us being naked.”
“We’ll explore that more once we go get our baby back,” Constantine replied, wiggling his eyebrows and holding out his hand to Christian. “I need you to trust me, Christian. I’ve been in worse situations than this. I’m worried about Owen, too. But I also know I’m way more able to handle this than the guys who have him.”
“I trust you, Constantine,” Christian said gently and took his mate’s hand. And he did. He might have just met the man, but he couldn’t think of anyone besides Owen that he trusted more. That thought amazed Christian a little bit and gave him courage. “Let’s go get our Owen.”
They grabbed whatever was still in the room that belonged to them and left the hotel room. Christian took several deep breaths when Constantine handed him the keys so he could drive. It was up to Christian to drive because Constantine would be invisible when they arrived.
“You drive, but remember to leave the door open when you get out of the truck,” Constantine said as they climbed in. “It’ll blow our secret that I’m there if they see the door open by itself.”
“Yeah, that would be bad.” Christian nervously giggled while he drove out onto the road. He was glad he wasn’t going in this alone.
As he drove, Constantine started to pull off his clothes. If it had been almost any other situation, Christian wouldn’t have been able to keep his eyes off his hot mate. But the severity of what was happening kept his hormones in check.
He gasped when, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Constantine vanish. His pack didn’t have a Delta, so this was a new experience for him. Everyone knew about Deltas and about what they could do, but Christian had never seen it before.
“ Constantine ?” he asked with a whisper.
“Yes, my love?” Constantine asked in Christian’s mind.
“Holy shit,” he replied. “I feel like I’m on acid trip or something.”
“You better not be speaking from experience, Christian. Or when this is over I’m going to kick your ass!”
“No, I don’t know firsthand.” Christian chuckled. He turned left onto the side street that would bring them to the address left in the hotel room. “I never had the desire to do drugs. I just didn’t see the appeal. I prefer my high to come from much more natural activities.”
“Good. Owen and I are your only drug of choice now.” Constantine snickered in his head. “Okay, no more talking to the invisible werewolf in the car. We’re getting too close. I’ll be right there with you, Christian.”
“I need you to promise me one thing first,” Christian said solemnly. “No matter what happens, get Owen out. I can defend myself better than he can, you know that. I’ll keep them distracted the best I can, but you get Owen out, Constantine . Promise me that.”
“I promise. I also promise we’re all getting out of this. We’re not going in there to trade you for Owen.”
Christian wasn’t as sure as he pulled up to the warehouse. But at least his mind was clear on the task at hand now that his mate had promised to get Owen out. He slowed the truck, threw it in park, and shut off the engine. Slowly, he opened the door and climbed out.
“I’m here,” he called out as he walked toward the abandoned building. Christian felt like he had stepped into a really bad B-rated mob movie. Everything in him wanted to look back to the truck the farther away he got. He hadn’t forgotten to leave the door open for Constantine .
“I’m right next to you, baby. You’re doing great, just keep going.”
When he got to the door, he opened it and just peered for a moment. He felt something brush against him. It had to be Constantine , especially since it felt furry. Taking a deep breath, he walked through the door, making sure he paused just inside while holding the door open. He needed to give Constantine time to get inside.
“You’ve always been stupid.”
A man laughed. Christian recognized the
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