Chapter  310

ZADE "Was any of that true?"   "Most of it," I admitted. "The council chambers part was embellished. We only did that once."   Rivers actually laughed then, the sound bright and genuine. "You're insane. You know that, right? You just traumatized an elder with explicit details of your sex life."   "He was being a homophobic asshole," I said defensively. "I didn't come there for that initially, but he was being such a pain in my ass that I figured turnabout was fair play. If he wants to make my relationship with Lyn a focal point of his bigotry, then he can deal with the reality of it."   "I'm not disagreeing," Rivers said, still grinning. "I'm just saying that story is going to spread through the elder network like wildfire, and you're going to have a reputation."   "Good," I said. "Let them all know that I'm not going to pretend or hide or apologize. Lyn is my mate. I love him. Anyone who has a problem with that can take it up with me directly instead of skulking around spreading rumor