Ellis Parker is a lucky man: he escaped his persecuting family, survived his tour of duty, and met Maxwell Clark in the city of New Amsterdam. Clark showed Ellis more than the ropes: Clark helped Ellis figure out who he is -- a gay submissive with a massive fixation on a beautiful, mysterious ballet dancer named Bryn Rothe. Ellis knows a Good Man when he sees one, and he wants nothing more than to score a first date with Bryn.<br><br>Little does Ellis know that Bryn has a violent past that is crawling out of shallow graves to haunt him. Even his hectic schedule and beloved stage aren’t enough to distract him. It’s impossible for Bryn to figure out how he feels about Ellis with his demons between them, but when Ellis saves Bryn not once but twice, Bryn is forced to admit that there’s something about Ellis that Bryn might not merely want but need.<br><br>Together, they journey to the scene of Bryn’s original crime -- Charles Towne, South Carolina. There they will dig up secrets that might explain Bryn’s tortured life but might also be his -- and Ellis’s -- undoing.

Earthquakes

The man waited until Bryn was done. “You mind if I get some of that?”


“Finish it off.” Bryn handed the joint over and watched as the man took the order as directed.


“You’re Bryndon, aren’t you.” The man didn’t ask. He confirmed the fact for himself. He coughed. “I’m Gus. Gus Rey.”


Gus wheezed a laugh. “No. Don’t think so. But who knows in this town?”


Bryn could like this guy. Bryn could like just about anybody right now while he was high. Especially if they weren’t blood relatives. “How did you know my father?”


“He, ah, he gave a lecture at the community college when I was there.”


Bryn did math. “Like…twenty years ago?”


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