“Okay, well, that is kinda impressive,” Gorillord said. “But it’s not really a huge, romantic gesture, is it?”
“Well, it’s not really all I did either. Maybe you’ll just have to wait for the episode to be over and all will be made clear.” Leaning back in his chair, Alec crossed his arms over his chest and adopted a relaxed grin, even as his stomach still fluttered.
Ray gave him a confused look. Indeed, the rest of the gift wasn’t something he’d shared with Ray, but something Alec and Lucien had worked out on their own. And it was glorious. The bar settled back down as the show came on. Ray and Gorillord both shot him suspicious glances but otherwise concentrated on the epic battle between Jacob and Jeremy at the North Pole, where a secret cyborg factory was rigged with explosives to prot
