Page 60 of The Lost Ones

“What? You thought so too. You both thought it was hot!” Kai grumbles rubbing the back of his head.

I glance at Levi and Jax and they both shrug at him, smirking naughtily at me. I’m suddenly reminded of the car ride and being sandwiched between Kai and Jax, maybe they would be up for it. I take a step forward a naughty smirk of my own crossing my lips, I watch all their eyes darken with lust but before I can act on the naughty and the delicious images flashing through my mind, there’s the sound of claws scrabbling down the stairs and two giant dogs come bounding into the room.

I’m unsure of their breed as they seem to be a mix of several. Both of them have fairly long coats but whereas one is dark with black and grey fur, the other is light with white and tan fur. The guys all move forward to fuss over the dogs and my heart melts a bit at seeing these big strong men love on these dogs, you can tell a lot about a person from how they treat animals. I hang back a bit letting the guys say hello before I introduce myself to them.

It isn’t long until the dogs notice me. I have always loved dogs and have a strange affinity with them. We just seem to understand each other. The dogs look at each other and then look towards me, tilting their heads and sniffing the air before a mischievous and far too intelligent, twinkle enters their eyes. These dogs are special, even more so than normal dogs, there’s something different about them, I can feel it. I smirk as I feel their intent to play and wonder what they’re up to. Suddenly loud growls erupt from them as they stalk towards me, shocking the hell out of the guys. My grin widens, sneaky pups. Before the guys can do anything, I place my hands on my hips.

“Oh, give it up boys, I’m not buying it.” I grin widely as the dogs instantly stop growling and bound over to me, their tails wagging and doggy smiles on their faces. I laugh as they surround me, making sure I give each of them plenty of love.

“You two are going to be fun.” I tell them. They both bark once in agreement causing me to chuckle, yep they’re going to be trouble alright.

“What the fuck is happening?” Kai questions

“I think they were messing with her and us.” Levi replies unsure.

“. . .and she knew they were!” Maverick adds finishing Levi’s sentence and making them sound more like triplets than they usually do.

“They just answered her, they understood her!” Jax adds, incredulous.

“Hunter, these aren’t normal dogs, I’m not sure how they’re different I just know that they are.” I tell him.

“I thought there might be something different about them, they’re too intelligent. Care to explain what just happened though?” Hunter replies.

“Oh, they weren’t sure if I could really understand them or not, so they wanted to test it,” I pause, “they wanted to mess with you too.” I add giggling.

“Figures.” Hunter sighs, all the guys start chuckling.

“So, you could understand them?” Levi asks.

“Not in words, it’s more feelings that I get from them, I guess. I’ve always been able to do it, actually.” I explain, frowning slightly.

“Something else to mention to Thomas.” Levi says

“Else?” Hunter questions, “What’s the other thing?” He asks.

“Apparently the trainer I’ve had since I was nine is an assassin.” I shrug.

Hunter looks around at the guys trying to see if I’m being serious. The others nod in confirmation.

“Cain Patrick.” Maverick tells him.

“Holy fuck!” Hunter breathes out in a rush.

“Pretty much.” I sigh.

“Sage wants to help with the investigation and figuring out how it all links up. She wants to help take Brent down.” Levi tells him.

“We’ve got to speak to Thomas and get his permission to have Sage join our investigation. We also need to inform him of the other developments.” Levi states taking control. “I’ll see if he’s available and set up a conference call in the study. Everyone go and change, and we’ll meet there in twenty minutes?” He glances at me causing me to roll my eyes and nod. I can be ready well within twenty minutes.

It’s always made me chuckle that men seem to think we take so long to get ready, I’m sure some girls do but unless I’m even more odd than I thought, I’m pretty sure they’re in the minority.

He chuckles lightly at my obvious disdain for his question, and we all separate to go have showers and get changed. I try really hard not to think about my guys in the shower, we definitely don’t have time for that kind of daydream. I rush through my shower and wrap a towel around me. As I go through into my room to find clothes, myphone starts ringing, which is odd since hardly anyone has my number, knowing it’s probably the step-bitch and I should answer it so she doesn’t get suspicious, I dig around in my bag, searching through the clothes and pulling the towel tighter as I do. Without glancing at the caller ID, I answer.

“Hello?” I say cautiously, waiting for the torrent of verbal abuse to start.

“Hey Babe.” A voice that definitely isn’t my mother’s replies, sending ice spearing through my veins.

How the fuck did he get my number. Thinking quickly through the initial panic of hearing his voice, I press record and make my way out of my room knowing I need to find one of the guys.