Logan's Rattler, A. Jarrett [general ebook reader txt] 📗

to a settled grin as he lay next to his lover. After all he had learned, he’d be a liar to say he was disappointed with the path his life had taken. Granted, it wasn’t every day a person woke up to discover they were a witch, but Logan could get through it if Finn was the person he got to come home to at the end of the day.

The soft chirping of his ringtone had him pulling his arm free from underneath Finn. Finn didn’t stir. He just grunted and rolled to lie on his stomach. A soft moan crossed Finn’s lips as he burrowed down into the blankets, and Logan couldn’t help stopping to stare.

Finn looked so young and peaceful, like a teenager trying to catch that extra five minutes before getting up for school.

God, he’s beautiful and all mine.

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Logan found his jeans discarded by the bathroom door and fished out his cell phone. He looked down to see Leo’s number flashing across the screen.

“Hello.”

“Logan, we have a problem.” The concern in Leo’s tone was palpable through the phone.

“What?” His heart began to beat frantically. “Are you okay? Is it Mrs. Parker?”

“No, we’re both fine, but”—there was a long pause before Leo finished his sentence—“but L&L Coffee Stop isn’t. We’ve been broken into. The sheriff is on his way over.” His best friend’s voice began to crack.

“Leo, don’t go inside the store until the sheriff gets there.” Logan hopped around on one foot trying to pull his pants up. “Whoever did this could come back.”

“That’s what the lady at dispatch said.” Logan could hear Leo take slow, uneven breaths. “I can’t believe this has happened to us.

We’re good people, Logan. Who would do such a thing?”

“I don’t know. I don’t know.” He slid into his shoes, and he shouldered the phone to his ear. “I’ll be there as soon as I can. It’s going to be oaky, Leo.”

Logan disconnected the call and shoved the phone into his back pocket. He snatched his shirt from the ground and pulled it over his head.

“What’s going on?” Finn asked as he finished putting on his shirt.

Logan wasn’t quite sure when Finn woke up, but the man was completely dressed and ready to go.

“That was Leo. Someone broke into our coffee shop. The police are on their way there now. I need to get there.” He headed for the door but was stopped short by a hand on his shoulder.

“Logan, honey, you don’t need to do this alone.” Finn lightly rubbed his thumb over Logan’s knuckles. “We’re a team you and I.

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What affects you affects me.” His grin had Logan smiling, too. “Plus if you think I’d let you out of my sight, you’re nuts.”

They rushed out of Finn’s room and down the spiraling staircase.

Logan appreciated the fact that Finn wanted to be there for him. He was afraid what he’d find when he got to the business he and Leo built from the ground up.

“Where are you two headed in such a hurry?” Lawson said as he walked out of one of the open rooms off to the side.

“Logan’s coffee shop was broken into last night. The sheriff is on his way there now. Leo, Logan’s best friend and business partner, is there by himself,” Finn explained to the man.

“No shit.” Lawson headed toward the door. “I’m coming with you. Just in case.”

Logan looked from Lawson back to Finn. “Just in case what?” He didn’t understand what they were so worried about. It was his business that was robbed. It was his livelihood in turmoil at the present, not theirs.

“Hon, there are other paranormals living in this town, and we were attacked a few days ago. That’s why I had to cancel our first official date.” Finn grabbed his hand, and Logan held on tight.

“Remember me telling you being a Warrior of the Light was