“I swear we'll wait here for you, Titan,” he said, making Titan’s shoulders relax.
“I’ll hurry,” Titan promised, then sprinted away. He found Glen a quarter of a mile away holding a broken leash. That explained tonight’s escape.
He shoved Cinnamon into Glen’s arms with the loop leash still around the dog’s neck. “Here! Try not to lose him again.”
Before Glen could say anything, Titan turned on his heels and ran back to his mates. Even though he trusted them not to leave, it was still a relief to see them standing in the exact spot where he’d left them.
“That was fast!” Beatrix exclaimed with a welcoming smile.
“Glen was just over there looking for Cinnamon,” Titan explained, standing close. He wanted to touch them but was scared of crossing boundaries.
“We’re all going to my home,” Arthur announced.
Arthur was still holding Beatrix’s hand. With his free hand, he grabbed the back of Titan’s neck. The firm hold made something deep in Titan calm and settle.
“Yes, I’d like that,” Titan agreed. Tomorrow, Kelly and Noah were going to do the morning feeding, cleaning, and health checks. He didn’t need to be at the rescue until ten. He had all night to spend with his mates.
“We’re doing this?” Beatrix said. The tone of her voice clearly meant she was mostly talking to herself. “I only met both of you a few minutes ago, and now I’m going with you to some unknown place for sex?”
Worry filled Titan. “We could cuddle and talk all night and get to know each other. We don’t have to have sex. You don’t have to do anything you don’t want to.”
“Damn, you’re really sweet,” Beatrix murmured.
“His aura is nothing but soft pinks and lavender,” Arthur said. “He doesn’t have an aggressive bone in his body.”
Titan huffed out a little laugh. “That’s true.”
Beatrix arched a brow at Arthur. “You think you can see auras?”
Titan was about to remind her that all vampires could see auras but then caught himself. Most humans didn’t know about wolf shifters or vampires. They didn’t know about all the magic that lived side by side with them in this world.
He rolled his eyes to look at Arthur. The vampire’s expression was carefully blank. Yeah, it looked like their human didn’t know yet.
He’d bet his last slip leash that Arthur wasn’t looking forward to telling her any more than he was.
“You must grant us all our special quirks,” Arthur said with a small laugh.
Beatrix's expression looked a little uncomfortable. “My sister thinks she can use tarot to communicate with dead people, so yeah, I’m familiar with quirks.”
“There’s a litter of two-day old puppies at the rescue!” Titan blurted, desperate to change the subject.
It worked.
“Puppies!” Beatrix squealed.
“You can meet them,” Titan said, excited to share the cuteness.
“Tomorrow,” Arthur said firmly, and Titan felt a pulse of magic flow over his aura and raise the hair on his arms. “Tonight is for the three of us. As Titan said, we don’t have to have sex, but I insist we all spend the night together at my place.”
“Sex is not off the table,” Beatrix murmured.
Arthur gave her a wicked grin that made blood flow to Titan’s dick. “Excellent.”
Knowing that most vampires didn’t bother with cars because they trained themselves to shift into birds, Titan pointed to his van parked at the mouth of the alley. “I can drive us.”
“You’re a good wolf, Titan,” Arthur cooed as he let Titan lead them to the van. He rattled off an address that Titan immediately forgot, but Beatrix seemed to easily remember.
“That’s not too far from here,” she said.