Logan's Rattler by A. Jarrett (best books for 20 year olds txt) 📕

through they just wouldn’t stop. He heard wives complaining about their husbands. He heard husbands complaining about their wives. How the manager of the grocery store in town was sleeping with his neighbor’s wife. He heard all types of shit that he would have rather not. It made being around the people in town kind of hard when he knew all their dirty little secrets they kept hidden behind their fake smiles.

Once he figured out he wasn’t going crazy, he confided in Leo.

Leo said he must be telepathic. Logan accepted that. It only happened on occasion, so he could live with being a mind reader every so often, but it didn’t mean he had to like it.

The whole telepathy thing put his dating life on hold. He had tried going out with a few guys since his odd gift flared to life, but any hopes of a relationship died a quick death when the guy’s true nature came to the surface. It seemed he attracted the fuck ’em and leave ’em type. He hated to admit it, but he would rather not know their true motives for asking him out. At least that way he could get laid every now and again.

When Rhett walked into his life, he could have thanked the heavens. Rhett came into the coffee shop, and they started chatting like old friends. The next thing he knew he was having dinner with the man. He was a little on the snobby side, but Logan couldn’t hear a single thought coming from Rhett, so in his book that made him a keeper.

All that changed though. What was supposed to be a romantic evening spent making love under the stars turned into a nightmare.

When Rhett’s friends showed up, they started teasing Logan then pawing at him. But that wasn’t the worst part. No, it was the outlandish thoughts racing through their perverted minds. The images coming from them were so graphic and violent it frightened Logan at first, then anger set in.

He blew up at Rhett for not defending him. Rhett’s response was that what Logan was thinking was all in his head. No shit! But Logan

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couldn’t explain to Rhett that he had actually heard every evil inner desire his friends had toward him. They fought for a few minutes before Logan took off walking into the woods. He proclaimed he could find his own way home. Of course, as best laid plans go, it didn’t go as he expected. He wasn’t complaining though because it led him to Finn.

Finn, Finn, Finn.

He couldn’t stop thinking about the guy. It was almost like a piece of the man was within Logan. Like a small part of Finn resided in his soul. It didn’t make sense, but Logan wasn’t going to question it too much. He deserved a little happiness, and if Finn proved to be the standup guy he acted like the other night then Logan would give the man a chance. Hell, a second and third chance at that.

It was coming on eleven o’clock when a sharp sting of fear punched him in the gut causing him to double over. Chills broke out across his skin, and his heart started to beat faster. It wasn’t fear for himself but for Finn. How odd? How could he possibly know that? It wasn’t like he heard Finn cry out for help but sensed it. Pain, anger, and terror coursed through his body making him dizzy.

Logan shouted for Leo, but it was too late. The floor raced up to break his fall.

The loud crash sent Finn racing down the hall behind his fellow warriors. The front of the house had been demolished, and Warriors of the Dark rushed into the home. A fight broke out instantly. Two Dark Warriors started to tag team him. Everyone always assumed because he was short he was an easy target. Their mistake.

He took his licks but gave as good as he got. The punch to his left kidney dropped him to his knees. He almost sent up a white flag in surrender, almost. Finn fed off his