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Randy liked to think that he had learned a few things about Evan in the time they had spent together. He had overcome the man’s understandable wariness about him and gotten to learn what it was that made him smile, what frustrated him, what made his eyes darken with anger that he was too used to hiding. So when they were sparring, a little sword ( Read more... )

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When they awoke the next day Cody smiled softly as he opened his eyes and found his vision filled with the handsome sight of Ted’s slumbering countenance. Last night had been amazing; Ted had lived up to his promise, and then some, refusing to let Cody sleep until they were both completely and utterly sated. Still, even when his eyes had felt as ( Read more... )

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“This is delicious,” Cody complimented across to Brett from where he sat, next to Ted who was on Brett’s right hand side. On his left, of course, sat his mother, and beside her sat his fiancée. She was pretty and had been friendly enough to them--- in truth Cody liked her because she hadn’t fawned all over them, merely given them thanks she thought ( Read more... )

When a knock came at his door sometime later Cody expected that it would be yet another servant, or maybe even Brett since the young king seemed so keen to ensure that Cody and the others knew how much he appreciated bringing Ted back to them… and didn’t Cody’s stomach give an uncomfortable squirm whenever he thought that? If Brett knew the truth ( Read more... )

“Wait-“just as they reached the main entrance hall of their palace Brett stilled Ted; his smile dropped somewhat and his eyes lined around the corners even more than before, betraying the shadows of wear cuddling underneath his lids. His mouth was down-turned somewhat, and had it not been a somewhat unsightly gesture then Cody would have bet that ( Read more... )

As silence continued between the three of them John and Josh exchanged a slightly anxious look; Ted hadn’t said much of anything since they had admitted the depths to which Damien’s manipulation had run since he had been out of the picture and his father and brother had been… removed permanently, for want of a better phrase. Of course their mother ( Read more... )