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Sterling frowned.
    Jake met his gaze, his eyes twinkling. “Wabbit season.”
    Oh, man, nice save. Remi’s lip twitched. “Duck season.”
    “Wabbit season.”
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    Sterling groaned. “Y’all don’t really go hunting, do you?”
    “Sure we do. We just don’t usually shoot anything.” Which was the absolute truth.
    They ran it down and chomped its neck. Remi grinned at Jake.
    Jake grinned back.
    “I can go with y’all next time, honest?” Sterling asked.
    “Sure.” Jake arched a brow at Remi. “But you have to be vewy, vewy quiet.”
    Remi couldn’t help himself, he laughed. He’d figure out how he was going to answer Sterling’s endless questions about hunting later. Oh wow, he liked Jake. Well, when he wasn’t lusting after the man. Come to think of it, on the full moon was one of the few times he ever had fun anymore. In wolf form they seemed to have a comfortable silence with one another. It shouldn’t be any surprise to him that he and Jake would get along good in human form also. He’d just never been around Jake when he wasn’t trying to control his wolf nature. He decided he liked it. “Yeah, ’cause wabbits are vewy timid wittle cweatures.”
    Jake smiled. A full-on, happy smile. It lit up his face and made his dark brown eyes dance.
    And it went straight to Remi’s cock. His eyes went unfocused and his gums began to sting. Fuck.
    Remi extracted Jake’s sunglasses off his head and put them on.

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    Laughing, Sterling shoved Remi in the back and bounded past him out the diner door. “What are we gonna do now?” He ran across the parking lot toward Remi’s motorcycle. When he turned back toward Jake and Remi, Sterling had a huge grin on his face. “Can I drive?”
    Jake chuckled. Sterling was everything a little brother should be, like a playful puppy, animated and full of energy. Not only was he smart and cute as he could be, but he was personable. Jake suspected the kid had never met anyone he couldn’t charm.

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    Handing Jake his sunglasses, Remi groaned and shook his head. “Not in the city.”
    Remi walked slightly behind Jake until they reached his bike. Putting the key in the ignition, he squinted at Jake. The sunlight caught his eyes just right, showing off the unusual green color. “Maybe we can go grab a beer tomorrow sometime to discuss what we were talking about earlier?”
    Damn, his eyes were fucking gorgeous. The first time Jake had seen them, he’d thought they were contacts. They weren’t. Even in wolf form, Remi’s eyes were a clear peridot. He had to quit thinking like that. He put on his shades. If he got all keyed up, his arousal would trigger Remi’s. And Remi wasn’t near as good at hiding it as he was. Jake dragged his mind away from the piercing green long enough to answer. “Sure. You have my number?”
    “Yeah, you gave it to me when you were watching after Keaton.” Reaching for the helmet hanging on the handlebars, Remi threw his leg over and sat. Once Sterling was settled on the bike, Remi handed the helmet back to him.
    Sterling took the helmet as his head whipped around to Jake. “You were watching Keaton? Like a bodyguard or something? That’s so cool. Why did Keaton need a bodyguard? Was there trouble at the college? Did he fail a student or something? Oh.”
    Sterling’s eyes widened. “Was it because he’s gay?”
    Frowning, Remi pinched Sterling’s leg.
    “Oww.” The kid yelped and scowled at his brother. “What?”
    “Shh…that’s rude.” Remi looked back at Jake. “Sorry, Jake, just igno—”
    “Why’s that rude? I’m only curious. Maybe I wanna be a private detective one day. I need to know these things, in case,” Sterling shot back.
    Jake watched them, fascinated.
    Rolling his eyes at Sterling, Remi groaned and scowled over his shoulder. When he twisted, his baseball jersey fell open and the tight black T-shirt stretched taut across his toned muscles. “You’re being nosy and Jake has better things to do than answer your endless questions. Besides, I thought you were going to be a fireman.”
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    Jake chuckled, only half listening to the friendly banter between the siblings. He was having a hard time dragging his gaze away from Remi’s chest. Even knowing what was underneath the clothes from seeing Remi shift, there was something very enticing about how those square pecs showed