Nutter Nero [Brac Pack 12] (10 page)

Nero also checked into Ricky’s accountant. The man seemed to be on the up and up. Nothing looked out of place. Numbers matched up, although his eyes had bugged out when he saw Ricky’s net worth was in the billions. He felt kind of foolish tracking these small expenses, but stepping over a dollar to pick up a penny didn’t sit right with Nero.

They had a very long time to live, and someone needed to make sure they had the money to do it.

He wasn’t much into will reading, but he had gone over Ricky’s.

He named all of his warriors and their mates as his beneficiaries.

It seemed he wanted his pack to live comfortably when he and Cecil were gone. That would be no time soon, but it gave him a peace of mind knowing they wouldn’t want for anything. That’s why he
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stayed on everyone about their expenses. A thousand years was a long time to be broke.

Opening his drawer, Nero scanned over his wish list. It seemed pretty silly in the grand scheme of things, but still Nero clicked away, ordering the toys he had only dreamed of owning. With that done, he went in search of Gunny.

“Hey, Jason, seen Gunny?”

Jason finished making his plate, cleaned up his mess, and stored the containers carrying the leftovers in them. “Sorry, man, haven’t seen him.”

Nero looked in the den then up in their room. Gunny was digging through the dresser drawers. “Hey, my little nutter.” Nero sat on the bed, enjoying watching his mate just busy himself around their room.

“Ready for a walk?”

It had gotten a little colder out, so Nero went into their closet and pulled his coat out. “Ready.”

Gunnar walked with Nero to the kitchen, out the back door, and onto the path before stripping his clothes off.

Nero stood there once again transfixed at the large penis between Gunny’s legs. He knew he wasn’t well endowed, not like Gunny, but his wolf didn’t seem to mind.

Gunny licked all over him all the time. It was nice to know his mate wasn’t hung up on size or he would be in trouble. Yeah, big trouble.

He shifted, and Nero climbed onto his back, holding tight to Gunny’s fur as they made their way to the bluff. It had become their little piece of paradise, a place they called their own when they wanted to get away.

“It’s still beautiful up here, Gunny.” Nero sat up, watching the little, sleepy town below them. He could see Mark and Caden moving around the garage.

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Cody and Keata were entering the diner, and Ricky and Cecil were going into the Café. He even saw Remi and Drew down by the pier.

“I could stay out here all day with you, Gunny.” His wolf whined, lowering himself so Nero could climb off. After shifting, Gunny pulled Nero into his arms. “I love you, nutter.”

“I love you, too, Mr. Naked Man.”

Gunny moaned as Nero palmed his large cock, dropped to his knees, and ran his tongue around his balls. His wolf ran a hand over his head as intense pleasure surged through him. “I want to try something.” Gunny pulled away from him.

“Okay.” Nero stood, not sure what his Gunny had in mind.

“Will you be too cold if you take your pants off?” Gunny was already unsnapping them.

Nero held his hands out as Gunny unzipped him. “I guess we’ll know when my balls fall off.”

Gunny’s hands stilled as he stared down at Nero. Shaking his head, he helped him out of his jeans. Gunny lay on his back, positioning Nero above him. He sucked Nero’s cock as Nero did the same to him.

Nero’s legs fell to the sides as Gunny placed a wet thumb into his hole, twirling his tongue around Nero’s cock. Nero began to move his hips up and down, fucking deeply into Gunny’s mouth. Wiggling his thumb, Gunny pushed deep, and Nero emptied down his throat as he cried around Gunny’s cock.

Nero pushed forward, taking as much of Gunny as he could, his free hand rubbing Gunny’s thighs as he held onto the base so he wouldn’t choke.

Sucking harder, he moved his tongue around, knowing Gunny liked that. The cock in his hand throbbed as he squeezed it tight.

Gunny shouted his name as seed erupted from his cock and down Nero’s throat.

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Nero tried his best to swallow it, but it was too much and some of it ran down his face. Before he could wipe it away, Gunny pulled him up, spinning him around.

“Look at you, wearing my seed.” Gunny leaned forward and licked Nero’s face clean.

“Ew, stop licking my face.” Nero batted at him.

“You know you like it.” Gunny nipped his bottom lip before helping Nero pull his clothes back on.

