Prickly By Nature by Piper Vaughn & Kenzie Cade

Author:Piper Vaughn & Kenzie Cade [Cade, Piper Vaughn and Kenzie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-62380-161-8
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2015-11-15T16:00:00+00:00

AVERY WAS pacing the living room when Dylan walked in.

“You’re wearing a hole in the floor, and then what’ll we do?” Dylan tossed his keys on the table and turned to his mate, who was already hurrying over to him. Avery wrapped his arms around Dylan’s waist and burrowed his face into Dylan’s chest.

“He’s gonna be late,” Avery mumbled into his shoulder. “A meeting or something came up. It could be an hour or two.”

Dylan could see the problem. Avery was worried enough as it was, frazzled. Having to wait only added a mountain of doubt onto Avery’s already wavering hope. “Come on.” Dylan pulled him over to the sofa. “Talk to me for a little bit.” They sat, Avery curled into Dylan’s side, his head tucked under Dylan’s chin. “How was your day?”

“Shitty,” he whispered. He sighed, burrowing closer, like he couldn’t get near enough. Dylan tightened his hold on him. “I don’t want to talk about my day.”

Snorting, Dylan said, “Sure, okay. What do you want to talk about?”

“How was your day?”

With a snort, Dylan hesitated to tell him about Law and Russell showing up, but he did. He also told him about the conversation with Russell. “I don’t know what they’re up to, babe, but I need you to be careful out there.”

Avery nodded, the motion moving Dylan’s head as well. “I will. I’ve got Reid to watch my back too, okay?”

He wished that was enough, but somehow he doubted it.

“It’s good about Luc,” Avery continued when Dylan didn’t say anything else. “Maybe he’s coming around. He seemed… different in New Orleans. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but something changed.”

“Maybe so. Don’t know if I could have handled much more of his pouty ass.”

Avery snorted. “He’s your friend. Your best friend. You’d do just about anything for him. Maybe he just needed time for whatever. Good to know he’s not always that perfect.”

Dylan laughed. “Maybe.”

Nothing more was said after that. Not for a while. Dylan held Avery, attempting to rub the tension from his back. It was a lost cause. He didn’t know how much time had passed when Avery finally spoke again.

“Dylan?”

“Yeah?”

“What if he doesn’t believe me? What if he’s just like Melnyk and Harris and he tells me to butt out again? What if he’s dirty just like they were?”

“That’s a lot of ‘what if,’ Avery.”

Avery sat up and looked Dylan in his eyes, those hazel eyes shiny. “Do you think we can trust him?”

“I think we have to at least give it a shot, don’t you?”

Avery’s only answer was to glance away with his bottom lip sucked between his teeth. Dylan knew he was worried about his case and whatever would happen with Ribeiro, but he also knew there was no way in hell Avery would ever quit searching for Lacey until she was found. He had to get Avery’s mind off of everything that worried him.

“Listen,” he said and waited for Avery to meet his gaze, “we’ll deal with whatever

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