"Uh huh." Which didn't mean these hurt any less, but still. It did mean he had fantastic abs with which to lure...whoever. He frowned again, harder, and started angling his legs to alternating sides when he lifted them.
"I, um." He frowned even harder and lifted his chin some, staring resolutely at the ceiling. "Ryland came by today."
Ryland's assertion that Pete was under a love spell was ridiculous, of course. He'd had love potions before, back in his youth, and it felt nothing like this. Nothing. That was all silly and fluffy and stars in the eyes. This was almost a compulsion. A revelation. He just knew he and Gabe had to be together.