22 - Hard Talks

MORDECAI

The next morning I woke up with an ache on my chest, only to discover where Gideon bit me yesterday had bruised. I was disappointed to see he'd already left the bed and hurried to get showered to find where he'd gone.

Opening the door, the smell of cooking food caught my attention. Dusk started pacing around and I practically ran my way down to the kitchen in excitement.

Gideon was nodding his head, music playing loudly through speakers on the wall in the kitchen. He was in the middle of plating up food when I knocked on the door, and his head snapped to the side with an expression that would make somebody cower. I swallowed down the fear and gave him a half