Free Sweet-Delight[ Brac Village 1] by Lynn Hagen Page B

was located. Besides, Kenway had gotten Ross addicted to walking this quaint little town at night. It was very peaceful.
“Thanks, babe.”
Ross really didn’t mind going. He knew Kenway was super excited about this project and wanted to be hands-on with it. The man spent the day here and didn’t leave until Ross showed up, and then he still stayed a little while after that. Ross was trying to be enthusiastic as well, but it was hard when the place looked like a gutted building. Maybe when the equipment started to be moved in, he would feel differently.
He had become interested when Roman was going over the blueprints with him. It helped him envision what the final result would look like. Kenway seemed just as excited with the empty place as he was with the idea of it being finished.
Ross smiled. He liked seeing his mate so exuberant. It meant that he wouldn’t have buyer’s remorse soon after the bakery was completed. Ross had waited his entire life for someone like Kenway. He was sweet, sexy, muscular, and had an excitement to him that Ross had never seen in anyone else, not even himself.
It was refreshing to be around the man.
Strolling toward The Café, Ross started having that feeling once more that someone was watching him. This time he didn’t have Kenway to distract him. He stopped in midstep and glanced around, but just like the last time, he didn’t see anyone.
But Ross knew someone was there.
Being out in the open, he couldn’t exactly use his vampire powers and dissipate to the coffee shop. He was pretty sure that was frowned upon in the town limits where a human could see him. And although he was a vampire, Ross wasn’t a very skilled fighter. That had been proven when his brother easily overtook him and shoved him into the demon realm.
The Café came into sight, and Ross made it there without whoever was following him showing himself. He walked up to the counter and ordered Kenway’s coffee, and then asked for a slice of the cake he knew his mate liked.
“You were here last night with the big fella over at the Dairy Twist,” the man said and then grinned. “Or what used to be the Dairy Twist.”
Ross extended his hand. “Ross Green. I’m his mat—partner.”
The man shook Ross’s hand. “Ray Freewether. Nice to meet you, Ross.”
Well wasn’t he friendly? The guy looked to be in his early twenties, and he was definitely human. He had almond-colored eyes, short black hair, and a nice little chiseled body. He wasn’t anywhere near as good-looking as Kenway, but it was nice to know someone else in this town—besides Baker and the construction crew. Ross hadn’t even come out of his room at the Manchester place to get to know the people who lived there.
“Do you like it here?” Ross asked as Ray made Kenway’s coffee.
Ray gave a shrug. “Lived here my whole life, but until the mayor started helping the town open all these businesses, it wasn’t much of a place to live. It looks like things are changing.”
That they were. If Ray only knew why. He very seriously doubted the man knew about Vampire Hunters. He was sure the human knew nothing about vampires, shifters, and all the other paranormal creatures that inhabited Brac Village. “That’s a good thing, right?”
Ray smiled and it reached his almond-colored eyes. He really was a nice-looking man. “It sure is. I even have help starting tomorrow.”
Ross wondered if it was Johnny. The small human seemed adamant about getting a job. He knew the little guy would win out over his mate’s insistence that he not find work here…or anywhere.
“Is his name Johnny?”
Ray nodded. “How’d you know?”
“I saw him last night and he told me.” He had just met Johnny last night as well.
“He seems like a nice guy.”
Ross wouldn’t know. “He does.”
“Good,” Ray said. “I hate working with people who act like douchebags.”
Ross laughed. “Have that problem much?”
“The last guy who worked here tried to flirt with every man who