“Not where anyone could see him do it, certainly,” Ted muttered dryly, although his mild concern and annoyance instantly melted away as Cody’s arms moved tentatively to wrap around Ted’s neck. Cody might still be fully dressed but the sensation of the other’s body so close to his own was enough to make Ted’s heart skip several beats and his stomach ( Read more... )

And, once again, Evan had the strangest desire to laugh at that sentiment. Of course Randy wouldn’t make him do anything he didn’t want to do; Randy wasn’t that type of man, despite what you sometimes heard whispered around the town (particularly at the local taverns he had since discovered) and if Evan said he didn’t want to continue the young ( Read more... )

Returning back to the assembled group Ted lightly reported, “Cody asked if you could just give him a little more time to finish his breakfast and prepare, and then he’ll be ready to go.” Ted then glanced across to Josh and quirked a slight smile as he said, “Cody believes he’ll travel inside of the coach today, because he’s tired, so I’m afraid it ( Read more... )

“Cody?” he whispered ( Read more... )

“Have you noticed the way Theodore’s been behaving?”

Josh glanced over to where the party had stopped after another long day of travelling. Their tryst the night before didn’t seem to have been noticed, although he had a couple of worried moments when he thought Cody was looking at them a little strangely and he opted to travel within the coach for ( Read more... )

The group that gathered early two days later were in mixed spirits over the upcoming journey. Mike still wasn’t looking forward to it particularly but was at least stoic about it. He had entertained some wild thoughts about dressing Alex in his clothing and trying to make people believe that he was one of their entourage and he might have even been ( Read more... )

“What do you mean it’s not-“John started, hand going to the hilt of his sword as he eyed Randy, “Are you forbidding him from leaving? He is no slave and doesn’t belong here ( Read more... )

Randy had no idea how he managed to keep his head as he made small talk with the strangers, quickly changing the subject after shrugging and pointing out that he couldn’t even pronounce the name. But he had never been good at hiding what he was feeling, he didn’t have much practice at it - and he knew that Evan was giving him a rather pointed look ( Read more... )

The fact that the training was gruelling and demanding wasn’t a surprise to Evan, he thought for possibly the hundredth time since his fitting and breakfast what seemed like eons ago but was only that morning, but what did shock him was how competitive and petty grown men could become in the face of something unfamiliar, something that threatened ( Read more... )

“Cody, get up ( Read more... )