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“I take it you like how you smell on me?”
    “Absolutely, you’re the best kind of smell,” Broden confirmed.
    “And what’s that?”
    “Mine.”
    Carey laughed. “Did you come by for a reason or just to sniff me?”
    “I wanted to double-check you were doing your concert tonight. I’m going to show up, but it might be closer to the end of your gig. I’ve got an overseas conference call later tonight.” Broden gave Carey a pained expression that told him it wasn't something his lover was looking forward to.
    “No problem. We’ll be there until midnight. After that, you’ll have to hunt me down at home.”
    “Speaking of home, when are you going to take me to yours?” Broden frowned.
    “I’ll have you over soon,” Carey promised. “I-I’ve never invited a date home before.”
    It was sort of an unwritten rule. None of the roommates brought anyone into their house. It was their safe zone, where strangers weren’t welcome. He’d have to check with his friends to see how they felt before dragging Broden home.
    “Really? Never?” Broden asked.
    “Nope. I’ll check with the guys, maybe we can have a dinner or something,” Carey offered. He didn’t want to make any hard promises, but if Broden planned to become part of his life, Carey needed to be comfortable with Broden in his home. Carey usually kept his private life private — it would be a big step to allow someone into his small group.
    “Are you worried your friends won’t like me?” Broden’s expression was almost amused as if Carey’s concerns were ridiculous. Maybe they were.
    “Not exactly. It’s sort of complicated. Now, if you don’t mind, I’ve got work to do.” He waved meaningfully at his monitor.
    “What are you working on?”
    “Hacking the wolves. They’ve been trying to break into our system over the past few days. Do you know why Tony left?”
    “No. Why?”
    “I think he might be working for WolfTrac now, and I don’t know why anyone would go work for those psychopaths if they didn’t have to. I’m wondering if maybe he had to.”
    “You think blackmail?” Broden asked in surprise.
    Carey shrugged. “Did he give notice or anything?”
    “I don’t think so, I’ll double-check with Isaac. As far as I know, he just stopped coming to work and told Isaac we had too many jobs to do.” Broden frowned. “That does sound suspicious, doesn’t it?”
    “It kind of does.” No good roads led to the wolves. If Tony was working for them now, that might be something Broden should investigate.
    Broden grabbed Carey’s desk phone and called Isaac’s extension. After a minute, he slammed it back down. “I forgot he’s taking the day off to go to a security seminar at the convention center. He won’t be back in the office until tomorrow. I’ll leave him a note and have him check on that.”
    “Thanks,” Carey felt a rush of relief that Broden not only believed him, but was willing to look into his concerns.
    “No, thank you. No one else thought to look into this. We should’ve been more concerned with one of our own.” Broden kissed Carey, hard and fast, leaving a blaze of heat behind.
    “Um, you’re welcome, but Lucan is the one who mentioned that he didn’t think anyone followed up,” Carey got out once he caught his breath.
    “I’ll thank him, too, minus the kiss.” Broden tapped Carey on the nose and left.
    “It better be without the kiss,” Carey mumbled as he tapped on his computer keys. The idea of Broden touching anyone else, kissing or not, made Carey cranky—Broden belonged to him.
    “Crap,” Carey said, looking at the ceiling. “I’m in love with the fucking alpha.”
    “About time you admitted it,” Lucan said, entering the room. “Thanks, by the way, for telling Broden about my idea.”
    “He talked to you?” Carey didn’t realize he’d been fixating that long on his computer screen.
    Lucan nodded exuberantly. “He said I had good instincts for the pride.”
    “That was nice