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Demi took a bite of the large sandwich and let out an appreciative sound at the melty gouda and cheddar. “I know the house you’re talking about, and I wasn’t aware it was empty. It might be perfect for us.”
“You can call Duke about it. He’s got the keys to the empty homes that belong to the pride,” he said.
“The pride owns the homes?” Rafe asked.
“Yep,” Quentin said. “It’s one of the perks of being a pride member and it ensures that even if pride members move from the house or leave the pride, the property remains in the pride’s control and part of our territory.”
“That’s pretty neat,” Rafe said.
“It makes it easy to move around if we need to. Someone will take over our place when we leave too. It won’t sit empty for long.”
“I’m game to go looking at houses when we’re done here,” Rhaider said.
“Me too,” Demi said. She sent a quick text to Duke, who told her to come to the bar for the keys and addresses of the empty homes in the territory.
She knew that house hunting was a way to take their minds off the fight on the horizon, and she didn’t mind the distraction.
She really hoped that Benecio would come to his senses about her and move on, but she didn’t think she had that kind of luck.
Chapter Fifteen
Rhaider didn’t feel even a little bit like playing at the bar, but they’d made a commitment and couldn’t just take the night off because they were having personal problems. Although an alpha male trying to steal their mate seemed like a really good reason to take a break.
Someone snapped their fingers in front of him and Rhaider jerked back. Rebel gave him a wry grin. “I’ve been calling your name.”
“Sorry, my mind’s a million miles away.”
“It’s understandable,” Rebel said.
They’d filled their band mates in on what had happened. They’d both promised to stand with them as a show of force, but Rhaider knew that the fight with Benecio would only be between the three of them. That asshole male didn’t seem to be bothered at all by the fact that he’d have to fight two males of a different shifter species, which made him wonder just how strong he was.
Rhaider was confident in his ability to put down the threat to his mate, but he’d be a fool not to be cautious in approaching him. Benecio was alpha for a reason and it wasn’t because he was a friendly guy.
“We’ve got your backs, so don’t worry.”
“I know. Thanks.” He glanced out at the slowly filling bar. Hemi and Blu were taking drink orders and it looked like Titus was serving the drinks. Which was really weird.
“What’s that face for?” Rebel asked.
“I was just wondering why Titus was playing server. He’s usually in the office.”
Maverick and Rafe joined them. “I was teasing him earlier about serving drinks when I took our drink order to Hemi, and Titus said that China called off at the last minute and he couldn’t find someone to fill in on such short notice,” Maverick said.
Rhaider opened his mouth, and then snapped it closed. China had called off?
“What’s wrong?” Rafe asked.
“I think we need to find out why China isn’t here.”
Rafe’s eyes went wide. “You don’t think…”
“Think what?” Maverick asked.
“Hold on, we’ll be right back,” Rhaider said. He hurried down the steps and grabbed Titus’s arm. “Where’s China?”
“Not here, why?”
“No, I mean why isn’t she here?” Rhaider asked.
