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KEENAN
“Does she mean sex?” Vanessa asks faintly, leaning away from Sarina.
I intervene, breaking Sarina’s hold and pulling Vanessa against my side. Addressing Vanessa, I say, “Yes, she means sex. She spent two hundred years as a wolf and isn’t used to human sensibilities.”
Sarina growls, “I’m just fine as a human, it’s them who need to learn fewer sensibilities.” Sarina has been in a huff with the humans since she made the mistake of asking the United States President if her human baby was born without a tail or if it fell off later.
Vanessa grins. “I agree with Sarina, humans need to be less sensible. And no, we haven’t had sex yet. We’re waiting for the right moment.”
Sarina nods and takes Vanessa’s arm, walking with her toward the vehicles. “It’s much better on a soft bed of moss in a nice little wooded glen. I know of a place north of Wolf-Haven. I can show you…”
“Are they going to be okay together?” Lock asks, his gaze on his wife. It’s not his wife he’s worried about. Sarina’s wild side is part of her charm, but she could be dangerous to a human if she becomes offended and forgets who she’s talking to.
I shrug, unconcerned. “I’ve yet to meet anyone who doesn’t get along with Vanessa. They’ll be fine.”
“Good,” Lock says grimly, striding after the women. Rush and I fall into step with him. “We’ll be busy while you’re here. There’s been a development involving Lennox.”
I’d hoped to spend time with Vanessa showing her around Wolf-Haven during our short break but apparently my brother has other plans.
We take two vehicles to the castle, arriving without fanfare. I’m glad for it, though Vanessa would have loved all the pomp and ceremony. Perhaps one day I’ll convince Lock to bring out the royal trumpeters and red carpet so she can enjoy the experience.
We regroup at the castle entrance.
Lock is looking grimly at his phone. “I apologize, Vanessa. I’m going to have to borrow Keenan while Sarina shows you where you’ll be staying.”
Sarina grabs hold of a startled Vanessa, yanking her to her side. “We’ll be fine. I’ll show her everything.”
“Not everything,” Lock says sternly.
Sarina frowns. “The whole castle is interesting. I’m sure she’ll want to see all of it. Right, Vanessa?”
“Yes, I do,” she promptly agrees.
Lock shakes his head, but his expression softens as he looks at his wife. “Stay out of the dungeons, Sarina.”
Her eyes widen and I suspect she forgot about the dungeons. I notice she doesn’t promise to stay out of the castle prison as she drags Vanessa away.
Looking over her shoulder with a grin, Vanessa blows me a kiss before disappearing.
“I can see why she’s an actor,” Lock murmurs. “She’s lovely.”
“Agreed,” Rush grumbles. “Seems decent for a human.” A high compliment coming from my oft ill-tempered brother.
Under different circumstances I might be jealous, but Lock and Rush are happy with their mates and would rather cut off their own cocks than stray.
“Follow me,” Lock says, his expression hardening once more. “We have a developing situation that needs to be discussed.”
Rush and I hurry to keep pace with our oldest brother. “More fallout from Fallon’s reign?” I ask.
When Lock deposed Fallon and took over, he inherited a broken kingdom. Over the years he’s worked tirelessly on bringing Wolf-Haven out of the dark ages and fostering relations between humans and shifters.
He shakes his head. “No. Closer to the Pendle incident.”
“Shit,” I mutter.
Rush adds, “The situation is starting to get out of control.”
Pendle had been a strictly human town hiding a dark secret. It harboured a facility designed to institutionalize, experiment on, and exploit non-humans. Rush’s witch mate was arrested in Pendle and taken to the facility where she was tortured until Rush arrived to break her out. He was killed in their escape attempt, but Magdalene’s grief was so powerful it turned her into a Rage Witch and she was able to bring him back from the dead.
