Chapter 21-01
"Clyde," Link drawled out, leaning back into the kitchen chair. "Kindly shut up— I can't hear myself losing the will to live over the sound of your whining."
What feeble tenderness Lincoln had shown him, what mild shred of humanity Aiden had caught a glimpse towards, was gone. It had dried up vanished upon Clyde's arrival, and he'd hit the default button and gone right back to pretending Aiden didn't exist.
"For once, can't you just be serious, Link?" The dimpled, boyish smile Clyde often wore was nowhere in sight. Nor was his usual cheerful and laid back attitude. Instead, a harsh frown blotted his expression, his eyebrows forced together and his lips pressed into a tight s***h.
"I am being serious," Link replied. He was sprawled in the island chair, his chin propped up
