Maverick Danker [Beyond the Marius Brothers 5] (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour ManLove) Read Online Free PDF Page A

since you’re a wolf,” I said after several moments of quiet. “You need space to run, and I would feel uncomfortable if you had to go somewhere else to do it.”
    “I’m not against the idea, but I don’t have any money really,” my mate nervously hedged. “I could design and build the house with help, but living in a pack, we kind of pooled our resources and didn’t really have our own money.”
    “How do I know if I have enough gold to buy this land?” Maybe what was a lot to the fae was nothing to the people of this plane.
    “Well, I think you should bring your stuff here and share our room for now and you could show me if you want.” Tyler shrugged in that cute way he had that made me feel that if I didn’t have what we needed, we’d just figure something else out. It was nice.
    “I accept your invitation.” I stood, taking his smaller hand in mine, and we left the room. It took me a moment to remember where my room was from there since I’d always just mapped it from the stairs.
    A few minutes later we were in the room I was sharing with a few other warriors. We had taken up positions around the room the Queen was staying in. We didn’t think that anyone in Barnabas’s household would want to do her harm, but paranoia on our part kept her safe.
    “My gold is in here,” I said, pulling out a large chest that had been brought over from home. I took the key out of my pocket and opened the chest nervously before standing back for my mate to see. “Is this enough?”
    Tyler’s eyes went so wide I thought they might pop out of his skull. “Um, yeah, that’s enough to buy several estates, Asterio. We can buy as many plots of land as we want and build one hell of a house and still have enough of that gold left for the rest of our lives. Can I ask where you got all this from?”
    “Warriors get paid for our services, but my parents were killed in an accident when I was young and Queen Magdalena took me in. After her daughter crossed over here to find her mates and was lost to the Queen, I think she worried I might leave her, too, one day. She started spoiling me every chance she got, and when you meet her, you’ll understand she’s not a woman you give a present back to. Most of these gold bricks I got for my birthdays, and as long as I’ve lived, that’s a lot of gold.”
    “Damn, you could buy your own island with this, Asterio.”
    I sighed heavily, starting to get frustrated, but not with my mate. “I don’t know what an island is, Tyler.” I wasn’t stupid and I was well read… But I read fae authors we had in our village. I read our history, about our magic, about our plane, and sometimes about other paranormals, which is how I understood the needs of my werewolf. I just didn’t know much about Earth, or how humans acted, or their language sometimes, too.
    “Hey, don’t stress,” Tyler said gently as he turned to me and hugged me. “You’ll get caught up. We’ll watch some Discovery Channel, which is a favorite of mine, and you’ll see you know more than you think.”
    “It’s really hard, and while I’m grateful I found my mates right away and that you’re willing to guide me, I worry about my people who are alone here. I know some of them have crossed over here for visits to see your world, but for the majority, this is their first trip, too.”
    “Then I have an idea,” he said with a smile. “Lock up the gold and tell me which bags to grab.”
    I did as he asked, curious as to what was going on in that pretty head of his. He wouldn’t tell me as we went back to his room, or I guess, our room. Then we went in search of Barnabas and were told he was in his study. Tyler knocked and someone called for us to come in.
    “Your highness,” I said when I saw the Queen there and bowed. “I apologize for interrupting your meeting with your grandson.”
    “Not at all, Asterio,” she replied with a smile. “I was told you had found your mates and was going to look for you