~Eddie~ My body is thrown on a rickety bed. As I make contact, a cloud of dust floats up, causing me to go into a coughing fit. “I know you were awake.” That's a voice I'd known for the rest a time of my life. I don't care how old I get or how long I go without hearing it. It's a voice that has gotten me through some good and bad times. It's the voice I clung to when I didn't know if I could survive the day, let alone the hour. “I was going to get on Chandra. For a while there, I thought she went a bit too far with the magic.” I say nothing, and it isn’t just because I'm fu.cking pissed. I say nothing because what the f***k am I supposed to say? If you had asked me months ago what I thought about this man, I'd have said that Blake is more than the best friend a guy could have. I'd have

