Rebel (Renegades #2)(30)
Author: Skye Jordan

The pitch of her voice in the last sentence brought Rodie’s head up, and Rubi leaned down to meet Rodie’s kiss.

“A rescue,” Wes said, a half grin of understanding on his face. “Somehow, that makes perfect sense. Was his name Rodie when you got him?”

“No. He was never spoken to, so he didn’t respond to anything. I renamed him Gerodi, Italian for hero.”

“Hero,” he laughed to Rodie. “But no pressure, buddy. What is he?”

“Mutt, like me.”

Wes crouched on the deck and scrubbed Rodie’s body with both hands while Rodie panted, a look of bliss on his face. “Well, he’s a handsome mutt. And big. What, sixty-five, seventy pounds?”

“Just under seventy when I took him to the vet last month. Are you a dog whisperer in your spare time? I’ve never seen him take to anyone like this.”

“Grew up on a—”

“Farm,” she finished for him, crossing her arms with a laugh. “I’ve heard.”

The wind sprayed sprinkles across the deck, and Rubi turned inside.

“I’ve been wanting to see your house,” Wes said. “Is it as amazing as Jax’s?”

He stepped into the kitchen, and Rubi called Rodie in, then closed the door behind him.

A slow, low whistle slid through Wes’s teeth. &l