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door—you could never be too careful. She checked the camera and opened the door to a group of men who towered over her substantial height, and Elena, who stood behind them hugging her computer.
“Sorry to interrupt your party,” Declan said, moving past her and straight to the kitchen. “Some of us would like to get some work done around here.”
“Don’t mind him,” Cade said, following close behind. “You know how pissy he gets when he has to fly. I’ve never met a man who hates to fly as much as he does, yet has to do it so often.”
“I’m not afraid to fly,” Dec said, grabbing a couple of beers from the fridge and tossing one to Cade. “And if you keep poking at me , I’m going to tell Bayleigh.”
Brant Scott , Dec and Cade’s brother-in-law, laughed from the corner and took the beer Dec handed him, leaning against the counter to watch the show.
“I’m tired of everyone threatening to tell my wife on me,” Cade scowled. “I’m not afraid of her.”
“Yes you are—” several voices said at once.
“I just don’t like sleeping on the couch,” he said. “My feet hang over the end. Not that I know what sleep is. I swear my child must be half vampire. She thinks nighttime is playtime.”
“I think that’s called poetic justice,” Brant said. “Because Darcy and I have perfect children. Both of them were sleeping through the night at two weeks old. Your mom said you get what you deserve. You must deserve an awful lot.”
“You have no idea,” Dec said. “He enjoyed his power as the oldest immensely. I’m surprised Shane wasn’t scarred for life after some of the things Cade did to him.”
“You’re not completely innocent in this, you know,” Cade said. His arms were crossed over his chest, his posture defensive and his scowl black. “You’re the one who wrote that poem about him under the bleachers. I don’t think he had a girlfriend his entire freshman year.”
Dec grinned , stretching the white scar along his jawline, and tapped his beer bottle against Cade’s. “Well, now that I think back on it, he probably deserved it.”
“Speaking of,” Max said, coming into the fray. “Where is Shane? I haven’t seen him in a while.”
“He’s back in the world,” Dec said, referring to Shane coming home after a long mission overseas. “It’s haying season, so he’s helping Mom up at the house for the next few weeks, but he and the team are on call if we need them.”
Jade took a seat next to Elena and watched the byplay continue for a few minutes. She had been brought into the MacKenzie family so seamlessly over the past couple of years that it seemed like she’d always been there. The MacKenzies were special—they were hard-headed and tough and could be scary as hell if the occasion called for it—but underneath it all was a deep caring and respect for each other and for their jobs. They believed in justice and that right should always win, and they were loyal—to each other and their wives. She trusted every person in the room, and she realized how rare that was.
“They are always like children,” Elena whispered , her lips twitching at an insult Max tossed off to Cade.
“That’s because they’re men,” Jade said.
“And proud of it,” Max said .
Jade’s body went hot when she met his gaze over the top of Elena’s head. The look he gave her reminded her exactly how male he was. The banter and voices around them became muted as she remembered what Max’s hands had felt like against her skin, but reality came crashing back when Cade nudged her in the shoulder.
“You falling asleep on us?” he asked.
The spell was broken and she turned to elbow Cade in the ribs.
***
Max let out a slow breath and ignored the long look Declan gave him. Dec was protective of Jade, just like all of the guys were, but Max didn’t need the subtle warning he saw in Dec’s gaze. Jade was going to be his. And he’d fight anyone who tried to tell him
“Sorry to interrupt your party,” Declan said, moving past her and straight to the kitchen. “Some of us would like to get some work done around here.”
“Don’t mind him,” Cade said, following close behind. “You know how pissy he gets when he has to fly. I’ve never met a man who hates to fly as much as he does, yet has to do it so often.”
“I’m not afraid to fly,” Dec said, grabbing a couple of beers from the fridge and tossing one to Cade. “And if you keep poking at me , I’m going to tell Bayleigh.”
Brant Scott , Dec and Cade’s brother-in-law, laughed from the corner and took the beer Dec handed him, leaning against the counter to watch the show.
“I’m tired of everyone threatening to tell my wife on me,” Cade scowled. “I’m not afraid of her.”
“Yes you are—” several voices said at once.
“I just don’t like sleeping on the couch,” he said. “My feet hang over the end. Not that I know what sleep is. I swear my child must be half vampire. She thinks nighttime is playtime.”
“I think that’s called poetic justice,” Brant said. “Because Darcy and I have perfect children. Both of them were sleeping through the night at two weeks old. Your mom said you get what you deserve. You must deserve an awful lot.”
“You have no idea,” Dec said. “He enjoyed his power as the oldest immensely. I’m surprised Shane wasn’t scarred for life after some of the things Cade did to him.”
“You’re not completely innocent in this, you know,” Cade said. His arms were crossed over his chest, his posture defensive and his scowl black. “You’re the one who wrote that poem about him under the bleachers. I don’t think he had a girlfriend his entire freshman year.”
Dec grinned , stretching the white scar along his jawline, and tapped his beer bottle against Cade’s. “Well, now that I think back on it, he probably deserved it.”
“Speaking of,” Max said, coming into the fray. “Where is Shane? I haven’t seen him in a while.”
“He’s back in the world,” Dec said, referring to Shane coming home after a long mission overseas. “It’s haying season, so he’s helping Mom up at the house for the next few weeks, but he and the team are on call if we need them.”
Jade took a seat next to Elena and watched the byplay continue for a few minutes. She had been brought into the MacKenzie family so seamlessly over the past couple of years that it seemed like she’d always been there. The MacKenzies were special—they were hard-headed and tough and could be scary as hell if the occasion called for it—but underneath it all was a deep caring and respect for each other and for their jobs. They believed in justice and that right should always win, and they were loyal—to each other and their wives. She trusted every person in the room, and she realized how rare that was.
“They are always like children,” Elena whispered , her lips twitching at an insult Max tossed off to Cade.
“That’s because they’re men,” Jade said.
“And proud of it,” Max said .
Jade’s body went hot when she met his gaze over the top of Elena’s head. The look he gave her reminded her exactly how male he was. The banter and voices around them became muted as she remembered what Max’s hands had felt like against her skin, but reality came crashing back when Cade nudged her in the shoulder.
“You falling asleep on us?” he asked.
The spell was broken and she turned to elbow Cade in the ribs.
***
Max let out a slow breath and ignored the long look Declan gave him. Dec was protective of Jade, just like all of the guys were, but Max didn’t need the subtle warning he saw in Dec’s gaze. Jade was going to be his. And he’d fight anyone who tried to tell him
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