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After the check cas just out of sight, and the two of theave further compliments to the human--at which point, a woman in a white chef’s outfit came forth and there were exclamations to her as the person who had provided thelorious meal

When they were finally back outside, Ruhn found that he could remember little in terms of detail: If asked what precisely he had eaten or drunk, what had been said, where they had sat, he could not have pointed to ettable

"Aren’t they wonderful?" Saxton was saying as they walked over to the trunk "Such a great couple They live above the restaurant It is truly their life"

As if on cue, a light flared in aon the upper level, a shadow passing by drapes that were pulled

"Thank you," Ruhn lad I wanted to show you so his eyes lower, Ruhn recalled the taste and feel of the male’s kiss--and oh, hoished that they were on the human schedule It would have been wonderful to find this the end of the day instead of the start of the night, the two of theether back at Saxton’s sleek penthouse, entwining thes, ar but hours of pleasure ahead

There was s he wanted to taste and touch

"If you keep staring atto lose my job for failure to show up"

"I’m sorry" He was not "I’ll stop" He did not

It was cold and the as blowing, but it ht for all he was in a rush to get under cover in the truck He could have stayed just where they were forever, suspended between a goodto have to come because of Saxton’s responsibilities

"Can I visit you at the end of the night?" Ruhn asked

"If you spend the day with oing to need ht"

"That is--"

Later, he would wonder exactly what it was that broke the rateful for whatever instinct had his back---because they were no longer alone

Two figures were in the shadows about fifteen yards away, standing just out of sight behind a shop’s back porch

He kneho they ithout confirmation from their scents

"Get in the truck," he ordered Saxton

"What?"

Ruhn grabbed thefor the cab "The truck Get in there and lock the doors"

"Ruhn, why are you--"

The men who had been at that two-bit office stepped forward, silencing that line of questioning And a quick triangulation to the passenger-side door of the truck made Ruhn nervous It all depended on how fast those humans moved

"Let me call the Brothers," Saxton said as he put his hand inside his coat, clearly going for his phone

Keeping his voice down and his eyes on the approach, Ruhn shook his head "I’ve got this"

"They could be armed They probably are Let me--"

"This is why I’s remotely and then jumped ahead, opened the door, and pressed the keys into Saxton’s palo badly"

"I will never leave you"