I keep hoping September will be better than August but it’s starting off with my fridge dying so I’m not too confident about it.

Here’s more of the SF wip. Aneirin is taking Kaleo out to the first public event together and he is finding out even worse things about what it means to be a Toy. Here Aneirin is stopped by someone he doesn’t know.

“Your Toy doesn’t carry himself correctly, too proud,” the redhead said.

Kaleo’s finger dug deeper into Aneirin’s arm. Aneirin fought to ignore it as he asked, “I’m sorry, do I know you?”

“I’m Verlio. I head up Toy development in this region,” he replied. “They should never have let a Toy out who walks so proudly. A good Toy is submissive, diffident.”

“I like him this way. He suits me well. What would I want with someone broken?” Aneirin snarled.

The skin around Verlio’s pinched mouth tightened. “Let me take him back and have him reconditioned.” He reached out for Kaleo.

Kaleo’s distressed gasp prompted Aneirin to interlock fingers with him with one hand and knocking Verlio’s arm aside with the other. “There is no need. I’m very content with him as is.”

Verlio made another grab for Kaleo. “It pains me to see an inferior Toy walking around.”

Aneirin pushed passed him, Kaleo in tow. “Live in pain then.”

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