Not Destiny

by N. J. Lysk

  HE STARTLED A LITTLE as Uri’s fingers made their way under his shirt, rubbing at his hipbone like it was a lucky stone. The heat of Uriel’s body by his side was enough to distract him from Val’s fascinated expression for a moment, and he playfully pressed his elbow against the solid expanse of Uri’s chest in retribution.

  “Wait until I get you alone, milord,” Thomas promised him. He was grinning too hard to really sell the threatening act, but that couldn’t be helped. Here, in Uri's childhood home, with the people that mattered the most to them both laughing together... It finally seemed real.

  No, not real, it’d always been all too real.

  But now he could almost believe it would last.

  Uri shivered at the words, and Thomas had to bite his cheek to keep from smiling at what was probably quite a tragic story, if Eira’s frown was anything to go by. Then Uri’s hold on him tightened, a promise of his own, and Thomas relaxed against him, trusting him to keep it.

  Once you had love, that was all that was left to do: believe in it.

  The end

  Author Notes:

  First of all, please do not try BDSM without a safeword, this is a story, not a how-to guide! In a way, closing the reading app is our safeword, really, so we’re covered.

  Second of all, there’s several neuroatypical people in this book but the only one who is said to be so is Serene and she’s the villain. The villainous psychopath is a very old stereotype, but it’s based on some very real facts: certain people lack or have a diminished ability to feel empathy. It doesn’t always translate into them screwing other people over, but it is a rigged game in that they have less reason not to. Now... Can you guess who are the other neuroatypical people in “Not Destiny”? Let me know and I’ll send you a little something