Torem(Zeus’s Pack 4)(17)

“Get out and go into the station,” Torem ordered him as he unbuckled his seatbelt and opened the driver door.

“Fuck you, I don’t take orders from nobody. I’m getting my men and getting the hell out of this town. Tell Zeus to find someone else.” Dino climbed out and slammed the door. He started across the lot when Torem tackled him.

“Are you fucking crazy?” he argued as he fought to get the man off of him.

“Stop,” Torem commanded, and for some damn reason, Dino listened. He heard low growls and snarls getting closer.

“Your dogs gonna attack me?” he asked in amazement.

“No, they’re going to defend you.”

Dino turned his head when he heard truck doors slamming shut. The men in the black truck were here and they were large as hell. Dino pushed to get Torem off of him when he saw…he blinked, making sure his eyes weren’t out of focus as he stared at the impossible.

“They changed into wolves,” Dino said in a panic.

“Lie still. That’s what I’ve been trying to tell you.” Torem blanketed Dino’s body as Torem’s pack drew the others behind the building. Once they were out of sight, Torem got up and pulled Dino to his feet. “Let’s go.”

Dino was too stunned to argue. He ran for the truck just as one of the wolves came back around the corner. Skidding to a stop, Dino wasn’t sure what he should do.

“Holy Mother Mary,” he yelled when Torem shifted right in front of him. This couldn’t be real. It couldn’t be happening. “I’m getting the hell outta here.” Dino turned to run but was trapped between the truck and the two fighting wolves.

He reached into the truck, looking for something to beat the crap out of the other wolf with. Fuck it, he wasn’t one to run anyway. And besides, Torem was defending him after all…even if he just changed into a dog right in front of him.

Dino found a four-way and figured it was his best bet as he curled his fingers around it and pulled it from the backseat of the truck.

“You want a piece of this, you dumb mutt,” Dino waved the four-way around as he shouted. The wolf snapped and lunged, but Torem cut the wolf off. Dino swung, hitting the offending wolf dead on. The wolf stumbled and then shook the blow off. He began to growl at Dino as he moved closer.

Dino backed away when Torem spun around and got between them. He didn’t want to accidentally hit Torem, although the guy deserved it right about now.

Torem finally took the wolf down. “About fucking time.” Dino growled and tossed the four-way into the bed of the truck. “Can we get out of here?” Was he seriously standing here talking to a wolf?

“Let’s go.” Dino’s head spun when Torem became human again. His eyes darted down Torem’s naked flesh to the well-hung cock between the man’s legs. He almost drooled at Torem’s naked and tanned flesh. Dino found it difficult to think with all that skin exposed.

Once seated in the passenger side, Dino kept taking quick peeks at Torem. The man may be off-limits, but damn he had a hard-ass body. The ridged planes and taut muscles made Dino want to reach out and touch him. The idea that Torem was a wolf wasn’t freaking him out like he thought it would. Maybe it was Torem’s naked state that was distracting Dino from flipping the hell out.

Dino shook his head to clear it and then looked out of the passenger window. “Just take me home.”

“I am,” Torem said as he drove in the opposite direction from the rental Dino currently occupied.

When they pulled into the driveway that Dino knew for a fact belonged to Zeus, he began to wonder what the hell was going on. “This isn’t where I was talking about.”

“Come on, you’ll be safe here.” Torem got out of the truck and left Dino sitting there.

“I guess that means I should follow,” he said sarcastically.



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Sidney jogged down the steps and spotted Torem coming through the front door. He did a one-eighty, hoping to get away before his mate spotted him.

Fuck, what was Dino doing here? This was bad, real bad.

“Sid, come here.”

Crap, he knew that tone. It was universal. Sidney was in deep trouble. He walked backward, afraid to see the hard look on Torem’s face. “You rang?” If Torem was upset, then Dino ratted him out. The snitch.

“Turn around, Sid,” Torem’s tone brooked no argument.

The first person Sidney saw as he began to turn was Dino. He narrowed his eyes at him before facing Torem. Sidney was expecting to see disapproval in his mate’s eyes, not a gentle smile. “I was going to tell you about Dino.”

Both men stared at Torem. “So you knew?” Sidney asked incredulously.