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“Stryker—”

“Call me by my name,” Stryker demanded. “I haven’t heard it in a very long time.”

Gavin set his coffee on the nightstand before he cupped Stryker’s face. “How about this? I love you, Drew.”

“Wow,” Stryker breathed out. “That sounded even better than I imagined.”

“Then I’ll say it over and over until you’re used to it,” Gavin vowed. “I love you, Drew.”

Stryker started to tear up. “I love you too.”

Gavin kissed him.

His boy was the one that drew back. “And I better clean up the mess I made.” Stryker leaned forward to lick some of the frosting off Gavin’s nipple.

“Good boy,” Gavin praised as he leaned back giving his boy room to work. “Make sure you get every crumb.”

“Yes, Papi.”

Chapter Fourteen

Stryker

“That is not true! There is no way,” Stryker demanded.

“It’s true,” Adam said.

“It is true,” Seb agreed. “I’ve been there.”

“To Atlantis?” Stryker asked.

“Anton, River, and Rainier have been there too,” Seb added. “Rainier has a cousin that lives there. They don’t get many visitors, so Juniper loves when someone shows interest.”

“And does this Juniper have a phone number?” Stryker asked.

“Wait!” Seb exclaimed. “This sounds like you're planning on sneaking off to Atlantis.”

“No sneaking,” Stryker lied. “I just want to talk to him.”

“Nope!” Seb climbed to his feet. “I’m not getting involved in this. I’m not River! Nope.” He scurried off, leaving Stryker to stare after him.

“What just happened?” Stryker questioned.

“We just got rid of the person who would have stopped us,” Adam said with a grin.

Oh no, Stryker knew he was in trouble. This was not what he had been planning. Gavin was going to be really pissed if Stryker realm-hopped again. Stryker had been given very specific warnings about that.

The celebration bar-b-q was in full swing and while Gavin was distracted introducing his brother and Aaron around, Stryker had snuck off with some of his new hell realm friends. He hadn’t meant for things to get out of hand so quickly. This wasn’t his fault!

“Here take my hands,” Adam ordered.

“Maybe we should—”

“You have to hurry!” Adam said. “Seb could rat us out any second.”

“Do you even know how to get to Atlantis?” Stryker asked.

“I just have to do my blinky thing!”

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