Chapter 45

Absent fingers combed through Sasha’s red hair, and Nathan felt even more like he was watching something he shouldn’t. Even Lindsey’s small gesture was just so natural. Maybe not natural and normal for human teenage boys, but this group wasn’t human. There was a type of comfort they had with each other that Nathan just wasn’t used to, something intimate without being sexual.

At last pulling himself away from the scene, Nathan stepped over to the room he was supposed to be in and took a small breath before entering. He’d have a talk with Sasha later if the incubus was willing. If Nathan had learned anything from being around Jim’s fussy nature then Sasha was going toneedto talk some things out come the end of the day, and Nathan was fully ready to listen.

When Nathan stepped out of room #11 to head for the next one, he saw Jim waiting for him in the hallway. Then he realized Jim had just come from #12. Twelve years ago...

Nathan felt his chest tighten painfully. “Jim...?”