There was an awkward moment as the human man realized that two men still sat in his friend’s room. His protective instincts reared up and he stepped forward toward the large Beta and got into his face. “Where is Jewels?” Lex could see Vander flexing his hands into fists. “She passed out, and we put her in the bedroom,” Lex said smoothly, not really wanting to piss this guy off anymore than he had to. Shit, he was a wolf and could kill the Detective with one swipe of his claw, but he held his control. They were going to have to either tell the human what the fuck was going on, or risk their wolves getting pissed at his supposed hold on their mate, and kill him. For some reason he didn’t think Jewel would really approve of that, so he calmly stepped aside and let the human in the room. Vander ran to the bedroom, obviously not trusting that he was telling the truth. When her friend entered the room and saw Retten sitting beside Jewel caressing her face, Lex thought the man was going to have a meltdown right there.