* * * *

“I picked one.” Nero tugged on Birdie’s sleeve.

“Let’s go see your choice.” Birdie followed Nero, Johnny walking beside his mate.

Nero handed the Commander the printout, watching Birdie study his choice.

Nero was far from an idiot. He knew Birdie was in charge of security and only placating him. But that was okay. Nero would sleep better knowing there were cameras and alarms.

“I’ll see who they’re going to send and have Lewis do a background check.”

“Can we get a camera in our room?” Johnny asked as he played with something that twirled on Nero’s desk.

“We’re monitoring the house, not making a porno.” Birdie chuckled, running his fingers down his mate’s cheek. “Thanks, Nero.” Birdie grabbed Johnny’s hand as they left.

“Strange people,” Nero muttered as he straightened the toy on his desk.

Making sure no one was looking he pulled out sanitary wipes and wiped the toy down. He didn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings so he had waited until they left before doing it.

Nero pulled the paperwork out of his inbox and rolled his eyes at another of Cecil’s requests. Last time he requested twelve reindeer.

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This time it was for seven dwarfs, leaving a side note to tell Snow White to stay home because she wasn’t needed.

Nero set aside the request. He was going to have to talk to Ricky about getting Cecil a hobby.

The next form requested kitty litter, tuna fish, and catnip. Nero wondered what Remi would need with these?

The items were under three hundred dollars, so he could go out and buy it himself, but for what? He set the form aside, reminding himself to ask the wolf.

Grabbing the requests, Nero found Remi in the den. “You don’t have to fill out a form for kitty litter and catnip. Those are just receipt items.” Nero stepped back when the wolves Storm and Cody started growling, the little Asian men with their hands on their hips, glaring at Remi.

“They’re tigers, not fucking house cats, dumb ass.” Cody growled at Remi.

Drew jumped in front of Remi with his hands stretched out.

Shaking his head, Nero handed Remi the form and left them to their strange behavior.

“Ricky, can you get Cecil a hobby?” Nero handed the request to the wolf. Ricky scanned it over, his expression filled with hidden merriment.

“I’ll handle this one.”

Nero nodded, leaving the request with Ricky.

* * * *

Nero sat on the top step of the winding staircase. Gunny was out on patrol and all of his work was caught up, which left Nero bored, something he didn’t like. It was late, and most of the boyfriends and their wolves were in their rooms.

“Hi.”

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Nero turned to see Kyoshi walk over to him and sit down. Nero scooted over, not wanting to be touched.

“I know you don’t like people touching you. I respect that. I promise I won’t.”

“Thanks, Kyoshi.” Nero nodded then looked back down the stairs at the foyer. He wanted Gunny. He felt lonely without him.

“Do you know why Remi asked for that cat stuff?” Nero shrugged. It wasn’t any of his business. He was starting to get used to the strange requests in his inbox. Except for Cecil’s—

Nero knew those were pranks.

“Something about tigers.”

“Can I show you?” Kyoshi asked him.

Fine, he would play along. He had nothing else to do right now.

“Why did Remi ask for cat stuff for you and Keata?” Kyoshi stepped back. “Watch.”

Nero became extremely uncomfortable when Kyoshi began to take off his clothes. His eyes darted away.

This wasn’t right.

Kysohi shouldn’t be doing this. Nero ran his hands over his head, becoming agitated.

“I’m sorry I’ve made you uncomfortable. We shorter mates don’t look at each other like that. I’ll remember next time. You have to look though, please.” Kyoshi spoke so softly that Nero forced his eyes to look over at him.

Right before his eyes, Kyoshi shifted into a tiger. Nero sat there numbly for a moment, unsure how to react.

It wasn’t a large tiger. He looked more like a cub, but, still, he had sharp teeth and claws. “That– that–that was pretty cool. Yeah, cool.” The tiger lay next to him, licking its paws, but it didn’t touch Nero.

And he thought he was different? It seemed he fit in here more than he thought.

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He was always being made fun of or totally ignored. People called him weird or strange, and many not so nice names had made Nero shy away from them.

But here it seemed he wasn’t the odd man out, not by far. “Wait right here.”

