“There was something I was supposed to tellyou.” I cocked my head to study Dakota, but for some reason, the room didn’tlike that and started wobbling a bit. Straightening up and holding on to thefloor better, I inched closer to Dakota. “Do you remember what I was supposedto tell you?”
He looked up from where he’d been studyingthe coffee table and shrugged. “No. I’m sorry.”
“Oh, that’s sad.” Dakota looked sad toowhich made me carefully inch even closer. The floor was dangerous so I had tobe careful, but he was so sad I had to hug him.
“I remember.” Austin’s cheerful voice wasfollowed by a thud. “Shit. The floor here moves too.”
Bradley snorted. “Because it’s us that’smoving.”
I giggled as Austin scoffed, waving hishand. “I refuse to believe that. I’m very steady. We haven’t even gotten outthe moonshine yet.”
“Yet?” Leaning forward against the coffeetable, I giggled. “Silas said no moonshine. He took the bottle.”
He’d been very stern.
Austin had nearly come as Silas had growledout his frustration as he’d marched out of the pool house. I wanted to see howGriffin would look that stern, but I couldn’t figure out a way to ask him togrowl at me that sounded right. Even after a few drinks it stillsounded…Austin-ish.
Austin giggled. “He said I couldn’t havethatbottle of moonshine. He took the cinnamon one and said, ‘You can’t have that.’I still have the apple pie one. That’s the most marvelous flavor. Definitelyworth the rent.”
Bradley groaned as Austin crawled acrossthe floor on all fours and dug a bottle of liquor out from underneath thecouch. “I’m not in the mood to see Silas punish you. I want happy porn rightnow, not you moaning and howling as he spanks you.”
“As long as I get to come, it’s happyporn.” Austin was still waving his hand, but now it was almost like royaltywaving at the crowd.
“Oh, porn.” I tried to sit up, but thatdidn’t really work, so I leaned back against the table. “Griffin’s boys…youknow the ones we hired to…what did we hire them to do…oh never mind.”
Jonah’s giggles made it hard toconcentrate. “What was I saying?”
“Griffin has boys.” Jonah was helpful for asplit second before giggling again. “It sounds like I’m not the only one withmore than one fated mate. Do you have two too? Oh, that rhymes. No, but he hastwo…what rhymes with three?”
I was starting to think that maybe wedidn’t need to break out the moonshine, but telling Austin no would have beenrude, so as he started pouring, I held out my glass.
I was his guest. I had to be polite.
“Yes. His boys. No, not his boys.” Wait.
Did that make sense?
The way Bradley was staring at me said itmight not have.
“What were we saying?” I reached for my cupand managed to grab it on the first try. Ha, maybe I hadn’t drunk too much…andthe moonshine really was good.
Especially when it was the second course.Something about starting with the fruity drinks and then moving to apple piemade it feel like courses in a meal.
Oh, dessert.
Bradley sighed, distracting me.“Griffin’s…not boys, because Jonah’s right, that just doesn’t sound…right…”
“Oh yes.” He was always so helpful. “Theyoung men he’s got working for him. The twins.”
Austin giggled and waggled his eyebrows.“They’re hot.”
“I probably should not agree with that.”Every head turned toward me and I was sober enough to realize I had to explain.“Griffin sees them as his family. Not like us where they might…you know…but theregular kind.”
Dakota grunted and waved his hand. “Youknowingfamily is the best kind of family.”
Austin nodded like Dakota had saidsomething wonderfully smart.
Had he?
