from the park. “Okay, hottie. Take me back in.”
Rainerio slid his hand around Dillon’s, taking him back to Kane’s apartment where he temporarily lived until it was safe for him to go back home. Rainerio was still fuming that two of Marino’s men had found out where Snooke lived and tried to go after him. When Dillon witnessed it all, they had no choice but to bring him here.
Until they knew Dillon was out of danger, he was stuck here, under watch and protection.
Rainerio wanted to argue about Dillon’s new job, about the human being out in public, but Dillon had gone to Panahasi about it, and the leader said he didn’t see a problem with Dillon working there. Jake would protect the human and Chris, Hondo’s mate.
Once again Rainerio felt the green-eyed monster trying to break free when he thought of how Dillon and Jake had hit it off. He released Dillon’s hand when the little guy’s cheeks puffed and his hand slammed over his mouth. His complexion was viridescent as he ran to the bathroom.
Lightweight.
Rainerio knelt by Tulip, scratching behind her ears while Dillon came out of the bathroom and sat down, taking deep breaths to still his queasiness. “I have ears as well. Want to scratch behind mine? I’ll even tap my foot out as you do it.”
“We’re not sleeping together, Dillon,” Rainerio stated. He had to protect Dillon. What if anyone connected him to Dillon? His skin crawled at the thought of the little bugger being harmed.
“So your lips say, but your body knows it wants me.” Dillon sighed as he turned the television on. “I wish your brain would catch up with your cock. I’m horny as hell and tired of waiting.”
Rainerio had to breathe through that statement. It was true. His body wanted Dillon in the worst possible way. He could feel his cock growing erect as he imagined filling the uninhibited human’s mouth with something other than words.
“I’m heading out.” Rainerio stood and walked from the apartment.
If he stayed, he might just take Dillon up on his offer. Why couldn’t he understand that Rainerio was just looking out for him? He’d never seen anyone as persistent as Dillon.
* * * *
Rainerio walked with Hondo to Jake’s. The other warrior was going to check on his mate, and that was the perfect excuse for Rainerio to check up on Dillon without the human knowing what he was up to.
He had paced half the morning worrying about Dillon being out in public on his own. Okay, maybe not on his own, but Rainerio wasn’t there to make sure no harm came to him.
He walked into the shop to see Dillon working with Chris. They were laughing and making coffee as Snooke, Kane’s mate, was chatting with them from the customers’ side of the counter.
To anyone else, it looked like a normal day at Jake’s. To Rainerio, he saw trouble lurking in every corner. There was an older human woman sitting and chatting with a shifter, very suspicious. There were two elves reading over in the corner where two sofas sat, very suspicious. Rainerio growled when he spotted Peter standing off to the side talking with Jake. Very fucking suspicious.
The poodle wasn’t with the vampire, so why was he here? Dillon smiled at him and shot around the counter, carrying a cup with him. “I have a cup of green tea for you. I hear it’s great for the libido. I don’t know how true that is, but maybe it’ll get you off your ass and make you take me to bed.” Dillon beamed at him, a hopeful gleam twinkling in his cobalt-blue eyes.
Rainerio took the tea as he leaned close to Dillon’s ear. “We’re not sleeping together.” He wanted only Dillon’s ears to be privileged to his words. Jake and Peter didn’t need to know his stance on things.
He needed everyone to think he had nothing to do with Dillon, but the thought of either of those men pursuing Dillon made his blood boil.
“So your lips say,” Dillon sang. “You’ll tap this ass, and I can’t wait,” he announced as he sashayed