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“ B oss? You wanted to see me?” Tobias knocked on the door to Alejandro’s office in his South Hampton office.

“Yeah, come in and shut the door.” Alejandro brushed at his pants. “Christ, who knew a fucking horse could shed so much hair?”

Tobias tried to control the twitching of his lips, but he couldn’t. “Thought it was a unicorn?”

Alejandro pointed at him. “Do not say that around my wife. No encouraging her. I don’t need any more fucking unicorns turning up.”

Personally, he thought Cat was hilarious. But he wasn’t married to her. Or in charge of keeping her safe.

Tobias really felt bad for Rafael. He didn’t know how the other man hadn’t lost his mind while taking care of Cat.

“Got it.”

Alejandro eyed him for a moment. “I wanted to talk to you before you all headed back to Nashville.”

All of them had been visiting Cat and Alejandro for a week now in South Hampton and it was time to get home.

Tobias nodded. “Sure. What about?”

“About whether you want to go back or not.”

Tobias straightened. It seemed that the FBI agent Cat was friendly with had found the wannabe-Deity. It wasn’t clear who this guy was or why he’d targeted Maeve and then Cat. But at least he was in custody.

Of course that also meant there was no real threat to Immy or the others.

“There’s no reason for you to return with Cat’s friends now that the FBI has someone in custody.”

“Except we don’t know why he targeted Maeve and Cat. And whether he was going to go after Immy next. He might have more Sentinels out there.”

Alejandro nodded solemnly. “All true. But you’ve been with them for a while. I could switch you out.”

“That’s not going to work. I know their routines. I know how to take care of Immy. Someone else will have to learn all of that and that would put Immy at risk.”

“And the others.”

“Immy comes first,” Tobias said firmly.

“She does,” Alejandro agreed. “Just wanted to check that you were still good with the arrangement.”

“I am,” he said.

“You seem to care about Immy. A lot.”

“There a problem with that?” he asked stiffly.

Was Alejandro trying to warn him off Immy? Did he think that Tobias wasn’t good enough for her?

“Not from me. You are aware she’s been in love with Jenner for a while?”

Tobias shrugged. “Seems that way. But he’s had time to make his move and he hasn’t. If he hasn’t laid a claim already, well, maybe he doesn’t deserve her.”

Alejandro studied him for a long moment. “I actually agree. And for what it’s worth, I think you’d be good for her.”

Tobias breathed out a sigh of relief.

“All right, I’ll tell Sampson that you’re coming back with him indefinitely. But if this guy the FBI has is the real deal and nothing happens for a while, then you might not be needed there.”

“And you’ll want me to come back?” he asked. Because he was well aware that he wasn’t actually in charge of where he went. He’d pledged his allegiance to Alejandro a long time ago.

“We’ll see. Just . . . keep Immy and the others safe. They mean a lot to Cat which means they’re important to me. So nothing happens to them.”

“You got it, boss.”