"What is wrong with you?" Nathan asked, his hand recoiling to his side.
A plethora of emotions warred within him as he stared down at Silver, tracing the smug smirk playing on his lips.
The tightness in his chest was long gone, replaced by an emotion that teetered between rage and caution.
It wasn't often that someone was interested in him.
He'd had a few people make advances at him, but he'd rejected them. Unapologetically. The thought that they found something worthy of love within him made his heart break because—
Why couldn't Mikhail see the same?
He frowned, blue eyes narrowing to slits.
"Nothing," Silver answered. He stood up and adjusted his clothes, eyes locked onto Nathan's as he did.
The boy didn't know what it was that he felt, but it made his skin crawl.
"I don't k
