The only thing worse than having a hot neighbor you’re too intimidated to talk to is accidentally hitting his cat with your car. Felix Lane was perfectly content to spend the rest of his days with Sunny, his canary life companion, in their quiet little corner of the suburbs. But then Kirk Shoo with his unusual eyes moved in across the street, and Felix’s carefully constructed life is starting to unravel. When your every bad-boy fantasy lingers at the mailbox, stands too close and smells too damn good, what’s an under-appreciated administrative assistant to do? Besides sneak out the backdoor to go to work? But when Kirk’s cat runs out in front of Felix on his way home, he has no choice but to face the music and his dream man. Unless ... What starts as a tragic accident turns into something far more bizarre. And when Felix’s backyard begins to look like a pet cemetery, he has no choice but to come clean. That is, if he can manage to find his sexy neighbor at all.

Nine Stones

“Hey!” Felix struggled, he needed his phone, but Kirk wrapped his arms around him and held him to his chest.


“There’s no time! We have to get you to the hospital.”


Large, warm hands rubbed his back. “What makes you think I need to go to the hospital? I’m fine, was looking forward to finally sitting with you and eat. I’ve been looking forward to it for a long time.”


He clearly wasn’t in his right mind. Confusion was a sign of concussion, was it not? “Your pupils changed shape, only serious head injury and things wonky in the brain causes that.” Felix blew out a breath, some of his muscles unclenching as Kirk kept on rubbing him. “It’s dangerous, Kirk. We need to have it checked.”


Kirk groaned, not as if he were in pain, more like he was frustrated over something. “I’m fine. Look at my eyes, they’re perfectly fine.” Felix did but the room was dim, and it was hard to be certain. But from what he could see, they looked normal.


Chapter 14