Mosavi took a step back and blinked in surprise. “It is my dream come to fruition. I may not be the nicest person to be around, but I care deeply for our kind and for the humans that welcome us.” He eyed Darryl again. “How do I know I can trust you to not tell anyone what you have seen here?”
“You don’t,” Darryl responded, looking at me. “You can trust him, though.”
Mosavi turned to meet my gaze.
“He is a lifeguard,” I said. “If you can’t trust one of those, who can you trust?”
“I suppose,” Mosavi said before walking to the door.
“You’re not going to shift back to your human form?” I asked.
“No one would recognize me in this pauper’s outfit, and the shifting back and forth has been taking a mental toll on me lately.” He turned back to me after pushing the door open. “At yourearliestconvenience, I’ll meet with you alone at city hall.”
“What time?”
“Earliest. Convenience. Cody,” he repeated and shut the door behind him.
“Mayor Douchebag has left the building,” Roscoe whispered with a snicker, not realizing the living room window was wide open.
The doorknob clicked, and the entrance creaked open. Roscoe winced, cowering behind Darryl as Mosavi pointed at him. “I’ll see you at the jail later, Roscoe.” The door slammed shut, and we all stood silently, waiting for him to walk out to the road.
“What’s he gonna do, have me arrested?” He looked out the window at Mosavi as he held his cell phone to his ear.
“I don’t know why you keep doing this. You know he’s got a short fuse, and you’re always trolling the wrong people. Need I remind you about the taser incident?”
A patrol car pulled into the driveway, and we all looked at one another in silence.
“Oh come on.” Roscoe watched with a stunned expression as two werewolves in uniform strutted up to the porch. I recognized one of them from the barbeque restaurant.
The cops opened the door without knocking, and the one I recognized stepped inside, twirling a pair of cuffs around his finger.
“We got us a repeat offender.”
“Now I know for a fact this ain’t legal!” Roscoe shouted as the officer jerked his arm behind his back. “I know my rights!”
“That’s great, Roscoe. I won’t have to tell you about the one to shut the hell up.” The other officer held the door open as the cop behind Roscoe shoved him outside. He flashed me his teeth and tipped his hat. “You all have a pleasant day. You should come by the restaurant again, Cody. Everyone misses you.”
I thought back to the other day when I brought Roscoe and took them up on their offer. “It was fun, wasn’t it?” I said,prompting Roscoe to look back at me, his mouth agape with a furrowed look of betrayal. “Will I at least get conjugal visits?”
The officer looked back at me without answering. “He’ll be ready for you to pick him up in a few hours.”
He shut the door, and they dragged Roscoe away. His protests soon silenced as the car door slammed shut and the patrol vehicle sped off.
“Roscoe’s making friends wherever he goes,” Darryl said. “Now I’m in the mood for barbeque before I leave.”
“Darryl, Roscoe just got arrested,” I said. “I should go talk to the mayor again.”
“You can’t fight city hall,” Adam said, touching the necklace he wore. “Plus, Austin wants barbeque.”
“You can tell that?” I asked.
Adam nodded. “I guess this necklace is pretty handy after all.”
Chapter 29
Lazy Day
“Thanks for rescuin’ me,” Roscoe mumbled with half of a pulled-pork sandwich in his mouth. The weather was beautiful and clear, but the air had a harsh bite to it when the wind picked up. Still, everyone insisted on sitting outside. Since I was the only one without any fur, I wore a few layers.
