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better he’ll be able to handle his mate.”
    Max had noticed the way Rave had resisted Logan. It wasn’t easy from the strained look on Rave’s face, but he had resisted. The rest of them were ready to dance around and dub Zeus the fairy queen if Logan had suggested it.
    And that pissed Max off. But that was his lion that was angry.
    Max, as a doctor, was intrigued.

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    Rave kept his face closed and careful. He didn’t want Logan to know just how truly pissed off he was. He knew Logan was just coming into his powers, but his mate had purposefully tried to use his mind control on everyone in the office to get what he wanted.
    Even if it was his freedom.
    Maybe that was what had Rave so angry. That his mate didn’t feel safe in his presence. The tension between them was choking as Rave walked Logan to his bedroom. There were plenty of vacant rooms that Rave could have given Logan, but the man was his mate, after all.
    “You can lie down in here and get some rest.”
    Logan glanced over his shoulder at Rave. His cornflower-blue eyes glittered with uncertainty, and fear raw and tangible swam in them. Rave chanced a step closer, touching his fingers to Logan’s cheek. “You’re safe. I give you my word.”
    Logan’s smile appeared, but wavered. “I don’t even know you.”
    “But tell me you don’t feel that you are safe with me. “ He wanted to hear those words, needed to hear them to settle his wolf. His wolf wasn’t too damn happy that Logan was afraid. It was a foul smell that insulted the creature’s senses.
    Logan pulled back, glancing over at the bed. Rave curled his fingers in as the soft feel of his mate’s skin left him, but didn’t force Logan to give him an answer. Logan kicked his shoes off and climbed onto the bed, resting his head on the pillow as he closed his eyes.
    Rave did the only thing he could. He closed the door behind him as Logan rested. As he walked back toward Zeus’s office, his cell phone vibrated at his side. Rave grabbed it and answered. “Yeah?”
    “Is that how you normally answer your phone?”
    Rave froze. It was Agent Monroe. His silky voice melted over Rave and sent tiny shock waves to his gut and groin. “Long time no hear.”
    He could actually feel the unease on the other end of the phone.
    Monroe cleared his throat. “Yeah, I’ve been meaning to call you.”
    Rave wasn’t too sure he believed that. It had been four months, after all. How much time did it take to make a phone call and say hi, I’m still alive ? Not long. He gritted his teeth as he looked back at his bedroom door.
    “So what’s going on?” he asked as he moved toward the wall and then leaned against it, feeling tonight’s adventure finally seeping into his bones. He was half tempted to go back to his bedroom and rest with Logan.
    He wasn’t too sure the human would welcome that.
    “I finally closed the case out with the bookie. I was thinking of heading that way.” Monroe’s voice was guarded, careful. Rave wasn’t sure if Monroe was waiting for Rave to tell him to forget about it.
    “When?”
    A relieved sigh sounded on the other end. Not loud enough for Rave to pick up if he were human. A smile tilted Rave’s lips, and he was glad Monroe couldn’t see it.
    “I can be there tomorrow evening. Did you want to meet at Theo’s?”
    Rave glanced at his bedroom door again, wondering if he could leave Logan here while he met Monroe. He wasn’t sure if introducing the two would go so well since he really didn’t know either man.
    “Sure.”
    “See you then, Rave.”
    Rave hung up, wondering how much more of a mess this was going to be. He pushed the phone back into its clip and finished walking to the alpha’s office. Max was still in there, Eagle at his side as they talked quietly. Zeus was sitting behind his desk, on the phone.
    Rave came in and took a seat in front of Zeus’s desk in one of the matching leather chairs. He waited while the man finished his phone call.
    “I