"Ten guesses what they're up to." Con shook his head and said what the rest of us were thinking. "What're we gonna do?" Zak seemed stumped, maybe because he'd been woken out of a deep sleep. "You don't know that they're up to anything, maybe they're discussing wedding plans or some shit." "Cord not even you believe that shit." I laughed and slapped him on the back. "Dammit, I told Susie to stay out of it." Well shit! All we need is for him to go all caveman and derail our reason for being here. Thankfully Ty was back in five and he got distracted. We followed Mancini back to his side of the house and into a room that took two doors and codes pressed into three separate keypads to get into. The place looked like a space station. There were monitors and screens covering the walls and the windows were blacked out. "Damn Mancini. This is a serious FOB you got here." From the surroundings I'd just cased, the strategic location of the buildin
Our girls looked at each other and nodded for her to carry on. "My dad's a SEAL, well he used to be active, now he's an admiral so he's more administrative." "Anyway I get the feeling that whatever this is, it has to do with his team from back in the day, which involved the CO." "I know a little bit about him but of course dad never got into too much detail, but I heard those men talking. They're working off of some list. All the girls that were taken were the daughters of military men." "Daughters? Oh shit...that meeting at Law's place last year. Dana, Melissa any of you know what that was about?" "Same thing, the only one missing was Mancini." Dana Sue answered Kat Lyon. "I think he met them in the winter. It was the holidays in fact. We'd just got home that night I think and he told me he had to make a run. It was after he came back that he started working on something, I bet it was this." "Kelly you said they were working off a list what li
"No problem." He pulled up the home on a wall screen and put in some shit on the computer that took us to the front door." "What the fuck is that?" "I would think you'd know. The military has been playing around with this little toy for the better part of six months." It's the first time I'd seen anything like it. It was like Google earth on steroids. You could actually see inside the house and its surroundings in real time, almost like you were there. "Are we calling ahead Quinn?" I fielded Lo's question and had to think about it. I shook my head as I worked it out. "No, if they were heading to him that means they already know who he is and might have eyes on his place and who knows what else." "The first team has been disbanded so it might take them some time to coordinate, not sure what kinda setup Khalil has here. But either way we can't risk it." "I say we go in at night, take the kid and head back here. Speaking of which I need to
Lyon still hadn't said anything but the women never shut up. "We're sorry we won't do it again." Poor Katarina she was still trying. Lyon just crooked his finger at her and waited for her to approach him. "Where's my son?" Her eyes widened and she looked around as if expecting the baby to appear. "Oh no, I'm so sorry. Isn't he still asleep?" She was back to wringing her hands again. "I'll go get him." "No, that's okay I'll take care of him and the rest of my kids who're out there running around a fucking cliff." "Ohhh, damn Colt that's harsh." Tyler was talking shit but he was looking at his hero with a glint in his eye. Like he needs to be any crazier than he already is. "Let me ask you something before I go. Are you pregnant?" "Yes." She hung her head. It's a wonder she has any flesh left on her hands as much as she wrings them together. "What about these other women here, any of them pregnant." "Yes." She turned back to
"Oh my gosh that's so perfect." Gaby loves any talk about weddings. Funny! "Wait a minute six? I just met Quinn like an hour ago. Besides, he didn't ask." "Oh sweetie, first off, they don't ask. And second, ask these women in here how long they were with their significant others before they found themselves hitched for life, ring or no ring." There were a lot of heads nodding at Ginger-Lee's words. It was like getting a glimpse into the machinations of the female mind. It's a fucking mind fuck. "You know what we should do, we should get that movie seven brides for seven brothers." "Oh yes I could go for a nice old movie right now." "Ooh Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." "Oh that's my favorite." "Some like it hot." "Oh yeah that's another good one to watch." "Do we have any of those?" "I'm sure if we don't Hank will find them for us." "Shit! Anybody caught all those names?" Mancini was already online looking. Mean
It was so natural for them. The way they each went to their respective women. I searched my heart and there was no envy, but there was a slight pang of longing, stronger than the others that came before. I knew it was the surroundings that added to the melancholy. That and the fact that I was the only one without a partner. But none of that could take away from the happiness I felt at my brothers' joy. Especially Quinn. He looked so happy it was hard not to smile at the complete ass he was making of himself. For someone who'd sworn to me over and over that he'd never take the plunge, he looked just as gone as the others. I started getting twitchy when I caught the side eye looks and the whispering started. I knew what was coming next and knew only one way to save my own ass. "So, Dani, I walked around this place earlier and you know what? This looks like the ideal place to have a wedding. Did you girls bring your magazines?" "You've got the be
I can try to convince myself that it didn't matter, but the truth is, more and more in the last few hours, especially after what happened with Quinn, I've been feeling...off. As if he could read my mind Davey looked at me with a grin. "So, Quinn has a girl, does that mean you're next?" "Okay kid that's enough of this." I got up to leave his ass to the waves. "Oh come on Dev, you guys always do everything together. I don't see why this should be any different. Besides, I heard the women talking back home and your goose is as good as cooked." "What, what did they say?" At least his mind was no longer on Lyon's kid therefore taking his ass out of the line of fire. "Well, after they got through talking about weddings and babies." He rolled his eyes. "They decided that you and Quinn needed to settle down. Then once they saw Quinn with his girl, they figured it was a done deal and you were the only one left." "How did they see Quinn with Kelly?"
I missed her, and I was scared. I finally got why my brothers act so crazy when it comes to their women. Mancini's little island is well guarded true, but nothing beats being there myself to protect her. I smiled at the memory of our last moments together. After lunch we'd each returned to our cottages under the pretense of resting up before heading out tonight. I only had one moment of discomfort when Dev waved us off as he hung back with the kids. It's weird but I felt a little off about him being the only one without a girl. Lo had caught my look since we were trailing the women who all had their heads together up ahead about something. Hopefully it had to do with weddings this time. "He's going to be fine Quinn, I know it. If he doesn't find someone on his own, I'm pretty sure that gaggle would take care of it. Damn, one day around Lyon and I'm beginning to sound like him." "Yeah, you might wanna watch that. I don't think Gaby would appreciate you