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at the same time, and he’d liked it before the whole sex thing had turned boring.
    Like the rest of pack life, until recently. One thing he could say for the Protector. Seino was anything but ordinary.
    He stopped when Seino stopped. A sniff told him there was nothing out of the ordinary, but he sensed the energy thickening around them. Without thinking about it, he pushed in front of Seino and held the male behind him, arms outstretched.
    “What, by Banathmae, do you think you’re doing?”
    “Shut up. Something’s coming.”
    “Yes, I know.” Seino shoved Jericho to the side.
    Another thing Jericho secretly liked about the male. His strength. At home, he was the strongest bear he knew. Though Rudra could and had used her magic to make a point, only through that magic could she or Fenris best him. A sorceress or werewolf could damn near beat any shifter. But no one else came close to ordering him around. Truth to tell, he only followed Rudra because he loved her. She was his sister, his family, since he’d learned what family meant.
    Yet here he was, taking it up the ass for a hot demon with control issues.
    “Kin. And I’m not the one with issues,” Seino said casually.
    “Get the fuck out of my mind,” Jericho warned. Again. Ever since they’d donned those amulets and fucked each other silly, Seino had been creeping uninvited into his mind when he felt like it.
    “If you don’t want me in, block me.”
    “Fine. But I—”
    Master Fel suddenly appeared in front of him. Not having anticipated company so soon, Jericho launched a fist at the old man’s head. It would have connected had the male not turned transparent, allowing Jericho’s arm to shoot clear through him.
    “Oh, hell,” Seino muttered.
    “You would strike the man who gifts you with his blood?” Fel asked in astonishment.
    “What?”
    “It was an accident, and you know it.” Seino snorted. “Stop teasing him.”
    Fel grinned and ran a finger over the tip of his ear. “But he’s so much fun. And so much bear, hmm?”
    The look the mage shot him made Jericho distinctly uncomfortable, and Seino as well, apparently. His demon took a step in front of Jericho to block his grandfather and glared.
    Fel grinned. “Best of luck, Grandson.”
    He opened his mouth to speak again but paused. Fel tilted his head, as if listening to something only he could hear. With a frown, he pointed to Seino. “Time is of the essence. Go to the bear’s birthplace, quickly. The sorceress has moved faster than I’d thought. If you’re a moment too late, you’ll lose all.”
    Seino swore and grabbed Jericho by the hand. “Think hard, Jericho. Back to the place you were born.”
    “How the hell would I know? I was a cub.”
    “No, you were Kin. Focus.”
    Jericho let his thoughts wander. He had no idea if he’d given Seino what he needed when he found time and space compressing around him. It didn’t make him nearly as dizzy this time. And a good thing, too, because he and Seino stumbled into a major battle.
    In the middle of a ring of brawlers, a large cougar spat and swiped at anything within reach. Around him, a horde of what looked like half-dead humans poked and stabbed at the cat. Bodies of other dead felines lay all around. But to his consternation, Jericho couldn’t smell a damn thing. No scent of a human or a sorceress anywhere near. Just dead cats.
    “Jericho, don’t let them kill her.” Seino withdrew his blade and advanced on their enemy.
    “Her?”
    “The feline.”
    Before he could ask how Seino could know who the cat was, his amulet burned the hell out of him. It glowed in the centre of his chest. He still wasn’t sure how it didn’t choke him when he shifted, but he didn’t question the magic.
    Accepting the challenge being thrown his way, he ripped out of his clothes and shifted at the same time into his bear. As he tore into the ensorcelled humans, he watched Seino glide like a dancer through the carnage. He stepped with the