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Along with the rest of us. We’d failed Quill so many times already.
We weren’t going to do it again.
Several hours later, Quill was conscious and in an emergency session with Tyler. Tyler, who he hadn’t seen since his very first appointment.
Now we knew the full extent of what Quill was facing, we’d be making sure he attended all future sessions and did whatever homework he was given by his doctor.
Before Quill had woken up, we’d filled Tyler in on the situation as far as we knew it. He’d held nothing back in his frank appraisal of how serious this was. As antidepressants and other medication didn’t work on supes, therapy and support were all we could offer Quill.
We were going to make sure he got as much of both of those as possible.
Fortunately, Mori knew that vamps generated enough sin for it to have an impact on other demons. Several slit throats later, Quill was awake and ready to talk.
Okay, ready was an exaggeration, but a few death glares from the rest of us had him falling in line.
Thanks to our superior hearing, Tyler had turfed us all out of the house to allow Quill confidentiality.
Dahlia and Darius took off in opposite directions, but not before promising to return the next day. Mori was going to wait to fly Tyler home, so Nox suggested the two of them go to a nearby pub. They’d invited me along, but I’d declined. With Nox on Quill duty until tomorrow, I was free to go and see Noah. It had only been a few hours, but the pull back to him was aching something fierce.
Nox hadn’t teased me for refusing. He’d simply clapped me on the shoulder and promised that the pull would ease the more time we spent with each other.
I wasn’t sure I wanted that. I kind of liked that it was encouraging us to be together as much as possible.
Even so, I needed a few minutes to clear my head.Thoughts of what Quill was going through battled with enormous guilt for not helping him earlier.
I sent Noah a message as I strolled along the road.
Jeremiah
I’m heading back, but I think I’m going to walk if you don’t mind?
Noah
Why would I mind?
I don’t know, but I wanted to check lol.
Of course it’s fine, Jem. You do whatever you need.
Are you okay?
Lying to him didn’t even cross my mind. Noah deserved to know how I was feeling during the good timesandthe bad,
Jeremiah
No, not really, but I’m hoping the walk will help.
Quill was in a worse state than I was expecting.
Fuck, Jem. I’m so sorry. Is there anything I can do to help?
That had me snickering. Yeah, there was, but it probably wasn’t any of the things he was thinking right now. But hey, at least we’d both get an orgasm out of it.
I was so focused on responding that I didn’t hear the footsteps behind me.
Or the ones in front of me.
I didn’t sense any of the shifters surrounding me.