The tiger actually nodded. Nero shot to his room and was back in less than a minute. He snapped the latex gloves on then scratched Kyoshi behind his ears. The tiger purred, licking his gloved hands.

“My mate bothering you?”

“No, no bother. No bother at all.” Nero smiled when Kyoshi batted his tiger eyes at his mate.

“Be nice, dragonfly.” The wolf warned the tiger but rubbed its belly when Kyoshi rolled over. “Did he scare you?”

“No, no. He was real nice about showing me.” If indecent exposure was nice. Nero played with his gloves, not sure if he should leave the two alone.

“He’s a tiger shifter from Japan like his brother, Keata. I know, they call themselves cousins, but it’s a long story.” The wolf with swirly eyes offered an explanation that confused Nero even more.

Yeah, definitely not the odd man out here. Nero reached back out, running his hands over Kyoshi’s tail.

“He’s pretty.” Nero hadn’t realized he said that out loud until Storm thanked him.

His head snapped up when he heard loud footsteps on the stairs, Gunny running up them. He smiled, Gunny lifting him up, sitting down, then placing Nero in his lap.

“Hey, Kyoshi.” Gunny rubbed the scruff of the tiger. He turned to his mate. “He didn’t scare you, did he?”

“No, no, no. He got naked in front of me and shifted.” Both Gunny and Storm laughed. “Shifters tend to ruin a lot of clothes if they don’t.” Gunny hugged him close. Nero liked that, and he balled himself up in his wolf’s lap. Gunny always made him feel so safe.

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“Gloves?”

“I wanted to pet him.” Nero blushed. He knew it was a neurotic move, but if these people could shift and buy strange sex toys, then he could wear his gloves.

“I need to make sure you stock up on them then.” Gunny stood, carrying Nero to their room.

* * * *

Nero watched as Birdie assigned each worker a wolf. Of course, the humans didn’t know they were working around shifters.

Birdie said he didn’t want the humans by themselves for one second. Nero walked into one of the downstairs bedrooms that had been converted into a monitor room. Birdie made a roster of what each wolf would be monitoring. He wanted surveillance twenty-four hours a day.

There was a little refrigerator set up in the room, but that was about it. The Commander said he didn’t want any of the Sentries distracted. Birdie had threatened them if they didn’t take the job seriously.

Nero just scratched his head. He listened as the humans explained how to use the monitors, how to zoom in, and how to make the cameras move to follow someone.

Nero took notes so he would remember. He even made small labels to attach to certain controls so the others would know what they were for until they got the hang of things.

It took a full week to get all the sensors installed. At least now they didn’t have to worry about someone sneaking in, especially another vampire.

A light on a panel next to the screens would indicate which room it was if a sensor went off. Nero felt better now that the Den had a little more protection besides the wolves.

Even Ricky praised him for such a great idea.

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Nero sat with Gunny when it was his turn to man the monitors.

Gunny chuckled when Nero covered his eyes when the Sentries began stripping down to shift in the backyard. “Come sit on my lap.”

“No, no, no. You have to watch the monitors,” Nero protested.

He could see sitting here with his wolf wasn’t such a good idea.

Nero wouldn’t be able to tell Gunny no for long. His wolf would start touching him and Nero would lose his mind. It happened every time.

“I’ll be back.”

“Spoilsport.” Gunny laughed as Nero left him to do his job.

Nero grabbed a pair of his gloves. Gunny had boxes of them under the cabinet in their bathroom and another haul of them in his office.

His wolf knew that was the only way he interacted with everyone else. It seemed only Gunny could touch him without him running to grab his sanitizer.

Keata’s bedroom door was open, so Nero took one step in as he knocked.

“Hey, buddy.” Cody smiled at him.

“Hi, uh, I hear Keata has mangas.” Nero played with his gloved hands.

It was hard for him to make himself vulnerable like this. He had always made a conscious effort to stay away from people, and now he was trying to interact.

It was a huge step for him.

“Sure does.” Cody laughed as Keata jumped up, ran to his dresser, grabbed a handful of books, and then ran over to Nero with excitement in his eyes.

Keata placed the books in his hands without touching him. Nero liked Keata.

“These are my mangas.” Keata smiled proudly. Nero wondered why the man was so proud of comic books.