Josh hadn’t cried, but it had been a near thing. He wasn’t sure if anyone else saw it, but Josh was a Ray connoisseur. The man who’d just addressed that crowd wasn’t the boy who’d hidden in a cave or communicated mostly in grunts and monosyllables in school. He wasn’t the little kid who’d preferred drawing to almost any activity because he could do it on his own.

Chapter sixty-eight: Ray

Ray woke slowly, nuzzling at his groin in a way that made Josh’s heart jump—he’d dressed to the left today, thankfully. He wasn’t about to turn down Ray’s mouth on him, but he wanted his mate fully awake for it.

The only person more embarrassed than Ray was TJ, which was both amusing and awkward. How on earth had his brother missed what was happening? He hoped they hadn’t been too noisy, but still, his room wasn’t soundproofed at all and TJ was a werewolf. On top of that, there was no way to disguise scent.

Chapter sixty-five: Josh

Chapter sixty-four: Ray

Chapter sixty-three: Josh

Chapter sixty-two: Ray

Chapter sixty-one: Josh

Chapter sixty: Ray

Chapter fifty-nine: Josh

He actually laughed as Josh finally pressed close from chest to toes—his whole body shivering with the rightness of it. It felt like he was on a wave of joy, body and soul, with Josh as close as he could get, so Ray could simply let go and be taken to shore, safe, contained... loved.

Chapter fifty-seven: Josh

Chapter fifty-six: Ray

Chapter fifty-five: Josh

Ray jerked in place like he’d been slapped. Josh was holding his hand, and for a moment Ray thought about burrowing into his arms again.

He wanted to cry, but he couldn’t.

Favourite chapter to date, might have lost a few nails <.<

Full as they were, it wasn’t that odd that Ray fell asleep. If anything, what was odd was that Josh hadn’t. But Ray was in his bed, relaxed and trusting despite all of Josh’s mistakes. He knew it was a little sad, but he truly wanted to spend the time idling on his phone and letting the warmth of Ray’s arm against his hip soak into him, Ray’s scent soothing the wolf into perfect satisfaction within him.

Archery looked like an accident waiting to happen to Ray. And sure, there were a lot of adults milling about to make sure no one ran across the field, but he was still nervous. And that explained how Dora got to him from behind, covering his eyes and booing at the same time.