Mason’s more scared of love than he is of the walking dead.<br><br>Mason is facing more than one apocalypse. The darkest hours are those spent alone, when memories surface and the touch of his lost love can make the most erotic of dreams horrifying. He’d rather face danger than recollect how he loved Antonio and what he was prepared to give up for him. He’s never going to fall in love again ... a vow that wavers when he rescues Kyle.<br><br>Although Mason is certain luck had more to do with saving Kyle than anything he did, now he fears something more than the walking dead. He’s afraid giving in to lust may lead to love, if homophobic hatred doesn’t murder them first.

A Not So Hollow Heart

The connection was tender, yet sensation flooded through Mason’s groin—a place far removed though deeply connected to his lips. He grew erect in an instant, so hard it gave him cause to wonder how he survived so long without this. Beneath him, Kyle arched, and when a small moan escaped him, the sound speared through Mason, making him unyielding as a rock.


He broke away from where their lips pressed, in danger of moaning himself. Now committed to going through with this, his cock pulsed—demanded he stop fucking about and got to fucking. Mason fought to retain a sense of himself. He owed Kyle more than a blind coupling though he didn’t wish to get involved. This was about more than sex for Kyle. He needed to feel desired. This was about helping Kyle heal.


What would be the various emotional stages of being thrown in a cage? Humiliated, in the beginning; angry, enraged. Rage would dissipate, fear and misery taking its place. Desperation and despair would manifest in the face of pain.


Chapter 20