Out-and-regretting-it comprehensive attendee Jayden Phillips turns his cast-iron plans for life upside-down by falling in love with private-school violinist Darren Peace, a sardonic boy with the craziest hair Jayden's ever seen.<br><br>But all is not what it seems, and Jayden's bullying problem becomes meaningless when he is confronted with what the music does to Darren. How do you stop a dangerous depression rooted in the same thing that makes someone what they are? Dark moods, blank apathy, and the undertow of self-loathing all simmer beneath Darren's dry and beautiful veneer, and Jayden feels powerless to stop them.<br><br>Then a mugging gone wrong takes the music forcibly away, and Jayden is finally given the chance to change Darren's life -- and, quite literally, his mind.

Vivaldi in the Dark

“Why?” Jayden could similarly hear Darren’s smirk. “You were pretty keen for me to shove you up against your bedroom door, last time I remember. Next time, I could get my hands down your jeans. Just think on it for a second. One hand down the front, one down the back. Wouldn’t have to take the jeans off, either, not unless you wear your scarily skinny ones. A quick one off the wrist—off my wrist, not yours…”


Jayden shifted uncomfortably, pinking at the thought and the sudden pressure in his jeans. “You’re disgusting,” he said lowly.


“And you’re at least half-hard by now,” Darren murmured, and the bastard was right, too. “I know I am.”


“You’re insatiable,” Jayden corrected himself, and Darren laughed.


“Mm, that too,” he said agreeably. “Unless you want phone sex, I’d better hang up.”


Chapter 62