By the Red Moonlight by Amanda Meuwissen

Author:Amanda Meuwissen [Meuwissen, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-64405-984-5
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2021-10-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

GIVEN EVERYONE’S schedules, Ethan would start with Luke, take a shift at the tattoo parlor later to confer with Deanna and Siobhan, and then stay with Siobhan the remainder of the night to join her on patrol.

That sounded perfect considering Ethan didn’t want to sleep much if it was going to turn out like that morning. The mini make out with Bash had been amazing, but not what started it, and not how it ended.

Ethan had never had so much trouble controlling himself before, and he’d been controlling himself so well in other ways. Being with Bash was like a drug, and even when he dismissed what might just be coercion from his sire or a connection because of their lineages, there was more to Ethan’s attraction.

Bash was a nerd, a good leader, compassionate, witty, fiercely intelligent, and gorgeous like some bronze god. Of course Ethan was lost on him.

“Come on, Ethan. I got a lead I remembered last night while trying to sleep,” Luke said as they turned the final corner toward the Shelter.

Ethan had his sunglasses on, but the glare seemed even more annoying today.

“The easy part is you’ve already met.”

“I have?” Ethan asked.

“Yep.”

A flush of embarrassment filled Ethan as they entered, and it felt like everyone’s eyes followed him, worse and more judgmental than the day before. Luke took Ethan on the same route Bash had, until at a fork in the halls, they turned left instead of right to a row of doors down a long corridor.

When Luke knocked on one, it took only moments for Jesse to answer.

“Luke.” She lit up immediately, completely different from her countenance the day before. Then her eyes landed on Ethan, when she’d probably been hoping for good news about a family, and she was right back to aloof. “What do you want?”

“I was just about to tell my friend here how we have a curfew for kids at the Shelter. You know that, doncha, Jesse?”

“I’m no kid.” Jesse huffed.

“Definitely more impressive than most, even more than me back in the day.” Luke pushed the door open farther, which Jesse didn’t fight.

It was obvious by the clutter and beds that Jesse shared the room with at least one other person, but right now she was alone.

“Not even my best agents know you snuck out Halloween night,” Luke continued, backing her inside and nodding at Ethan to shut the door. “But I saw you.”

“So what?” Jesse crossed her arms defiantly. “You gonna snitch to the Alpha?”

“Have I so far? You were headed toward the tattoo parlor, looked like. That arcade on Beacon, I’m guessing?”

Jesse’s biting silence answered for her, and Ethan picked up on where Luke was going.

“Can you see the tattoo parlor from the arcade?” Ethan asked. “Were you there after nine?” It had been late for an interview, Ethan had thought, but Siobhan asked him to come after closing.

“You can see it,” Jesse said. “And yeah, it was about that time.”

“Did you notice anyone suspicious near the parlor?” Ethan pressed.

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