it and I hated it Every second"

When Saxton didn’t say anything, he stopped and looked across the homey kitchen at the other male Such surprise Such stunned shock

Fates, he wanted to throw up

"I’h he wasn’t sure exactly what he was apologizing for

No, wait, he knew It was the fact he had anything like this to confess to such a fine, upstanding male--and also now that he’d spoken of the past, Ruhn was drowning in it once again