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they switched. He was getting a headache from the constant back and forth. Freakin’
    adrenaline high. The worst of it was the imminent case of blue balls. His cock was still so damned hard he ached. He was going to have to take care of it when he got off the phone. Dev sighed and continued his pacing.
    “Look at the bright side, Dev. You like everything about the town except the pack, right? If you just go kick the man’s ass, you can be Alpha and then our problem is solved.”
    “How does that solve our problem?” Dev looked back at the bed. A glimmer of gold caught his gaze.
    Nipple rings, in both nipples. Dev hadn’t noticed them until he’d put the man on the bed and his tattered shirt had once again fallen open. It was surprisingly sexy. He’d never met anyone with body piercings before, his fingers were itching to touch them. Great. His balls drew tighter, if that was possible. Seemed like every time he thought about the small redhead, his body responded. Must be the constant reminder of the confrontation with the other men. Or maybe it was just that the kid really did have a nice chest.
    Slim, pale and well-defined. He wasn’t muscular by any stretch of the imagination, but what he had was toned.
    “Dev? Are you listening to me?”
    No, I was scoping out the hot young thing on my bed, thank you very much. “Huh?”
    “I said, then we know we will fit into the local pack.”
    “What?” What the hell had he and Cole been talking about?
    “If you kicked the Alpha’s ass and took over. You know we only have about two weeks. I am not waiting around and letting my mate move off without me. Caroline is supposed to report to the Asheville office for her transfer in twelve days. We have got to find a suitable location to move J&M
    Construction.”
    Dev groaned, adjusted his dick and sat on the bed, careful not to jostle the injured man. He understood where Cole was coming from. Caroline was not only his best friend’s wife and mate. She was Dev’s friend too and he was more than just a little protective over her. She was an absolute angel, but she had an uncanny ability to get herself into trouble.
    Getting up and crossing the room, Dev pulled the curtains aside and looked out. Asheville was a nice town, with a breathtaking view of mountains in the distance. “Maybe we can move the company headquarters here and we can live in one of the surrounding towns?”
    “Have you even looked at any of the neighboring towns?”
    Dev let go of the heavy, burgundy, rubber-backed cloth. Burgundy ? Human eyes again. Man, he was getting so used to the constant change he wasn’t even losing focus when they shifted now. He groaned Page 5
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    and made his way back to the bed. Damn, the man is pretty. Dev reached out to touch the pale cheek but caught himself. He pulled his hand back before making contact and started pacing again. “No, I was really taken with this one. I even found a great location for our offices.”
    “Well, fuck it then. It’s a done deal. Start looking for apartments for now and land for us to build on. I’m not above a hostile takeover. If the Alpha gives us too much shit, we’ll beat him to a bloody pulp and take his pack. You said you’re stronger than him, right? So, we’ll just take over, no big deal.”
    Cole could fight, but he wasn’t near as strong as Dev. Any “hostile takeover” would be Dev’s doing, not Cole’s. “We? You got a mouse in your pocket?” Despite his large stature, Dev was no stranger to a good old-fashioned brawl. He’d been gay a long time and his size didn’t deter everyone. And God knew, over the years, Cole had gotten the two of them into enough bar fights with his mouth.
    Cole growled. “Don’t be difficult, Devlin.”
    Dev ended up back at the bed, drawn to the Omega. “Cole, I don’t need a pack to run on top of everything else I do. I do everything you do and I manage our books.”
    “Fine, you go kick his ass, take the pack and I’ll take over the books.”
    Dev laid down on the bed next to the smaller man. His stomach tightened and his cock throbbed. He squeezed his temples with one hand and closed his eyes. Cole started yammering about how he’d take some of Dev’s workload and how Caroline could help out. Dev took a deep breath, trying to relax.
    The man next to him shifted a bit, like he was waking.
    Dev dropped his hand, studying the smaller man. Nope, he