Chapter 19While Axel moved about the bed, switching off the med-table, pushing back the section covering Snaithen’s legs, Snaithen sat up, swinging his legs over the side. The ankle ached but shifted under his first tentative attempts to stand until at last it supported his weight. Might be the meds still helped; possibly medication clouded his brain or affected his hearing, too.
I love her as much as I love you. What did Axel mean? If Axel didn’t love him at all, then he felt nothing for Sela, but people didn’t express their dislike in cryptic messages, least of all Axel. The man always said what he meant, or didn’t bother speaking at all. Snaithen gazed into blue eyes which regarded him with a familiar expression of amusement.
“You look snake-bitten.” Axel leaned in, close, closer, Sna
