Chapter 2Six years later
Jyran looked over at Justin as he slept on the hotel bed. They were in Ordbury for the week. It was one of the bigger cities on the tour, and Adara had two performances here. Jyran loved it, not because he liked Ordbury much, but it was only an hour’s drive from Doson where Gideon was. It didn’t matter. Jyran wouldn’t go there, but he liked knowing he was close.
They’d stay for a week. One blessed week in the same room. He could unpack his things, then move them, and move them again—stupid squirrel brain. And he could see Justin.
He liked Justin. They’d hooked up regularly for a couple of months. He wished he could love him. He was kind, funny, caring, human, and he didn’t have a clue Jyran wasn’t. Every fiber of his being wished he could feel for Justin what he
