Chapter 5 As a rule, Vic didn’t trust people. Someone who tracked another man down through an article, the same way Jordan had found Matt, made Vic suspicious. This Doctor Whatever-his-name-was had to have an ulterior motive, Vic was sure of it. But because the thought of being free from the powers made Matt so damn happy, Vic kept his concerns about the matter to himself. It wasn’t hard to do—yes, Matt could read his mind with ease, and frequently picked over Vic’s thoughts when they lay quietly together in the darkness of their bedroom. Most of the time, Vic didn’t want to hide anything from his lover—Matt knew things about him that even Vic had trouble remembering, things from his childhood growing up with a criminal father and alcoholic mother that Vic had forced himself to forget

