Cath Red was approaching him slowly, uncertain, like he was about to face a scared animal, and it killed Cath from inside that such a thing still existed between them. As he watched Red reach him he couldn’t help but trace the way light spread over the demon’s naked chest, Cath’s own bruised heart flooding with emotions too different from self-hatred. Cath realized he wanted Red, he wanted him ever since he woke up here. Back at the hut, when Red tended to his wounds, Cath almost choked with the sudden overwhelming desire he felt. The way the demon’s hands moved over Cath’s naked feet… it did things to Cath’s brain. And body. But was it allowed? He had seen how Red’s hands trembled then, and how he hesitated to let Cath join him at the lake, how he stepped on eggshells every time Cath w

