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his head at the sound of the lock turning over. Relief poured through him and he closed his eyes, tilting his head back. He knew Tristan and the Metro staff would clear Kanon’s name, he just hoped it’d be enough for her. He’d come too damn close to losing Kanon tonight, and the thought left him hollow. Exhausted. Kanon slipped up behind him, wrapped his arms around Tegan’s waist, holding him tight.
    “We got lucky,” Tegan murmured over his shoulder, knowing damn well Lennox would hear them.
    “Maybe.”
    Kanon pressed a kiss to the crook of his neck, then trailed several more across his collarbone, nipping over his pulse.
    “Kanon,” Tegan whispered, his voice drying up in his throat as Kanon rocked into him from behind. The tap water in the bathroom stopped.
    “I figure if she reneges on our deal and turns me in, I might as well get you one last time.”
    “It’s not going to happen.”
    “Having you, or her breaking the deal?”
    “She won’t break her word.” Tegan twisted his head around to press a kiss to the corner of Kanon’s lips. “And you always have me.”
    Kanon gave a satisfied groan, and cuddled closer.
    “You are not screwing each other outside that door.”
    Tegan smiled.
    Kanon pressed another kiss to his pulse and then called out, teasing, “Not yet, honey, care to join?”
    “I would rather jump out the window. Put your pants on so I can come out.”
    “Damn,” Kanon whispered against his ear. “Reckon we should take them off first?”
    The bathroom door jerked open and Lennox stumbled straight into Tegan, catching herself on his shoulders. He shuddered at the press of her against him. She was softer than he’d thought, all that muscle yielding perfectly to such soft, sweet femininity. Kanon leaned into him from behind and Tegan groaned.
    Lennox gave a small growl, stepping back, startled. “You all have no sense of...”
    Her voice died in her throat and she turned away, lips pursed. “The bar, boys.”
    Lennox stepped past them both and headed for the stairs. “I’ll meet you at my car. It’s by the billboard for that new grocery store in town. Behind a few bushes.”
    Her sultry tone turned dark, as she glanced between them, and then met Tegan’s gaze. She’d heard everything. “I hope you’re right and you can clear your partner’s name.”
    A shadow slipped over her face as she headed down the stairs.
    Tegan’s gut twisted.
    She hadn’t looked so sure.

Chapter Two

    Good Hounds didn’t play with lions. Especially not a pair like the two of them. Lennox leaned against her car, head tilted back to the sky. She couldn’t believe she’d let them talk her into this. Hounds weren’t the judge and jury; they were just the ones to snatch the quarry. But the thought of hand delivering a potentially innocent man to his death sentence gave her stomach cramps.
    That wasn’t her gig. Lennox liked justice, fairness. Though the chances of Kanon Reyes actually being innocent were slim, her instincts told her otherwise. Guilty lion-shifters didn’t often try and wheedle their way into proving their innocence. Instead, they tended to come at her, no claws barred. And while the two of them had looked ready to fight, they hadn’t.
    Restraint wasn’t a thing she was used to finding when it came to lions.
    A smile tipped the edge of her lips as she saw the pair of them striding down the road, each step in sync with each other. They moved together, graceful, lazy, and powerful. Lions were the heavy artillery of the predator world and the two men striding toward her looked every bit the part.
    If either one of them had ever attacked a Hound, she had a hard time picturing one of her men walking away. They looked like the kind of men who finished what they started. Her brows furrowed. So why had he let Nick walk away? The Hound had a broken arm, a few cracked ribs, and a few minor injuries, enough to lay him up in a hospital for a night, but nothing that would have killed