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He brushed invisible lint off his jeans and glared down at them like the material had offended him. He looked back up and smiled over at me. “They would’ve only harmed me. Not killed. They’d never kill me.”
“How can you be certain? And why the fuck were you just standing there waiting for those guys, who changed into animals, to harm you?”
“Because.”
Growling out my frustration, I stood and crossed my arms over my chest. “Can you give me a straight fuckin’ answer without the dance around?”
He beamed. “I like dancing.”
I used one hand to rub at my temples. My thumb and two fingers circled the points where a headache formed.
Sighing, I tried again, “Riker, please tell me how you knew they wouldn’t kill you.”
“Okay, Corbin. By the way, I like your name. I know because they’re my brothers. The bear is Deacon, and the tiger is Nox.”
Dropping my hand, I stared at him.
“Your brothers?”
“Yep.” He nodded and bounced around until he was kneeling on the couch.
“Bullshit. You look nothing alike.”
“Foster brothers,” he said like it explained everything.
I had a feeling he wasn’t being forthcoming with everything because he liked this game of back and forth.
Or he just liked me. He’d already made that obvious.
But….
“Does that mean you change into an animal?”
Where in the fuck was my life going?
I didn’t want to believe this. I didn’t want to even know about it. The information was damn wild.
“Yes. I’m a fox shifter.”
“Prove it,” I commanded.
“Okay,” he said happily as he jumped from the couch. He pulled off his tee and started on his pants.
“What’re you doin’?”
Riker paused with his fingers on his zipper. “Undressing.”
“Why?”
“Oh, so I don’t get caught up in my clothes. Sometimes they tear too.”
“This is real. You’re actually going to change into an animal?”
“Yeah, Corbin.”
Christ, I liked the way my name sounded on his lips.
“Fuck,” I clipped and nodded.
