"Well, if I didn't think you'd be useful, I would have dropped you someplace out of the way until this was over," Dwayne points out. He watches Josh move around the kitchen without being creepy about it, but his wolf likes keeping an eye on the younger man. Prey? He hasn't sorted it out yet. Josh definitely isn't a dominant, not a threat (at least not in that way), but Dwayne...
Well, the pack thing hasn't worked our well for him. Just ask his ex-wife. Dominant enough not to fold when expected to, but with no interest in power plays...That hadn't made for the player Caroline had wanted but it had raised a lot of hackles in a very unstable pack.
Dwayne was pretty sure that wasn't why his wolf was watching Josh's every move but, just in case, he'll be wary.
"I'm still trying to decide how much is safe to let you see. For you, and for the other people I'm working with. But so far, you seem like a good kid, and you aren't coming in blind, and I'd be a liar if I said we couldn't use the help." He leans back and rubs his eyes. Okay, so he is a little tired, considering how complicated today had gotten, and his nerves weren't helping. This was a big operation and of course he was going to be worried. And his voice is a little lower when he says, "Sometimes, it gets bad. I'm not going to lie about that. We try and use the law to our advantage to keep things from getting ugly, but considering the kind of people that we're dealing with, and the fact that werewolves are involved...which a lot of the time, aren't even considered human..." He trails off, and shrugs again. He's pretty sure that Josh understands what he means. And if he doesn't, then he'll spell it out.
But things go bad, and sometimes there's violence. Sometimes people get hurt badly, and sometimes, people die. Dwayne's been lucky so far, but he's not going to pretend it's not a possibility, or that there isn't blood on his hands.
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Well, the pack thing hasn't worked our well for him. Just ask his ex-wife. Dominant enough not to fold when expected to, but with no interest in power plays...That hadn't made for the player Caroline had wanted but it had raised a lot of hackles in a very unstable pack.
Dwayne was pretty sure that wasn't why his wolf was watching Josh's every move but, just in case, he'll be wary.
"I'm still trying to decide how much is safe to let you see. For you, and for the other people I'm working with. But so far, you seem like a good kid, and you aren't coming in blind, and I'd be a liar if I said we couldn't use the help." He leans back and rubs his eyes. Okay, so he is a little tired, considering how complicated today had gotten, and his nerves weren't helping. This was a big operation and of course he was going to be worried. And his voice is a little lower when he says, "Sometimes, it gets bad. I'm not going to lie about that. We try and use the law to our advantage to keep things from getting ugly, but considering the kind of people that we're dealing with, and the fact that werewolves are involved...which a lot of the time, aren't even considered human..." He trails off, and shrugs again. He's pretty sure that Josh understands what he means. And if he doesn't, then he'll spell it out.
But things go bad, and sometimes there's violence. Sometimes people get hurt badly, and sometimes, people die. Dwayne's been lucky so far, but he's not going to pretend it's not a possibility, or that there isn't blood on his hands.