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“Do you smell weird?”

“Yeah. Nero said I smell differently. Not bad, or anything.”

“So, the doctor is a herbologist or something?”

“Yes! Exactly. And since Nero wasn’t the only one to tell me that, I was thinking I should go.”

“And while you’re there you’ll meet everyone important to him. To me, that seems like he’s taking things to the next level.”

“Actually, I’ve already met a few of those people. I was just helping his brother’s boyfriend put together a costume for a festival his town is hosting this weekend. It’s their place we would be staying at. And Quin invited me to come up for the weekend, too.”

“This all sounds fantastic.”

“Does it?”

“Yeah. The guy invited you to learn more about him. And because his brother’s boyfriend also invited you, the pressure would be off from it being a date. By the way, his brother has a boyfriend?”

I smiled. “I guess hot and gay runs in their family. Although, I think they both might be bi.”

“They’re bisexual?” Cory asked with more interest than I was willing to dive into right now.

“You should meet them. They’re pretty cool… even though they’re football players.”

“They’re football players?”

“Yeah,” I said with a smile.

“Kendall, I don’t even know who you are anymore.”

I laughed. “I’m not sure I do either.”

“But, I think you should go. I’ve known you for a while. I’ve never seen you this into something, much less someone. What if he’s your chance at happiness? Wouldn’t it be worth taking the risk… even if there might be a few complications?”

Chapter 8

Nero

My wolf and I were going out of our minds waiting to hear what Kendall decided. I had invited him to come with me back home. It was to see Dr. Tom to help figure out what he was. But, there was no escaping that everyone I ever knew was there. If he was with me, I knew I wouldn’t be able to hide how much I liked him and they would see it.

What would my mother say? She had no problem with Cage and Quin, but she had been introduced to them as a package. If she wanted to have her son back, she was going to have to accept both of them. Now, I wonder if she likes Quin more than me.

But, my mama’s never met anyone I’ve been interested in. That was probably because I hadn’t been into anyone in any real way until Kendall.

And Kendall wasn’t a wolf shifter. He was a boy without a scent who dressed in all black and wore studded leather bracelets. He wouldn’t exactly blend in when he’s there. How would Mama react?

And what would everyone else I knew say? Wolf shifters weren’t exactly the most enlightened people. Things could turn bad quickly. I knew I could shut anyone up who stepped out of line, but that didn’t mean it wouldn’t make me feel some sort of way.

At the same time, I was helpless to Kendall. I could barely breathe when I was around him. All I could think about was holding him, and pushing myself into him with my arms wrapped around his chest and my lips on his neck. I have never been more turned on by someone in my life.

Even with that, I couldn’t shake the feeling that being with him was just a dream. I was fucked up. Maybe too much for anybody.

But, meeting Kendall had made me hope that I was wrong. I was willing to risk everything to be with him. All I needed was for him to text me back and give me that chance.

I was starting to think that Kendall was gonna ghost me when a picture appeared in our text thread. It was of him and Quin standing in front of what looked like a human-sized moonshine jug.

Nothing about the picture made sense. I knew he and Quin had hit it off. But when did they start hanging out together? And why was there a giant moonshine jug in Quin’s living room?

‘How much of that moonshine did you two drink?’ I wrote back.