" HI! I just need you to pretend that you know me!"
❝ Eric, my man!!! ❞
Wilder's heart was beating a mile a minute. Who the hell was this guy!? Was he in some kind of bad company!? Did he put a target on Wilder's back just by approaching him!? Damn, why now? Why not when he actually had the magic to do something about it!? Better yet, WHY EVER!? Bug someone else!!!
Unfortunately, the Good Samaritan in him operates the brain. Wilder drapes an arm across the stranger's shoulder, pulling him into a friendly side-hug.
❝ Well I'll be damned. You're in this world, too!? You should've found me sooner, back when I had the pocket change to take you out for lunch. Say, how's Ariel? ❞
One can only pray that whoever Gabriel's trying to get away from doesn't know their fairytales.
