Hot Among Us Novels & Stories

### The Geography of the Hunt In the war room of the Apex Suites, Rhys had replaced the local maps with a global heat-map. Thousands of tiny, violet pulses dotted the Northern Hemisphere—the signatures of the "Glitched" and "Abyssal" shifters who had been touched by Elara’s frequency. Overlapping these dots were sharp, red icons: the Fenris Strike Teams.

"Bardhu hits nearly 122 Fahrenheit lately, and even the mosquitoes have disappeared." "At least 85 dead in Bardhu from extreme heat in the past 24 hours." "Continuous heatwaves in Bardhu leave 211 dead." A string of heatwave alerts kept vibrating on my phone, jolting me back to reality. I instinctively opened my mouth, feeling like a fish craving water on dry land. I grabbed the cup of water on the table and gulped it down. Cool water ran down my chin and onto my skin, and the long-awaited sensation of moisture made me let out a contented sigh.

Is he telling me this so that they can hear or is he telling me this because he wants me to know? I just want to get out of here with my diamonds. The sweat runs down between my breasts. “It’s so fucking hot,” I whisper in annoyance. “I can’t handle this shit.” He raises his eyebrow sexily. “Who are you kidding? You invented hot.” I smirk and drop my head as my heart flutters in my chest. Stop it. Stop being so damn likable, asshole. Our turn finally comes, and Stace takes the reins and hands over both of our passports. “How many ships have you done in the last few days?” he asks as a distraction.

Meanwhile, Kaivan chose the long-barreled H&K MP5, produced in Germany. They spent over two hours having fun. Kaivan and Edward seemed to be the most enthusiastic about competing against each other. "I give up..." Edward shouted, raising both hands. Kaivan turned to him and smiled contentedly. While Edward approached Kenzi and Richard, who were already sitting in the waiting area, Kaivan decided to rinse off the sweat from his body. "You two are crazy!" Kenzi shook his head, watching Edward and Kaivan having so much fun they lost track of time.

When I'm down to my underwear he takes the rest off and starts the hot tub. The water is warm and no one else is around. Just us. Two forbidden adults spending the night in a hotel. Two adults wanting to spend time together before fall break ends. It's the last night of fall break and for a few more moments we let the fantasy continue. The dream we are living today is a fleeting heart ache tomorrow. His career and my student enrollment can go fuck themselves tonight, tonight I am making love to Blake Oakley in a hot tub. The bubbles are foaming and the champagne is sweet to the taste. Blake and I are naked. The hot tub is in the shape of a heart. I climb on top of Blake and start riding his