Page 22 of Saving Sarah (Blissful Bets)

“Gavin. I’ll be new to the pack.”

“Glad to hear both of you are joining us. So what’s going on here?” Stephen asked, examining the door.

Sarah noticed he wore his police uniform. He must have been on patrol. She held Evelyn’s hand while they walked closer toward him.

“Tom was a bet I met at the beginning of the game. When he wanted to see me again, I declined. Let’s just say he didn’t take it too well. He’s been prank calling me ever since, but today…” Sarah shivered. “Today he decided to knock my door in.”

“Tell him about the call you received Saturday morning.”

She looked at Gavin and then back to Devon. “He called, and when I acknowledged him, he said he witnessed a confrontation between the three of us outside of the Martini Bar. He had to have been watching.”

“Sarah. You didn’t tell me this,” Evelyn snapped, tightening her hand. I would have made Stephen keep a closer eye on you.”

“It’s the first I’ve heard about it, too,” Devon said, looking up at her.

“I didn’t think it was a big deal.” Sarah shifted her feet while she fought not to get defensive.

“It’s a big deal,” Stephen said, looking at her. “All right, what arrangements do you guys have going on here? I take it you’re our newest threesome.”

Sarah blushed while Evelyn slapped at him. “I told you not to say anything, dammit.”

“What, Evey? I have to know. It’s police business.”

“Sorry,” Evelyn whispered.

“It’s fine.” Sarah let out a sigh. “I’m staying here. The guys are staying in Devon’s apartment, three doors down.”

“Not anymore. I want at least one of you here with her at all times. Rotate, do shifts, but I can’t be on patrol twenty-four-seven, plus I’ll have calls to go to. I’ll make a report, but unless you have a last name or something more I can go on, we’re at a dead end.”

“I know the license plate number. I memorized it.”

Stephen nodded for Devon to follow him outside while Gavin walked to stand next to her and Evelyn. “Devon can stay tonight. I’ll stay tomorrow. Is that all right with you?”

Sarah looked up to meet his gaze. “Yeah, that’s fine, but what about you? What are you going to do?”

He winked at her and smiled at Evelyn. “I’ll keep a look out. Plus, I’ll have first dibs if he comes again. Oh, and I’m glad it’s Devon tonight. I have to meet Trevor at the fire station in Corpus early in the morning. I wouldn’t want to wake you. I might be a little late on getting back though. He mentioned something about wanting to talk to me about the details of the wedding. I think it’s being delayed.”

“Oh. So you’re a firefighter?”

“Yes. Most of us werewolves are in a similar occupation, cops, firefighters, paramedics, even military. Our blood is wired to protect, so to speak.”

“Wow, I didn’t know that.”

Sarah looked to Evelyn raising her eyebrows. “Stephen, Ayden, Trevor, now Gavin… What in the world does Brandon do?”

“Stocks. Pretty damn good at it if I do say so myself. Of course Stephen thinks he needs to get a job away from the house. What about Devon? What does he do?”

Sarah looked at Evelyn at a loss of what to say. She had no idea. Quickly, she turned to Gavin, but he just shrugged.

“Doctor,” Devon said, walking in with Stephen.

Sarah’s mouth dropped to the floor. “Doctor? You went to college after you left?”

A knife stabbed into her heart. It took her over a year to rip herself out of depression so she could attend night courses. Even that turned out to be a chore. She pined for him, waited for him so they could go together. But he left and just picked up his life like nothing major or traumatic happened. How was that possible?

“Not immediately, no. I started college when I was twenty-two. After stitching up repeated pack members trying to challenge me, it was either a doctor or a vet. I chose doctor.”

His confession still hurt. So maybe it took him longer than it did her, but she still couldn’t believe it. When he was younger, he’d always talked about becoming a mechanic. She liked that idea. He was forever working on his motorcycle. Sarah started to realize how much they both changed.

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