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tried to kill him.
    They tore his body up and nearly drained him, Gunny had explained to him. Nero didn’t want any of those germy blood suckers near him.
    Caden had suffered as well. When he took off to the city to find his mate, Mark, three vampires attacked him. Caden had thought Mark left him and was trying to find him to beg his return, but it was all for naught. Mark had only gone to the city to sell his business so he could move here to be with his wolf boyfriend. Gunny had told him a lot about the boyfriends and the wolves that lived here. It made Nero feel like less of a freak.
    Nero paced, hating to stand in one spot. It made him jittery to do so. Maybe one of the taller boyfriends could walk him down to his office so he could get his laptop. That would give him something to do.
    “Hey, Chewie, can you take me to my office to get my laptop?”
    “Explain to me how you got Chewie from Lewis?” 62
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    Nero shrugged. “It’s…complicated.” He began to pace again. He couldn’t help that he forgot names easily. Nero was just grateful the mate didn’t sound angry by it.
    “I get it.” Drew laughed. “Lewis, Louie, Chewie.” Lewis, that’s his name. Nero made a mental note to try harder to remember it.
    Lewis rolled his eyes. “Let’s make this quick.”
    “No.” Mark held up his hand. “No one leaves this room.” Nero began to pace again. He was becoming agitated staying in one room for so long.
    It wasn’t like he was going all the way upstairs or even to the other side of the estate, just down the hall. What could happen? Lewis looked like he could kick some serious butt. What was the problem?
    Nero began to rub his hands up and down his arms. “No good, not good at all.” He muttered as the circle he paced in became tighter.
    Soon he was just going in circles.
    “Dude, I think he’s having a nervous breakdown,” Kyoshi commented.
    They were all watching him. Nero could feel their eyes on him.
    His spine tingled, telling him so. “Insert slot A into tab B. I have a new game for you to play. Will I get a raise? My nutter.” Nero was babbling everything Gunny had ever said to him, making him feel closer to his wolf. “It’s okay, let go, Gunny has you.”
    “Is he going to explode?” Johnny asked as Nero began to chant faster, walk quicker, and rub harder. “My employee. You’re the boss.
    I want to love you forever.” Nero closed his eyes on the last words.
    He wanted to love Gunny forever, too. Where was his wolf?

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    “Okay, okay. Make it quick.” Mark watched as Lewis led Nero out of the library. The man sure knew how to wind himself up. Mark thought he really would explode too. Nero’s motions became faster, Nutter Nero
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    more unstable. His mate, Caden, might act like an excited puppy but nothing close to what Nero went through. He was thankful he wasn’t Gunnar. How did the warrior deal with it?
    All heads turned when Lewis and Nero walked back in. Nero seemed to have calmed down, and he looked more relaxed. He went over to the desk, sat down, opened his laptop, and became oblivious to the world. One problem solved.
    “How long do you think they’ll be?” Kyoshi asked as he held his cousin Keata close.
    “Don’t know. Depends on how many there were.” Mark scanned the backyard. This was a far cry from working in his tattoo parlor months ago. There were vampires in the city, but he was ignorant of the fact. Things seemed simpler back then—lonely but simpler. He looked over his shoulder at Caden. He wouldn’t trade it for the world.
    For once, he was glad his son was at home with his mother. He wouldn’t want Curtis involved in this. It was bad enough Caden was.
    “I think they’re back.” Mark squinted into the night, barely able to see into the backyard. There was movement—that much he could decipher. “No one leave until Maverick tells us what’s going on.” Mark and Caden had all of five seconds to run before the windows exploded. Glass