Page 182 of Cross & Crown

“There are two main cemeteries we need to look at,” Nick

explained. “If we start early, we won’t have to split up to cover the ground.”

“I think we’ve proven we work better as a hive mind than

we do solo,” JD added.

“Indeed,” Nick agreed cheekily.

Kelly was groaning when he rolled out of bed. He had

to hold his head to make sure it stayed attached. “Let me

shower and throw up,” he muttered. He wobbled toward the

bathroom, not even self-conscious about being bare-assed

naked. Especially odd since he was pretty sure there was a

bite mark on his ass. If they didn’t want to see him post-fuck, though, they shouldn’t have been in his room at six in the

morning.

Julian merely rolled his eyes as Kelly walked by, but JD

tried his best not to look. Kelly patted him on the shoulder,

then slid the pocket door to the bathroom closed and promptly

threw up everything he’d had to drink the night before.

“Charming,” he heard Julian comment after a few seconds

of gagging with his head in the toilet.

It was going to be a long day.

Rather than piling into the Range Rover and driving to

the cemetery, Nick suggested they walk it. It was a glorious

day, full of sunshine and birds singing and a nice cool breeze.

Kelly had to stop occasionally, apparently to make sure

he didn’t hurl again, and Nick did his best not to laugh

at his lover’s misery. He distinctly remembered trying to

discourage the last two rounds. He slipped his arm around

Kelly’s shoulders, patting him in the same way he’d done a

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hundred times before when they were suffering through a

morning after.

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