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184 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 13, 2023
HIGHLIGHT • PAGE 30
"Hey, kid. Where are your parents? The kitchen isn't a place to play," I said to his back. The boy turned off the stove— thank fuck-before spinning around on his stool to face me. The first things I noticed were his bright green eyes that glittered as beautifully as gemstones.
His eyes shone even brighter as his features twisted into a frown as he crossed his arms. The next things I noticed were his handsome features with a dark, five o'clock shadow that seemed too mature for a kid, but I brushed it off considering I knew nothing about the human aging process.
I'd heard from the circus-goers that children these days looked almost too mature for their age"
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The action was so exaggerated that he lost his center of balance and toppled forward. Fortunately, I was tall enough to lean over the counters and catch the kid under his armpits before he fell and cracked his head open.
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The boy was so light that I knew he had to be lying about being an adult. I was a tad bit stronger than normal humans from the Vermilion Bird blood, but I definitely wasn't strong enough to hold an adult human man up like I was holding a puppy.
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The boy-man—
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the kid—man—
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Maybe it was because I thought he was a kid moments earlier, but he had an innocence about him that told me he'd only found this situation hilarious and wasn't making fun of me.
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"It's good, right? Told you I wasn't playing around," he teased. His bright eyes glistened as they focused on me. A strangled sound came from my throat, and the chains I'd tightly bolted around my core loosened. Nothing about his actions should have caused me to lose control over myself, but they had anyway.
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Neither of them seemed to care about the fact that Eli was dating a man, but it felt like a huge bomb had been dropped on me. A pleasant and eye-opening bomb. I wondered if Conall was part of the rainbow as well.
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We hadn't known each other long, but I was falling hard for this man. I may not have known everything about him,
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A loud bang had me pulling back slightly to look toward the sky. Our foreheads were still pressed together and the bright lights we'd come to watch exploded over us.
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Rhett stayed the night. At first, I had trouble sleeping, worried that my flames would go out of control in my sleep—it wouldn't be the first time that happened.
But with Rhett calmingly patting my back, I'd eventually dozed off.
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"I think it looks good on you. You look very manly." He laughed hard. "Are you saying I don't usually look manly?"
"What? No! That's not what I meant. I just mean..."