Page 12 of Kingston (Savage Dragons #2)

It took another three hours before his brother came home.

And another two hours to go over everything that he’d seen at the place.

The client had been arrested, of course, and the police knew that they had been hired.

That was the reason he’d given for being at the club.

It was scary to him the lengths humans would go to in order to have things go their way.

He wanted her to be having an affair and was pissed off that she wasn’t doing what he wanted for the divorce he was sure to get if it could be proven.

Humans were off their rockers, he thought to himself.

The next morning, the police came by to question Ace again.

He’d been sitting close to the woman when she’d been killed, and the police had just wanted to clear things up before the case went to court.

The deposit that the client had put down on the work they were to have done for him was completed, they told them, and the money was theirs to keep.

He hoped that would be what happened as the case was going nowhere now.

The thousand dollars would go a long way in keeping the electricity on, as well as food in the house.

Tank was sitting at the desk, filling out the last of the case file, when the phone rang.

He nearly didn’t answer it for fear it was going to be about the case again.

But as soon as he picked it up, a tingling went down his arm and to his chest. The man at the other end was someone that he never thought to speak to, even though he’d told Ace that they could call them.

“This is Tucker Savage. We got a notification that we’re related from the DNA tests we sent in to the company called Relationships.

The company didn’t give us any names, but as I said, I’m Tucker of the Savage family.

” Tank told him that he was called Tank, but his real name was Sherman Savage.

“You must resemble a tank, then? I’m not sure about that, but I can see you as a linebacker for a football team. ”

“I’m built like a Tank, yes. And I did play some ball in high school and college.

Right up until I blew out my knee when I was a senior.

We didn’t get names either, with the results only showing that we were related to you guys.

You’re part of the Mercury and Helen Savage family, isn’t that right?

That’s where we come in. We’re the sons of Mildred and Hank Savage.

My father was the half-brother of Mercury.

” He asked if they wanted to get together.

“I would love that, as will my brother. My parents aren’t going to be a part of this reunion of sorts, as they wanted nothing to do with the family after we were born.

I don’t know what happened, but I can tell you that we’re unable to shift, but we do have magic. ”

They talked for an hour or so before Tucker asked if they could set up a meeting where they got to know all of the cousins.

He was excited to learn that they were nice-sounding dragons and that Helen and Mercury had been taken care of by the council.

He wasn’t sure what that might have entailed, but if the counsel was involved, it had to have been serious.

He and Ace had said that they wanted nothing to do with the older dragons if they could help it, and were glad that the cousins sounded just as nice as they could be.

“You do know that it could be a scam, don’t you?

For all we know, they’re the same, if not worse than Helen was all our lives.

As I’ve said before, you’ve heard the stories as much as I have.

” He said that he knew that when he was telling Ace that Tucker had called.

“I don’t know that I’d trust them to follow through on sending a car for us either.

Nor the plane ticket to get to see them.

I know I’ve said this a dozen times to you, but please don’t get your hopes up only to have them dashed when things don’t work out. ”

“I’m trying. Tucker is married to a woman by the name of Kaida, she’s human, and Kingston, he goes by Kings, is mated to a woman by the name of Skye, also a human, and they have a son named Trevor.

” Ace was impressed that they shared that much information.

“He seemed really nice. There were times when I was talking to him that I felt like he was genuine and friendly. I don’t know that he’s any happier with his lot in life with his family than we have been.

I also told him that our parents wanted nothing to do with them. He seemed all right with that as well.”

“When are we supposed to go there? You know we have our new business starting up, so we can’t just drop everything and go.” Tank said he wasn’t worried about the business, that things would work out with it. “Did you tell them what sort of jobs we had? I mean, did it come up that we’re dirt poor?”

“No. I have a feeling that he has money, though. I don’t know about the other four cousins, but he just sounded like he didn’t have the daily worry that we did.

” He asked him what he meant. “He said they owned a couple of houses that we could stay in as they were furnished and that we could stay for as long as we liked. They would love to get to know us.”

“Maybe they’ll see that we’re the poor end of the family and decide to send us back home with our tail between our legs.

” Tank asked his brother when he’d gotten so negative all the time.

“I don’t know that I’m that way all the time, but in this, I think that I’m right in saying that they’re going to be disappointed in us when they meet us.

And I don’t care if they want to get to know us, I’m going to come back here and live the life that we’ve carved out for ourselves, regardless of how much we have in common with them. ”

“I agree.” His agreement seemed to shock his brother, so he explained.

“That’s why I’m saying it will matter little if we leave the business for a few days.

We can get messages on the phone and work from anywhere, and if they don’t like us, we can just do as you said.

Come back home and just live our lives like we’d been doing, but be a little wiser about family matters. ”

The car was going to take them to the airport on Friday morning and then bring them back from it on Tuesday afternoon.

They would be flying there; it was going to be a short trip from North Carolina, and they were looking forward to the trip now that they’d come to the conclusion that things with the other side of their family didn’t matter all that much.

They’d take it one day at a time, and that was all they were going to hope for.

They had three days to get their things gathered up that they were going to pack.

It wasn’t going to be a great deal of packing as both of them could change their clothes with a thought.

They could also feed themselves thanks to Ace’s magic, and so all they worried about was having a carry-on so they had some kind of luggage when they got to the airport.

He was taking his laptop so that he had something to work with.

And Ace was taking his cell phone that was paired with the phone in the office that they used.

Things were going to work out for them no matter what kind of people their newfound relatives were.

The morning of the ride to the airport was a beautiful day.

Most people would say that every day was beautiful in North Carolina, but they had seen their homes destroyed by all kinds of weather.

That was all they had: the rental that they used for the business and their home that they’d gotten from their parents when they moved more inland along the coast. He supposed they could sell it for a great deal of money, but they wouldn’t have the ocean views that they had now. It was a win-win for them, he thought.

The tickets were at the airport for them to use.

Both of them had been excited that they were in first class on the plane and couldn’t believe how much room they had while sitting up front.

There wasn’t a meal or anything; the trip wasn’t all that long, but there had been drinks and snacks that they partook of and were happy that they had come this far at least. Tank was happy to see that his brother seemed to be in a better mood about getting together with their relatives, and it made him less stressed about it as well.

They were met at the airport in Zanesville by the family.

It had surprised him that they had all taken time out of their day to come to greet them.

Then, after they had gotten together to go to dinner, they had a wonderful time getting to know them, and he was especially happy that they didn’t seem bothered by their lack of dragons either.

Since it was so late when they arrived after dinner, they were taken to the home they were going to be using while visiting.

The house was fully staffed, which they hadn’t expected, and it was done up nicely for them.

They each had their own rooms, and it was an ensuite room, so that they didn’t even have to share a bathroom.

If this was what money could buy a person, he thought that he could get used to it fairly quickly and never turn back to being poor.

~*~

Kings like the two younger men. They were smart and savvy and seemed to have a good head on their shoulders.

Since Tucker had gotten to know Tank the best, it was fun to get to know both men as they seemed to have different personalities but similar in a way that made you realize that they were related.

They certainly didn’t look all that much alike.