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got a lot of money and some think they can just buy anything.
Like their way out of trouble, I clarified. He nodded and rubbed his eyes. We ll discuss this
enough tonight at dinner. Personally, I liked Ferris s idea of a nap and maybe a good-night kiss.
That can be arranged, Ferris breathed as he stared at me. Rylan nodded as well.
We quickly put everything away and cleaned up our mess before I picked back up Rylan s suitcases
and followed Ferris up to his room. It was very nice, comfortable even. I learned a lot from my mate
just by glancing around.
You like art, Rylan said approvingly.
I like prints of photographs taken from all around the world, Ferris said, gesturing to the main wall
that his bed was against. There were dozens of different-size frames with beautiful pictures.
Margays are a very artistic bunch, Rylan told us as he set his other bag on the floor at the same time
Ferris and I did. I have yet to meet one that wasn t an artist of some type. We always have been.
Open that suitcase, Onah.
I gave him a curious look but he nodded that it was okay. I set it on the bed and unzipped it, smiling at
what I found inside. You re a photographer. This is lovely equipment.
Thank you. Yes, my mother gave me a camera when I was a boy and I was hooked. I used to develop
my own pictures before digital and now HD cameras. When things get too trying with my father, I take
a vacation for a week or two and see somewhere new. For all of his faults or the ways we don t see
eye to eye, he s always been proud of my talent. The formal dining room in the palace has my pictures
everywhere.
He brags constantly about the eye his son has for beauty. Every Christmas, he always has an
assortment of pictures I ve taken that year professionally framed and gives them as presents to his
allies.
You love him, I said gently as I closed the suitcase and set it back on the floor.
Is there any way to not love your family? he chuckled, shaking his head as he sat on the bed. Yes, I
love my father. We used to be very close when I was younger. I would follow him everywhere,
ditching my studies to learn from him. It wasn t about being King one day, just that he was so
confident, so respected by all that I was in awe of him.
Ferris pulled off his shirt and then knelt down to untie his work boots. When did that change?
When I turned eighteen and started exploring life outside the palace. I wanted to see more, see
everything. And when I said I was going to a human college, it all changed. I think my father felt
betrayed that I didn t want to stand with tradition and keep learning from my tutors. They were
excellent, but I wanted the interaction. I tried to tell him that I felt if I was to understand the world as
he did, then I needed to experience it.
I m sorry, Rylan. I pulled him into my arms and kissed his head. It s hard when we realize we re
different people than our families.
You sound like you know, he whispered quietly, staring up at me with those orange eyes that just
dazzled me.
I do, I chuckled as Ferris moved to the bed and pulled off Rylan s shirt. I was the first warrior of
my family, an honor among my kind. But my parents didn t seem to know what to do with me after
that. It was like we would never have known each other or had anything in common if we hadn t been
family and I think that left them without a way to relate to me.
Where are they now? he asked as he stared at my chest as I pulled off my own shirt.
They went on to Greece with some of the others. They wished me well and said they d visit when I
left our plane before them to go on my mission, but honestly I think they were a little relieved.
Sometimes families do better where they re far away from each other and only visit occasionally.
What about you, Ferris? Do you need to run away from your family time and again? Rylan asked,
teasing our other mate. I frowned when Ferris looked away from us.
No, I ve never had that need.
Rylan saw it too and we moved to either side of our gorgeous vampire. I just brought up something
bad, didn t I?
You didn t know and we said we were going to relax. Now s not the time to discuss this, he
whispered sadly and started to move away from us.
Probably not, but don t shut down on us, I said gently as I wrapped my arm around him, Rylan
moving to the back of Ferris and plastering his smaller frame to his back.
They re dead, okay? My whole family was slaughtered. I said no to what the demons wanted, and
they all were killed because of it. Today was probably the first time since then I told anyone no since
and no one died, but it blew up in my face still. He wouldn t look at us but I saw the fat tears rolling
down his cheeks.
I m sorry, Rylan whispered as he kissed Ferris s shoulder gently. You don t have to say any more.
We needed to know that, but the whole story can wait for another day. Today, we re going to nap and
let our batteries recharge.
I get you guys have issues with your families, he mumbled as we pulled him to the head of the bed
and slid under the covers. I m not trying to be a jerk because I can tell the problems are valid. But
I d give anything to have a fight with my family because that would mean they were still alive. So I
never know what to say when people talk about family problems.
Of course you don t, I agreed. No one would expect you to. We won t hold your silence against
you. He opened his mouth but I shook my head. Rest now. We all need it.
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