Final Dance by Samantha Cayto

Author:Samantha Cayto [Cayto, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: LGBT Romance Fiction
Publisher: Totally Entwined Group
Published: 2020-07-14T16:00:00+00:00

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“Christos, are you listening?”

Val snickered. “No, Alex, he’s mooning over his boy.”

From his perch in the corner of the couch, Christos glared at his shipmate. “He is not my boy.”

“Really? Because you absolutely reek of the kid every day, so…” Val shrugged. “My mistake.”

Christos turned to Willem. “Will, do you mind if I take your place in your weekly sparring sessions with Val?”

“Yeah, no, I’m not getting into the middle of this nonsense. And do us all a favor, Christos, and fuck the human already.”

Christos rose. “Fine, I’ll take you both. I could use someone to pound on. All this waiting around shit is driving me crazy.”

Alex smacked his hand on his desktop. “Enough! Sit, Christos. And shut up, Val. Baiting him isn’t helping any.”

Christos sat again. “I’m sorry, Alex. I did miss what you said. Would you mind repeating it?”

“I was relaying our most recent conversation with Petru. He has given us fifteen potential locations where Dracul could be holing up. Of those, Val’s satellite searches have eliminated ten as clearly lacking in activity.”

“I don’t understand, sir. I thought we were going to leave it to Dracul to come for us?”

“That plan never sat well with me, even though it seemed like our only choice at the time. This waiting game is dragging out too long. We’re losing our edge and fretting over the safety of our families. And it can’t be good for them to see us like this and to be constantly in training for a battle that may never come.”

“And why wouldn’t it?”

Val answered. “Petru has done the math and insists that Dracul is out of all but three men. And knowing them as he does, he doubts they’ll be inclined to rally to the cause, not now that they’ve seen he’s vulnerable. It’s far safer and more appealing to live out their lives in anonymous comfort with the riches they’ve amassed.”

“Not that we can count on the fucker being honest about that,” Malcolm pointed out.

“That goes without saying, of course,” Alex agreed. “Although his devotion to Annika does seem to be genuine.”

“It had better be,” Will interjected. “I won’t hesitate to tear him apart if he so much as gives her the wrong look.”

“Yes, Willem,” Alex soothed. “We all know your fatherly ferociousness is not to be trifled with. But I did promise him safe passage so long as he plays square with us. I have to believe that, if nothing else, he has a strong sense of self-preservation.

“Which leads us back to whether to play defense or offense. Dracul’s message to us may have been all bluster. He’s outnumbered unless he uses humans.”

“He’s done that before,” Emil reminded them all, before pushing a plate of brownies in Christos’ direction. “Eat something. You’ve been working all day at Our Safe Place, yet Logan tells me you don’t touch the food.”

“It’s for those kids.” He took one of the gooey squares anyway because he was hungry. And maybe he’d take another one when the meeting ended and take it to Mateo.

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