Chapter 44: Lawless Rogues

NORI’S POV

I can imagine what my broad shouldered, battle tested consort must have looked like as a child when he goes into the embrace of the other, older man. This male has salt and pepper hair that contrasts his smooth bronze skin and well muscled frame. He’d be quite appealing to anyone whose fantasy is a replica of Zeus in his virile prime.

I stand back and wait. After exchanging a hug and several slaps on the back, the man holds Milo at arm’s reach, taking a long look at him.

“Not a boy any longer, I see. I would ask if the years have been good to you, but you’re standing in front of me a vampire. So I know the answer would be ‘no,’ an emphatic no,” the man says in a rich, melodious voice that matches his physical appearance exactly. He seems genuinely torn up that Milo has become what he has. I shake off the twinges of anger that creates.

“I was turned, not awakened,” Milo tells him.

“But why?” the other man asks.