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FOURTEEN
Kane
Two weeks later
Eagle’s in the kitchen when I find her. The sight trips my heart, making my throat tight. God, I love seeing her here.
I want to buy one of those signs now—the ones that say home —because with Eagle here, that’s how this house feels now.
“Hey,” I murmur against her ear as I catch her around the waist from behind, lifting her off the floor. “You want to go with me to town?”
Leaning back against me, she sighs happily. “Where you going?”
“Picking up a new truck.”
She wiggles in my arms, her heels kicking at my knees. “You’ve got to let me help pay for that, Kane. I’m the one who wrecked your truck.”
I plant her back on the ground, kissing her temple. “We’ve already had this conversation.”
“Ugh,” she protests, spinning in my arms. “But I don’t like you having to pay for the deductible and the rental car.”
I squeeze her hip, my cock already stirring and we just had sex an hour ago. Long enough for us to shower and me to hit the gym. “It’s fine, babe. I’ve got plenty of money. Besides, I told you, you don’t have to use any of that money your old man used to give you. You’re mine to take care of now.”
She frowns, crunching her delicate eyebrows hard enough to make my alarm system go off. I don’t like seeing Eagle worried, upset, stressed, or… anything but happy.
“But you lost your job.”
“I’ve got something lined up with Tice. He just secured a big consulting contract. It’s gonna be great. Plus, I had saved up a lot of money—I was planning to buy a special truck for my sister’s animal rescue company.”
She blinks, her brows rocking upward. “Wait. You have a sister?”
Uh.
“I do.” Feeling a bit ashamed of the fact that we haven’t really talked about much other than getting Eagle set up in my home, I add, “A younger sister.”
“How old is she?”
Remarkably, I feel good about this, not distressed like I did before. “She’s four years older than you.”
“Cool.” Eagle smiles, warmth radiating from her pretty face as she traces the back of my neck, weaving her fingers into my hair at my nape. “When can I meet her?”
“You’d like that?”
She nods right as my phone rings, exactly the same time as Tice knocks, his bulky frame filling the window beside the front door. “Will you let Tice in, sweetheart? That’s my sister’s ringtone.”
Popping up on her tiptoes, Eagle kisses my cheek. “On it, boss.”
Jesus. Boss?
I shove my cock down as she skips off to the door and I hit Accept on my phone screen.
“Kane,” my sister rushes out. “I’ve got a problem.”
A switch flips in my head, activating High Alert Mode.
Tice follows Eagle into my kitchen, instantly tuning into my concerned expression.
“What’s up, B?”
She makes a sound—a lot like a sniffle. “Someone broke into my house.”
Clenching the countertop hard enough to break it, I roar, “brOKE into your house?”
Tice takes the phone from my hand, hitting the speaker icon. “Hi, I’m Tice, a former SEAL like your brother. He’s occupied right now, looking like his blood vessels are going to pop, so why don’t you tell me if you’re safe right now and exactly what happened.”
“I’m safe, I’m in a coffee shop right now,” she sniffs again. “But I’m a mess. When I woke up this morning someone had been in my house.”
Holy fuck. Anger whips along my spine. My entire field of vision crackles, hazing over. “You were asleep when they got in?”
“Yeah, and now… I’m not sure what they took or if I can stay here by myself.”
Tice is already moving toward the front door, his voice deep, assertive. “Give me the address where you are, baby girl. I’m on the way. I’ll protect you.”
Eagle shoves me into motion with a small hand on my back. “Does he know her?”
“No. But I don’t like the way he called her baby girl.”
She smiles up at me as she tugs me out the front door. “I’m not smiling about what happened to your sister. That’s just scary. But I know you’ll keep her safe and get to the bottom of it. But… this thing with Tice should be interesting.”