“Oh, they’re real too?” He didn’t look nearly as concerned as he should’ve been about that fact. “That might explain one of my other neighbors.”
Letting out a sigh, he turned as Dietrick’s pickup finally pulled into the lot. “I think I might be the only human in my neighborhood. I’m starting to understand why I got such a good deal on the rent.”
Humans were insane.
But this one was helpful and smelled like breakfast…so I was going to keep him…he was openminded, though, so I wasn’t worried about it.
Now the fucking pup…that was another story…I was going to worry about him.
A vet.
Gods above.
Chapter 3
Dorian
“You growl at me one more time and we’re going to have words.” All it took for quiet to descend on the entire kennel was for my new Alpha friend to glare at a small terrier who seemed to think he was a wolf too.
It was impressive.
The angry yappy dog whimpered and immediately stopped trying to attack us and shifted to the back of the kennel. Based on what looked like a pouting glare, he wasn’t happy about not being the most badass Alpha in the room, but I wasn’t sure he understood what that word meant.
Braun looked like he would’ve been happy to explain it, but the whole situation was kind of strange and didn’t appear like normal human interaction at all. But thankfully, Mandy had gone into the back for our actual wolf’s paperwork and didn’t see the amazing werewolf at work.
“That’s incredibly handy.” He seemed to have a lot going on, so I didn’t ask if he wanted to volunteer, but I was going to keep him in mind for big events where he might be useful. “Is it an Alpha thing?”
When he raised one eyebrow, I glanced around the room. “Just video, no sound.”
“Ah.” Nodding thoughtfully, he didn’t glare at me the same way he had Zeus…the young terrier with a lot of attitude and a bad habit of wanting to hump everything in sight…so Zeus. “That’s good to know.”
So was he going to answer?
“Let’s go get my pup.” Looking slightly resigned, he shook his head. “Teenagers.”
Oh yes.
“They get themselves into remarkable situations.” I didn’t know how any of us survived to adulthood, honestly. “I had one last week explain that he was going to be absent for a few days because he had to go help someone with a missing alligator? I’m hoping he comes back with all his limbs.”
Braun chuckled, shaking his head. “They found the gator but now they have to go figure out what tried to eat him.”
Oh.
Well, clearly not all of my students were human, so it seemed like I had that right.
“Please let me know if any of my students might have unexpected allergies or special needs.” Was that the right way to put it? “I don’t want to put them in danger because I thought they were human.”
As I rolled that problem around in my head, I followed Braun deeper into the building, wondering how he could find the boy so easily.
Pup.
Hmm…he didn’t seem like he’d want to be called a pup.
Werewolf.
Yes, the young werewolf.
“Can I ask how you know where he is?” The building was big enough he should’ve been a little bit confused.
