Chapter Ten
When the phone call from his mother finally ended, Wilkes’ heart sunk. The decent thing to do now would to be call Balkhi straight away and let him know he’d screwed up and that there was a change of plan for the weekend. What he really wanted to do was perform some kind of magical spell which allowed him to be in two places at once—keeping both his family and his boyfriend happy.
His music had kicked back in once the phone connection had been cut, but Wilkes muted it, needing the silence to think. If he was going to make the call to Balkhi, he had to do it pretty soon, as he was within half an hour of the base. Privacy was a rarity there, as people often popped in and out of each other’s rooms, so he had to make up his mind quickly.
Wilkes wanted to kick himself for making
