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bothered Haig, he didn’t call him on it. Within all weres was an ingrained sense of submitting to the Alpha. Haig didn’t consider himself the leader of his partnership with Kern, but he couldn’t fight his natural position in their relationship. “I wish I could kiss you right now,” Haig told his mate.
    With a wink and a smile, Kern opened the pub door. “Later.”
    Haig stepped inside the building and began to scan the room. His eyes and nose settled on a man in the back corner with shoulder-length, steel grey hair. He elbowed Kern to get his attention. “Does he look like the Flick you remember?”
    Kern followed Haig’s gaze. “Fuck. And you thought we were looking old.”
    Haig made his way through the pub, pausing at the bar long enough to put in his and Kern’s order. He stopped beside the table and stared at the seated were. Although Flick’s hair had gone totally grey, his face was that of a much younger were.
    Flick immediately stood and enveloped Haig in a hug. “Good to see you again.”
    “You, too,” Haig replied. He hugged Flick once more before letting him go. It surprised him how good it felt to see his cousin after such a long time. Haig stepped back and gestured to Kern. “You remember each other?”
    Kern nodded and held out his hand. “I remember. Been a while though.”
    “That it has.” Flick shook Kern’s hand before gesturing to the table. “Have a seat.”
    Before sitting, Kern held up his phone. “If you’ll excuse me, I need to make a call first.”
    Haig watched as his mate walked towards the restroom before returning his attention to Flick. Haig had agreed with Kern’s suggestion that they tell Flick they were both mated to Audric . It would be safer for the small vampire if the weres believed them to be a solid unit. “Sorry about that. He has to call and check in with our mate, Audric .”
    Flick’s brows rose in surprise. “ Audric ? You’ve taken a second mate?”
    Haig nodded. “He isn’t were though.” He purposely left Audric’s Blessed Creature status out of the conversation. With luck, Flick would believe Audric to be human. “ Audric should be here within an hour or so. He stopped over in Rome to buy some new clothes.”
    Flick grinned and shook his head. “I never thought I’d see the day you allowed another man to get that close to Kern. You’ve always seemed like the jealous type.”
    The remark hit Haig square in the chest. “Yeah, well, you haven’t been around me since I was just a kid.” Haig needed to change the subject before he reached across the table and strangled his cousin. “So, what’s with the hair?”
    Flick chuckled and ran his fingers through the grey strands. “Hard livin ’, I guess.”
    “Do you have a mate?” Haig asked.
    “I did.” Flick’s smile fell. “She was killed by a couple of ranchers in the area over a hundred years ago.”
    Haig sucked in a breath. Killing a were wasn’t as easy as shooting them. You had to skin them before killing them or their body’s natural ability to heal would prevent their death.
    “How’d they figure out how to…,” Haig started, but he couldn’t finish the sentence.
    Flick’s eyes narrowed. “I thought it was a coincidence until word came from Galena. Apparently, Juniper sent a message to the local sheriff at the time. According to Galena, Juniper’s goal was to ensure we’d never return to Ireland.”
    It didn’t make sense to Haig. “Why would he do that?”
    “Evidently there’s something he doesn’t want us to see.” Flick’s hands fisted. “I won’t lie to you. I don’t plan on leaving this time without seeing an end to Juniper Cavanaugh.”
     
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    “That one. Definitely,” Michael said, pointing towards the shirt Audric held up.
    “You don’t think it’s too much?”
    Michael laughed. “You’re a gay vampire living with two werewolves. Are you really that concerned with what others will think?”
    Audric held the short sleeved black