Total pages in book: 93
Estimated words: 90672 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 453(@200wpm)___ 363(@250wpm)___ 302(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 90672 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 453(@200wpm)___ 363(@250wpm)___ 302(@300wpm)
“Okay, just stop it, you guys,” Seth says. “Brad, you think I don’t know what you’re doing?” He approaches, standing behind us so I can see him in the mirror. “You can’t trick us into thinking he’s already figured it out, when—”
His necklace pops up from his chest, the cross hitting him square in the forehead.
“The fuck!” Seth exclaims, which makes Luke chuckle. “Did he just—”
I get back to work on Luke’s neck, helping him show the guys what I’ve already discovered he’s capable of.
“Okay, that’s a cute trick,” Seth adds, “but that doesn’t make you some kind of wiz—”
The sound of scraping against the cement floor catches my attention, and I see Seth’s bag drag across it before flying through the air, slamming against the wall, then plummeting to the floor.
“Straight Boy’s showing off,” I whisper before granting a tender kiss as a reward.
Seth opens his mouth to speak, but nothing comes out.
“Holy. Fucking. Hell,” Cody finally manages.
“What was that?” Seth follows.
“That’s what we wanted to show you,” Luke says.
As Luke and I get on our feet, Seth’s still staring at his bag.
“When the hell did you find out he could do that?” he asks.
“At Alpha Alpha Mu’s party last week. We were messing around, and this weird thing happened.”
“And you waited through the weekend to tell us this?”
“We figured it was something I did,” Luke says, “but we weren’t sure if I could control it.”
“So something about your chemistry together lets him use his powers,” Cody says, his gaze narrowing as he considers this.
“Yeah, and it’s stronger when I’m—” I stop myself.
“What?” Seth asks.
“That’s very thoughtful of you,” Luke says, clearly appreciating my attempt at discretion. “It’s stronger when we’re fucking. Technically, when he’s inside me. But as you can see, even if we just fool around, I can still do more than anything I could have imagined.”
“You seem to have a lot of control over it,” Seth says.
“It took a lot to do that with the bag.”
“It takes us a lot just to play around with our necklaces,” I say.
“If you have access to this much power already,” Cody says, “that’s a good sign.”
“It suggests he’ll be able to manage it at some point,” is as much as Seth concedes, but I can tell by Cody’s wandering gaze that his thoughts are elsewhere.
“So you can do more than just what you showed us?” Cody asks.
“The night we figured it out, we were levitating,” Luke says. “Brad’s head was so close to the ceiling fan, I’m surprised it didn’t clip him.”
“But since then,” I add, “we’ve tried, and he can levitate us consciously while we do stuff.”
Cody’s lips twist up as he considers this. “Can you do any of it when you’re not messing around with Brad?”
Luke shakes his head. “I can’t do what you just saw, but I can do some things.”
“So you can only use all this power when you’re fucking?” Cody asks Luke.
“That’s how it seems so far.”
Seth looks at Cody, who’s pressing his lips together, his gaze narrow.
“What are you thinking?” Seth asks.
“If he has this much control while they’re messing around, maybe if I tried to give him the vision again, he’d have more control in there too.”
Seth cringes. “How would you even do that? Are you gonna like, lie on top of Luke while Brad fucks him?”
Cody’s lips twist up, and he seems to actually be considering this, so I shut it down. “Not gonna happen.”
“Cody, why are you even thinking of that?” Seth asks.
“If he can control it,” Cody says, “he can get more information. He might even be able to find out where the Slasher’s at.”
“Again, you’re not lying on top of Luke while I’m inside him,” I say, “if that’s what you’re suggesting.”
Cody rolls his eyes. “Will everyone stop making it sound like I’m trying to instigate a threesome? If Luke has this power and can focus it while he’s under, then if we can find a way to get the vision to him, you know what that means he’ll be able to do.”
It’s a fair point, one I don’t like but have to consider.
“No,” Seth snaps. “He’s only known he can do this for a few days. It’s way too soon to be talking about something like this.”
“I’m not saying they need to strip down and get to it,” Cody says, “but you know I’m right.”
“It’s too soon.”
“For a conversation?”
Seth huffs.
Cody presses, “If Luke can manage this kind of control while he’s under without the consequences I experience—”
“He kicked you out, which we didn’t know was going to happen, and that was before he’d tapped into all this power.”
“People’s lives are at stake here, Seth.”
“Exactly! Who the hell knows what might happen if you do this too soon? He could fucking kill you. Hell, if Brad’s fucking him, then he could kill both of you, and then it’s just me and the guy who doesn’t know what he’s doing. What am I going to do? Push on the monster to stop and go back into the Rift? No. I let you guys rush that shit before, and look where it got us.”