But there was also something about the scent that whispered,Danger.Like it belonged to a predator. Or an alpha.
Walren sniffed carefully. Then he sniffed again, unable to help it.
Zebbie squirmed, snapping Walren’s attention back to the danger in the room. They had to get out of here.
Walren realized too late that they were moving in the wrong direction.
He turned in a hurry and crashed into a warm, solid wall.
Crap!He flung out his hand to steady himself. Why did the wall feel... squishy?
He gave it a careful squeeze. It felt like some very firm muscle. Like the wall had suddenly grown pecs.
Was that a nipple?
Could it squirt milk?
Then the wall rose up and down, like it wasbreathing,and Walren realizedit was a man.
“Ahhh!” Walren shrieked and stumbled backward, tripping over his own feet in his desperation to get away.
Strong hands grabbed him.
“Oh gods, oh gods!” Walren hurled himself away as hard as he could. “Don’t hurt us!”
“Us?” came a deep, rumbling voice.
Crap, he didn’t know about Zeb!
The hands released Walren. Then the lights came on, white and blinding.
Walrenthrewhis cucumber the second he saw a face.
It hit the man with a loud smack.
Walren didn’t stick around to watch; he bolted for the door.
“Ow,” the man said. “Never thought someone would try to poke my eye out with a projectile cock. Is this a meet cute?”
He... sounded familiar.
Walren paused in his mad dash, peeking over his shoulder.
An alpha stood some paces away, two heads taller than Walren and twice his size. The man had golden eyes and spiky black hair, and stubble on his strong jaw. But that wasn’t all. His shoulders were impressively broad; his pecs filled out his shirt, and his biceps stretched his sleeves. Hell, his thighs looked like they might split his pants.
Then there was his bulge.
Walren wasnotgoing to stare at it.
Even if it lookedthick.
He hauled his eyes back up to the man’s face.
Actually, Walren had met this alpha before.Twoof him.
Ace and Raptor were identical dragon shifter twins who had busted Walren, Zebbie, and their friends out of a human trafficking ring some time back. In the chaos of that rescue, Walren had twisted his ankle. Raptor had flown him and Zebbie to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Just that Walren wasn’t used to flying.