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    Nathan: Meeting Sang - The Academy Ghost Bird Series, #4
    Nathan: Meeting Sang - The Academy Ghost Bird Series, #4
    Nathan: Meeting Sang - The Academy Ghost Bird Series, #4
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    Nathan: Meeting Sang - The Academy Ghost Bird Series, #4

    By C. L. Stone

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    The Academy: Ghost Bird series in a different look at the very beginning. Read Introductions with a whole new perspective--the boys'. 

    Nathan Griffin's entire life has been about protecting himself. After his mother ran away to save herself, his father turned his attentions to Nathan. His critical, booze-fueled attentions. That kind of abusive attention was the last thing Nathan needed. 

    When he joined the Academy, it changed his life. Now he's finally settled in a place where he can be himself, not be wary and afraid all the time, and sometimes even feel completely normal. 

    One day he discovers Sang Sorenson. She's stuck in a fallen tree and he's instantly drawn to help her. She's not only sweet and adorable, but she's brave and daring, traits Nathan absolutely admires.

    The more he hangs out with her, the more comfortable he gets around her. The more he wants to know her and let her know him. There's a growing sense of familiarity he's only gotten from his friends, other boys who have been abused and broken. Could she be like him? There's something off with her and he worries about her background and her past.

    If she'd only tell him what it is, he'd fix it. He knows he could. He'd do anything if she'd just give him the chance.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcato Publishing, Inc.
    Release dateJan 15, 2019
    ISBN9781386048404
    Nathan: Meeting Sang - The Academy Ghost Bird Series, #4

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      Nathan - C. L. Stone

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      It was the clattering that woke him. Nathan Griffin drifted his hand around his bed until he found his phone tangled in with some earbuds at his waist. He turned off the alarm before it went off. The sun wasn't up yet, but his father was.

      Bumbling around somewhere in the kitchen, his dad mumbled under his breath. Curses and accusations he barely kept to himself. Criticism of some sort that he’d utter out loud if anyone asked what he was saying.

      Nathan breathed out slowly, listening and paranoid. His dad would be leaving in a few minutes, heading to the airport for a route somewhere far away. He’d be gone for weeks, which was always good.

      He just had to put up with his dad until then, but those last few moments were always the hardest.

      Get him out the door? Or wait in here and pretend to be sleeping until he left?

      There was a small chance his dad wouldn’t get out the door for hours if he didn’t get up and help him out. And there was a chance he’d come in here anyway, looking for Nathan. Either way, it wasn’t a good idea to wait around.

      Nathan sat up and swung his legs around until he was sitting on the edge of the bed. He stretched, most of the muscles in his upper body tight after a long day of strength training. He kept his blanket over his crotch; the room was cold and he was naked.

      He needed clothes. His brain was still foggy, and he was trying to figure out what to wear before he even got up to go look.

      The closet was open, the contents inside protruding out so the door could never fully shut. Weight equipment. Hidden Academy gear. Just a few things though. Nothing his dad might notice if he came in.

      Piles of clothes were scattered throughout it all, but he wasn’t awake enough yet to remember which pile was actually clean.

      He’d have to sort it out one day. Maybe he should start putting his clothes in the drawers of the dresser that was opposite his bed. Only, that was full of old CDs and iPods and other stuff. Kota always got after him for it, but he rarely had time to sit and sort through things.

      The mumbling got louder in the kitchen.

      The sound of it urged Nathan off the bed, not bothering looking for underwear and reaching for the pair of jeans he'd thrown off the night before. He slipped those on and stumbled his way to the door noisily, alerting his dad he was up before he made it to the kitchen.

      Even though the sun wasn't up and the room needed light, the overhead fluorescent hurt Nathan's eyes after turning the corner.

      His father had the same rusty hair as Nathan. He was much leaner in build though. Nathan had been chubby for a while until he started working out. His dad used to comment about his weight, and said he got his chubbiness from his mother.  

      He was bent down in the lower part of the pantry, digging out boxes of pasta and crackers.

      Dad? Nathan said, rubbing a bit of sleep away from his eyes. What are you doing? This room was chilly, too. He should have grabbed a shirt.

      What are you doing with all this? he asked, pulling out a big box of pasta from the back. Feeding an army?

      It's just extra, Nathan said. He crossed his arms and leaned against the kitchen island. He tipped his head forward, ready for what he suspected would come next.

      The collection of boxed meal items increased around his father's feet. You get extra cookies and crackers and no extra coffee?

      Nathan arched a brow. Is that what you're looking for? He went to the cabinet next to the stove, above where the coffee maker was, and opened it, revealing a couple of different types of coffee beans in packages, along with supplies like filters and jars of sugar and creamer next to each other. It's all here.

      His father left the contents he'd put on the floor where they were and stood, looking over Nathan's shoulder at the cabinet. Why the hell did you move it all?

      Nathan shrugged and pulled down the coffee, prepping a pot full for them both. Thought it made sense to keep the coffee supplies near the coffee pot. Actually, he hadn’t come up with it. Kota had. But he didn’t want to say anything about that right now.

      Put it back while I'm gone. I don't want to have to look for stuff.

      Nathan ignored the comment. He'd be gone long enough he'd forget where stuff was anyway. They never used to keep coffee in the pantry where he was looking in the first place.

      His fingers twitched for his phone to double check the time when he should be on his way, but he finished up the coffee instead, turning it on to let it brew. Everything ready? Nathan asked. How long are you going this time?

      No fucking clue, he said and fell

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