Chapter 5Joel was out as soon as Erik helped him into their large bed. He didn’t even remember closing his eyes. He remembered sitting down on the edge of the mattress, then the world went black and time slipped away. When he finally opened his eyes again, there was no indication of how much time had passed, no indication of where Erik was. Or what he had done with Travis. The apartment was dark and silent and familiar and comfortable.
Comfortable enough that Joel’s eyes fell shut again. He just wanted to rest for a moment, but when he opened them again, the shadows had shifted. Everything had shifted. And now he could hear Erik through the thin wall that separated them, and his delicate nose twitched at the smell of burning wax. He was hungry, and he could still taste Travis’s blood on t
