Chapter 5
Yakecen basked in the lingering scent of Eli’s curly hair, his lover now after he’d gone without for so long, and tried to calm his racing heart. This wasn’t his best idea. Not when he toted around a lot of baggage no one wanted.
But when Eli kissed him, his whole world stopped, for the briefest second. It felt like a safe harbor at last. He couldn’t survive out in the storm anymore, not when they were so close.
“We’ll get cleaned up, and I’ll try and explain to you?” Yakecen murmured the question right against the steep curve of the top of Eli’s ear.
“You don’t have to explain anything to me.” Eli rolled his forehead across his chest, like he was shaking his head. “Your business is your business.”
If it were only that easy. “If we’re going to be intimate, you really need to
