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Looks like I’ll be posting from Book Five of the Academy of the Accord for a while. It’s a fantasy series that I have been (and will be) working on for forever.
A bit of background on the characters in this snippet for those new to the series.
Kordelm and Wellhym are warriors, captains at the Academy, and lovers.
Draethlen is 10 years old, and is a new cadet at the academy. Marsden (the commander of the garrison at the academy) rescued him from an orphanage where he was sexually abused by the headmaster.
(This book is my current edition of editing hell, so… squint.)
Picking up from last week.
“Some men,” Wellhym said, choosing his words carefully, “love women. And there is nothing wrong with that.” Draethlen nodded, and he went on. “And some men love other men. And there is nothing wrong with that, either.” Draethlen’s breath was coming faster as fear mounted. “But,” Wellhym continued, “what is wrong, is for someone to force themselves on another, male or female, who is an unwilling partner.” Suddenly Draethlen found himself being held by Wellhym, surrounded by a pair of powerful arms that made him feel somehow safe. “What he did to you wasn’t love, it was hate.”
“Why?” Draethlen asked, his voice muffled by the man’s chest. “Why did he hate me?”
“He didn’t hate you, Drae, he hated himself. He just took it out on you because you were smaller and weaker than he was and by hurting you he didn’t have to hurt himself.”
“What if, what if I really do like men like they said I did?”
“Well, then, you love men instead of women, that’s all.” Wellhym’s voice was gentle and matter of fact. He pulled back a bit to look Draethlen in the eye. “Just promise me one thing, Draethlen. Whoever you love, do it gently.”
Novel Notes 
Aw, such a sweet scene!
Lovely scene. Wellhym is so gentle with Drae. Demonstrating his own advice.
Love that last line. Great advice! ❤️
Beautiful scene and I love the last line
Wow. I agree with the other commenters. Thank you for sharing, as always, and Happy Writing!
I love that last line.
Aw… Great last line! :)
That last line… such a touching way to handle an otherwise delicate situation.
Love that last line.
Everyone should have a friend like this. :)