"Then what happened?" Ty asked as he leaned over the counter, eagerly pressing me for more information about a world he could only hear about. "Did the army have trouble with the Lover's Embrace after all or—"
—Ty's questions were interrupted by an elbow in the shoulder courtesy of Arah.
"Calm down, Tiberius," she scolded. "Give the guy some breathing room to tell his story."
I sent her a grateful smile and then leaned back in my seat.
The smell of fresh-cooked meat wafted out of the plate in front of me, and I breathed in like I hadn't had bacon in years. Ah, bacon, nothing else quite like it in either world I'd been to.
I picked up a slice of bacon and tossed it into my mouth, enjoying that savory taste in my tongue before I chomped it into tiny bits.