Flynn, Joyee - A Zane Po' Boy [The O'Hagan Way 3] (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour ManLove) by Joyee Flynn Page A

like that,” I said gently with a smile, understanding now why he blew up and interrupted me.
    “Oh. Okay, sorry then.” He cleared his throat as his face flushed with embarrassment and sat back down, grabbing his napkin off the table and busying himself by adjusting it on his lap. “I just saw ya life flash before me eyes because someone didn’t know what they were doing and got ya hurt.”
    “Nothing like that, I swear,” I replied quickly. “My job would be to help them blend in with humans when they need to. Sometimes demons don’t stay on the outskirts of society and we can’t just go charging in and drawing attention to ourselves.”
    “What Zane means is he’d take a few pup warriors, as you called them, into the city on something like a field trip. Show them how to rent a car, or deal with the airport just like humans would. Which hotels to use to blend in. How to interact and learn to navigate the metropolitan areas, so when they do start going out on missions, they don’t have to try and figure that all out and fight demons.”
    I wanted to kiss Isaac for putting it that way. I hadn’t been doing such a good job of explaining it. But that wasn’t all of it.
    “How to transport weapons to other covens,” I said cautiously. “I would be taking them out on real missions but not going after demons. Maybe a few scouting jobs and how to run a convoy. The main goal would be to teach them how not to be seen by blending in with the real world.”
    “And if there’s ever an attack close to home or all hands on deck, instructors or not, they will be called in,” Rory said sympathetically. He should know. He had to go through all of this several months ago. “They might mostly train, but they are warriors, so you need to deal with the danger.”
    “We can handle that,” Brian replied, placing his hand on Banning’s arm as if to say I got this one . “We knew that when we came back. We can’t handle recklessness or him being surrounded by others’ imprudence that could get him killed. We spent time with Stefan when he visited. We know the risks, but we also know how well trained ya are and the improvements being made in weapons. We can handle ya being a warrior.”
    “And we be ready to move here if that be what ya want, Zane,” Banning added hesitantly, not meeting anyone’s gaze. “But we have questions. Like where would we live? What are we to do now if we can’t farm? Can we visit and help our family with the crops given our gifts?”
    “I can answer those,” Isaac said with a wide smile.
    “What did you do?” I groaned, wanting to bang my head on the table.
    “We got you a promotion and mating gift.” Rory giggled, giving my mates a wink. I shook my head as the main course was served, salmon on a bed of rice, and the salad plates were taken away. I was grateful that they brought a pitcher of blood as well. I’d been going through it like water, trying to get better and bulk back up. I poured some for Isaac, then myself, drinking it right down and refilling.
    I waved Isaac on now that I had a little more fuel in my system. “Okay, hit me. What did you get us?” Wow. I swooned a bit when the blood hit me. What was in that stuff?
    Isaac was grinning from ear to ear as he began to explain. “You know that vineyard that abuts the warrior compound?” he asked, and I had a sinking suspicion I knew what he got us.
    “Yeah, the one that has all the greenhouses and went out of business,” I replied, shooting a look at my mates.
    “Well, it went out of business because the old human couple died about a decade ago and had no heirs. And a few people tried to buy it and keep going with it, but I guess all the people who used to buy the wine did it because the couple was so good at it. They didn’t after it was sold.”
    “Ya bought us a vineyard?” Brian gasped, filling in the pieces. Yeah, that’s what I’d guessed, too.
    “Yup!” Rory exclaimed, giddy as all get-out. “You’ll be