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“It’s only me,” he said.
I pressed a hand to my heart. It was still recovering from the ordeal up the stairs. I wasn’t sure it could take another pummeling.
I chuckled with relief and shook my head. I had a terrible feeling it was going to be a Changeling. They had a habit of suddenly creeping out of the shadows.
“You scared me,” I said.
“I’m sorry,” he said. “I didn’t know anyone else was up here.”
“That makes two of us.”
He’d taken his jacket and tie off and unbuttoned his shirt. His muscles were toned and tight, just the way I knew they would be. In one hand, he held another building. It had a flattop roof and a small fence around its invisible square backyard.
“You built this whole town?” I said.
“I did,” he said.
“It must have taken you a long time.”
“My whole life. I don’t work on it all the time. Only when I want to escape.”
That sounded familiar…
“I’m sorry,” I said. “I’m intruding—”
He stepped forward.
“No, not at all,” he said. “I didn’t mean escape from you. I meant… everyone else.”
I smiled at him. Not you. Everyone else.
“Now I sound like a hermit,” Kal said.
“No,” I said. “It’s good to have a mancave.”
He cocked his head to one side at the unfamiliar word ‘mancave.’
“I mean, somewhere you can rest and relax without stress,” I said.
He nodded.
“It’s common on your planet to have a… mancave?” he said.
“If you have space for one, yes.”
“I like it. Mancave. I chose this tower because no one ever comes up here.”
“Except annoying guests,” I said.
“You could never be annoying,” Kal said.
I was pretty sure he didn’t mean for it to sound sweet but that’s the way it came across. Sweet and sexy… A dangerous combination.
“I’m pretty sure my friends would disagree with you about me being annoying sometimes,” I said with a chuckle.
He handed me the latest model he’d made.
“Would you like to place it in the town?” he said.
