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was still out of it. What was it about the man that kept drawing Dev back to him? Dev couldn’t stop staring. The man was beautiful, yeah, but geez , Dev had had his share of beautiful men.
    The man sighed in his sleep and rolled onto his side. His straight, dark auburn bangs fell over one eye and the side of his nose. The kid had a great nose, not too small, not too big, and turned up at the end.
    He had smooth alabaster skin, not a freckle in sight. Which was pretty odd considering the red hair.
    Didn’t most redheads have freckles? Dev didn’t know, but he liked that this redhead was sans freckles.
    On closer inspection Dev decided the man was probably about twenty-five. He was so fair and…delicate. Not feminine exactly, or even young, but…fragile. The man’s face was almost androgynous but not quite. Devlin had the urge to hold him, protect him. This man, this Omega, needed protecting. There went his eyes again and damn if his cock didn’t actually get harder. Fuck, it throbbed.
    “What? Dev, are you even listening to me? Why are you sighing like that? You act like I can’t manage money or something.” Cole sounded exasperated.
    Huh? Oh shit, Cole. Dev didn’t have a clue what Cole had said. “Sorry, man, I zoned. You do just fine with money, it’s not that. You know I trust you.” Dev unsnapped the button on his pants, giving himself some room before his cock ripped the fabric trying to get out. He gave up on his eyes altogether. Let them stay lupine, he was tired of fighting it.
    The man’s nose twitched, sniffing. His face wrinkled a tad.
    Dev grinned. How cute was that? He had the sudden urge to reach out and smooth the lines from the fair Page 6
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    forehead.
    The Omega’s lips turned up in a smile, the tips of his fangs poking out.
    That was odd. He was passed out. Why would his teeth have descended? The small upturned nose wiggled as the man sniffed again.
    Dev inhaled too. The scent of arousal nearly overwhelmed him. Not that surprising, considering how hard he was. If he didn’t get some relief soon, his balls were just going to fall off, or explode or heck, maybe they really would turn blue. Wait. That wasn’t only his scent he smelled. He looked down the slim body and, sure enough, the Omega’s dick was clearly outlined in the pants he was wearing.
    The Omega sighed in his sleep, sounding content and dreamy. His hand reached out. It landed on Dev’s arm and started stroking.
    A tingle raced up Dev’s spine, his gut twisted and his bottom teeth joined the top. “Holy fuck!” Oh man.
    That couldn’t be due to adrenaline. Nope, now that he thought about it, the adrenaline had worn off.
    Way worn off.
    “What?” Cole sounded bewildered.
    Huh? He’d totally forgotten about Cole again. “I…Cole, I gotta let ya go. I’ll start looking for land and apartments and talk to the realtor about the office building. I, yeah, gotta go, buddy.”
    “What? Dev what’s wrong? You sound weird.”
    “I just…you know the man I rescued?”
    “Yeah?”
    “I’m pretty sure that he’s my mate.”

    Laine blinked his eyes open to find one of the most ruggedly handsome men he’d ever seen inches from his face. The man smiled at him and Laine’s stomach flip-flopped. The sense of rightness overwhelmed him. A feeling of anticipation and excitement followed. His cock was harder than a steel pipe, his canines had extended and he was seeing in black and white. “Darn eyes. I hate not seeing color. I really like being able to—” This man is my mate. He didn’t know how he knew it but he did. “You’re my mate.”
    Shoot. There he went again, blurting out whatever popped into his mind. What if this man hadn’t figured that out? Laine’s senses told him the man was a wolf, but…
    “It would seem so, yes.”
    Nice deep sexy voice. How had he gotten a mate and not even realized it? What had he been doing?
    Laine pushed himself up on one arm and looked around. Darned eyes. The night vision was nice, but—no color?—it sucked. He was in some sort of hotel room, a colorless hotel room. “Where am I and how did I get here? Where did you come from?”
    The man sat up.
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    Yum. Laine felt like rubbing his hands together. The man was huge. He had nice big muscles, broad shoulders. Wow. He wished he could tell what color the man’s