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“What would you like me to say, Ben?” Nathan tears his gaze away from the stage to glare at his best friend. “If you have something to say, say it.”
“Fine.” Benny squares up, glaring back at him. “He seems to be under the impression that he’ll be getting some more of the boy in the future.”
White-hot rage sparks through Nathan’s veins. “Why the fuck would he think that?”
“I was planning to askyouthat.”
“I didn’t give him that impression.” Nathan pauses, his mind flitting rapidly through that night. “I didn’tmeanto give that impression. I-”Fuck, did he give that impression?He hadn’t meant to, but maybe he did.
Nathan shakes his head. It doesn’t fucking matter. “He won’t be touching him again. No one will be.”
“Oh god.” Benny grabs Nathan’s elbow, squeezing it hard enough to make Nathan hiss. “Do not fucking tell me you promised that. Don’t fucking tell me you promised that to him.”
“Can we not talk about this right now?” Nathan harshly whispers, eyes searching for eavesdroppers.
Benny ignores him. “Fucking hell, you did, didn’t you? You fucking promised that boy-”
Whatever else Benny wanted to say is cut off by a startled, “Casey?”
It’s quiet at first. Enough where only Nathan and Benny hear it. They look down at Carter in unison just as the boy grabs hold of the back of a dining chair and uses it to lift himself to his feet. Nathan darts his hand out, grabbing Carter’s elbow to stop him from going anywhere.
Carter doesn’t even look at him. His eyes are wide, his chest heaving. Then he gasps and yells, “Casey!”
Casey.
From his dream?
“Casey!”
“Slave!” Nathan hisses, his heart racing as he feels everyone’s attention falling to them.
But Carter isn’t listening. His focus is on –
“Carter?”
Nathan snaps his chin in the direction of the voice, trying to find who spoke his boy’s name. His eyes land on a slave just a few feet away. He’s around Carter’s age, though taller and broader. An athletic frame, but a body that’s seen better days. Nathan watches as the boy stares at Carter in shock. Then awe. Then overwhelmingrelief.
“Oh god, Carter!” The boy rushes forward, grabbing Carter in a hug that yanks him straight out of Nathan’s grip. Nathan’s too shocked to even fight it. “They told us they killed you!”
“I thought they killedyou!” Carter sobs, clinging to the boy. “I didn’t think you’d survive. I – I saw it! I saw them take you!”
And then they’re talking over one another, neither probably even registering what the other is saying.
“You idiot! You fucking-”
“-didn’t want them to-”
“-told you to leave it be!”
“I couldn’t-”
“-believe you’re okay! They-”
“-god, I’m sorry, Casey. I tried-”
“-they do to you?”
“Nate,” Benny warns.
