"I guess. We can always put him in one of the cages if he gets nervous."
"Cages?" Bride asked.
Vane turned to face her. "Since Sanctuary has a lot of different kinds of animals in it, they have a whole room of cages in the event someone gets nasty."
Fury and Cujo flashed out of the room.
"How do you want to go?" Vane asked her.
Bride let out a deep breath. "Beam me over, Scotty."
Vane took her hand and flashed them to Sanctuary.
It took Bride a second to get her bearings. She'd been by this bar a million times, but had never been inside it before. There was a sign on the door that said it was closed. However, there was plenty of activity inside. At least fifty "people" were there, including Fury and Cujo, who was sniffing around various occupants.
Several tables had been pulled together to make one really long banquet table that was covered with white tablecloths. Another series of tables held more food than she had ever seen in her life. There were a dozen turkeys, twenty hams, and at least two dozen kinds of cakes and pies with every side item known and a few she couldn't identify.
But what stunned her most was how incredibly attractive everyone there was. Jeez! It looked like a model revue.
Bride felt extremely intimidated.
"Vane," a tall, gorgeous blond man said as he came over to them. "We were wondering if you'd make it."
"Hey, Dev."
Bride noticed two more "Devs" who entered the room, carrying more food.
"We're quadruplets," Dev said with a wicked grin. "You can tell me by this."
He pulled his T-shirt sleeve up to show her a bow-and-arrow tattoo, then he pointed out his brothers. "The mean-looking one holding the gumbo is Remi. The bashful one over there with the bear cub in his lap is Quinn, and Cherif is the one holding the platter of crab legs. Don't worry if you can't remember who's who, just yell 'quad' and we'll answer."
He seemed very friendly and open.
"I'm Bride," she said, holding out her hand to him. "Nice meeting you."
As he shook her hand, another attractive blond man appeared behind Vane. He growled low in his throat, reminding her of a wolf.
"Don't even think about it, Sasha," Vane growled back, giving the man a lethal stare. "I'm in no mood for your shit."
"Wolves," Dev said to Bride. "The alphas have to do that dominance crap whenever they see each other. See, me, I'm a bear. We get along with most anyone.
Unless you mess with us, then we rip your head off."
Dev inclined his head to Sasha. "Why don't you go help Papa bring out the kegs?"
Sasha came over and sniffed at Bride. He appeared to calm a degree before he looked back at Vane. "Sure, Dev. I wouldn't want to embarrass Vane in front of his mate by defeating him."
Vane took a step toward him until Dev cut him off.
"Go, Sasha," Dev said sternly.
Sasha finally left.
Dev took a deep breath and grinned at her. "You should have tried a bear, Bride. Then you wouldn't have to worry about this."
"It's all right. I'm rather fond of wolves." She watched as Sasha neared Fury.
Fury came instantly to his feet with a snarl so sinister that it actually scared her. Always easygoing and a bit inept, she'd had no idea that Fury could look like that.