The Summer Palace (Captive Prince, #3.5; Captive Prince Short Stories, #2)

by C.S. Pacat

Having made the decision to let Damen in, Laurent had not gone back on it. When the walls went up, it was with Damen inside them.

It had been partly an offering; partly Laurent’s desire to prove something to himself.

‘Frightening?’ ‘You didn’t know how afraid I was of you?’ ‘Of me? Or of yourself?’ ‘Of what was happening between us.’

And then he thought about it. ‘Who’s teaching you?’ ‘Nikandros,’ said Laurent. ‘Nikandros,’ said Damen. ‘We use a Veretian variation. I don’t take my clothes off.’