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m/m paranormal
romance
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White streaks hit bright blue ones, creating a rainbow
effect against the bright yellow wall. Who painted a wall yellow? Why in the
heck did it matter? Horton shot fucking white lighting from his fingertips. Blue
ones flew from Cal’s palm.
“Nice isn’t it?”
“What the . . .” I balled up my fist and swirled around,
letting my body apply more force behind my punch. “Ah shit . . .” I shook my hand.
“What the . . . who the . . .”
“Can you not complete a sentence?” The stranger red-haired
man crossed his arms. “Horton said his man was a genius.”
“I am.” I huffed. What would he be doing if people were
appearing out of nowhere beside you. Your lover had streaks of lighting flying
from his fingers and his best friend threw around blue like flames.
“Don’t seem like it.”
“Who are you?” Not that it mattered to me. I had too much
else to figure out and like the red-haired guy said, I was a genius. My brain
new what I was seeing was impossible, but yet . . .
“Tommy.” The man held his hand out. “Horton’s oldest
brother.
Oldest. Crap. Horton told him his eldest brother was a pain in
the ass on his best days.
“Guess you are freaking out.”
I wasn’t going to dignify that with an answer. Pretty clear.
Or it should have been.
“Guess it’s a shitty way to find out your love is a Witch.”
Tommy shrugged. “Better than how my wife found out.”
I’d found nothing out. All I’d seen was sparks and flames
being tossed around. Wasn’t sure how, but they were coming from Horton and Cal.
No logical . . . “Hold up.”
“What?” Tommy scanned the room.
I wasn’t going to speak to the Tommy guy beside me, because
he wasn’t there. None of what I was seeing was taking place. Someone had
slipped something in my drink at the Halloween Party. Horton had told me not to
drink anything colored. I hadn’t . . . Didn’t mean someone didn’t slip
something into his bottle water. Then again . . . I’d not sat my bottle down. At
all.
“What are you doing?” Horton’s voice broke through my replay
of the party. “You were called here to keep him safe.”
“He is safe.”
“He’s driving himself . . . Fuck. Never mind. Take your ass
home if you can’t do something simple for me.”
“Not simple request, little brother.”
“It was.”
Warmth soaked into my skin as Horton tugged me against his
body. “Sorry, babe. I wasn’t expecting . . . Crap. I’ve got a lot to explain.”
“Did I . . . Where you . . . How did . . . Why was . . .”
“Okay, babe.” Horton rubbed his cheek against his. “I’ll
explain everything. I promise.”
“You best.”
“Shut it, Cal.” Horton’s tone had me winching. “Sorry, babe.”
“he’s right, you know.” Tommy’s tense tone had me shifting
my head towards him, leaving the safety of Horton’s chest. “you screwed up big
time.”
“not my fault.”
“Don’t care whose it was. You both knew better.”
“That’s right. We both did.” Horton’s soft tone settled
around me, soothing my racing mind. If it could only erase the scene that
unfolded a few seconds ago. “What happened?”
“Alex,” Tommy’s rough tone made him flinch, “Horton will
explain all. Me and Cal have a few things to discuss.”
“I didn’t . . .”
The words faded as a flash of orange light streaked across
the room, taking Tommy and Cal with it. That was it for me. The room spun and the
lights went out.