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attention back to Jared and his mate
    “All of it?” The concerned looks on the pair’s faces didn’t change. Raul shook his head again. “Even though I’m not gay, I never planned to have kids. And yet, Fate decides to fuck with my life and give me to a wolf shifter who is raising his infant niece? What part should I be okay with?”
    Jared cocked his head. “Let me ask you this. If it were a woman who arrived with a baby in tow, would it make it easier for you?”
    “At least I’d know what to do with her,” Raul muttered.
    Carson scowled. “So, it’s the fact that Sean is a man? You got a problem with gay relationships?”
    Okay, this was coming out all wrong. Raul rolled his eyes and shook his head. “Fuck no,” he snapped. Raul took a fortifying breath and after rubbing his hands over his face again, looked Carson in the eye and said, “It’s the fact that I don’t get a say in the matter.”
    God, how fucked up was that? He cared only that Fate was messing with his life. Sure, he’d been thinking about this guy and obsessing over him for months. He and Jared had even talked about seeing if they could find anything out about him. Except, now that Sean was there, in Stone Ridge, Raul didn’t know if that was what he really wanted. Knowing exactly how fucked up and selfish that’d make him sound, Raul kept those disturbing thoughts to himself.
    He’d seen how frustrated Jared had become when he’d had to be separated from Carson, even for a few weeks. That had been when the couple had first started out together and Jared still worked as an assassin.
    He and his friend had traveled the world together, Raul working as Jared’s spotter when the man needed it. Then Jared had gone to Colorado for his sister’s wedding, and when he’d returned, he’d been in love and mated to a shifter. For Raul, it was an eye-opening experience. He discovered not only were paranormal creatures real, but that they drew his best friend into their world, yanking Raul in right along with him.
    As he thought back to those first couple of weeks in Stone Ridge, meeting shifters and learning how a pack worked, Raul had been amazed and more than a little spooked. He never would have guessed such things as shifters and vampires and even gargoyles were real. Now, he knew better. And now, Fate decided to take things one step further. She decided to give Raul a mate, too.
    Jared squeezed Raul’s shoulder, drawing him out of his thoughts. “We work with the hand we’re dealt, Raul. You know that,” Jared said solemnly. “Sean seems like a decent fellow. Give him a chance.” Then he gave Raul a twisted smile that, if he weren’t used to Jared’s sadistic sense of humor, may have worried him. “And if he’s not a good guy, we can certainly whip him into shape.”
    Raul knew his laugh was just a bit hysterical, but he appreciated his friend’s words. “Thanks, man,” he muttered.
    Jared handed him a slip of paper. “Here.”
    “What’s this?” Raul asked. Opening the folded Post-It note, he read the name of a website he didn’t recognize. He glanced between Jared and Carson, the latter man not meeting his gaze.
    Jared grinned. “It’s our favorite porn site. Watch it with Sean when you get back to town. It’ll give you some pointers.”
    Raul could feel the flush working up his neck to his cheeks. “You want me to watch porn with the man?”
    “Sure. It sounded like your mate had never been with a man either, so you both need instruction.” He grin turned lascivious. “That will definitely give you…instruction.”
    Yeah, he was definitely blushing. Damn his fair skin. “I don’t know if that’s such a good idea,” he muttered. What if watching it only confirmed what he feared—that Fate was making a huge mistake in pairing Sean with Raul. Would the visual of a cock in another man’s ass scare him from the act completely? Sean would never be able to claim him.
    “You found your mate?”
    Manon’s