Chapter 8Leaving Jesse was harder than usual. Gideon probably could have stayed curled around his heat until Jesse rose for the day, but his stomach was grumbling and the reminder that he hadn’t yet fully stocked the fridge since their return to Chicago niggled at the back of his brain. Of course, there was always the possibility that he could feed from Jesse, but Gideon dismissed the idea before seriously considering it. Jesse was not his primary food source, and he couldn’t start treating him like that. He needed to behave as he always would if he wanted any semblance of their routine back in their lives.
He dressed in the dark, though Jesse stirred as he was putting on his shoes. At his lover’s sleepy query, Gideon said, “I’m just going out to get something to eat. I’ll only be a coupl
