“Nah, I’m good for now,” I say as Sasha wraps his arms around me, pulling me back into him. “We’re barely even married!”
“Yeah, about that. Didn’t invite the first one of us to the wedding either. Not even the most amazing newly found brother in the whole world!” Jack says as he comes bounding into the den behind his wife, wrapping his arms around her. “What are we talking about?”
Margot turns to face her husband and gives him a kiss. “Sloane and I are trying to talk your sister into making another baby to add to the brood of cousins.”
Jack’s loving eyes darken as he looks from Margot to Sasha. “You better not knock up my sister. I don’t care if you are some super dangerous bratva boss, I’ll kick your ass.”
Ledger chuckles from where he’s lounging on the couch. “Yeah, right. You couldn’t land a punch on Sasha, and you knowit. Hey, maybe he’ll give her triplets to finally shut you up about fucking twins intomysister.”
I choke at the mention of triplets. “Can we all chill out, please?”
The girls and Ledger laugh as Sasha and Jack continue their stare off, only stopping at the sound of Kat and Henry arriving.
“Well, look who showed up the moment all the babies are asleep.” Ledger stands from his seat and envelops Kat in a bear hug before moving to his brother to do the same. “I guess no babies run in the family. Sasha doesn’t seem to feel strongly about them either.”
“Or maybe some of us just enjoy having our women all to ourselves for a moment.” Henry hands the board game he’s holding to Ledger before coming to greet Sasha and me. “Lovely to see you again, Lucy. Don’t let my brother fool you. He waited almost two years while he and Sloane honeymooned around the world. You two take all the time you want.”
“Whatever.” Ledger rolls his eyes before looking down at the game in his hands. “Clueagain?”
“That would be Katarina’s idea.”
“I’ve been practicing and I’m determined to beat this guy,” Kat says, smiling up at her husband before raising to her tiptoes and placing a kiss on his cheek.Damn, if you could bottle the love in his eyes as he looks down at her, you could make a killing.
“Well, let’s get started then!” Margot takes the game from Ledger and begins setting up while the rest of us get comfortable around the coffee table.
Family game nights have become a weekly event, and it’s always at Blanche’s. Even if she’s MIA, like tonight. I’ve noticed she’s been gone more and more lately, but none of her kids seem to think anything about it.
Regardless, I enjoy coming here to get together with my newfound family. It reminds me of living in the cottage withSasha. He bought a house close to Kat and Henry, and we split time between there and the beach house. We haven’t been back to California yet, not that I care. Until Amanda gets back from her trip, there’s really nothing for me there.
We’ve been to New York several times to spend some time with his dad, which was nice. He’s nothing like I thought he would be. I assumed Sasha’s darker characteristics were inherited from him, but I couldn’t be any more wrong. Ivan is one of the kindest, most welcoming men I’ve ever met.
Kat explained to me how she was raised by his brother, Pavel, and that Sasha’s more aggressive traits are more than likely from Pavel’s training and not Ivan. The two of us bonded about our daddy issues growing up, but I guess she ended up with one after all. Well, two…and if I have to hear any more details about the Sinclairs’ sexual proclivities, I think I’ll go into shock.
“Kat, you're never going to win this game. We do this every other week at least, and you haven’t gotten any better…” Sasha says, pulling me onto his lap.
"I’m an excellent detective, Sasha. Have you already forgotten that I helped solve arealmurder?"
“Yes, and you’re just now back to normal after that crazy bitch tried to kill you.”
Kat rolls her eyes at her brother. “Whatever, we can’t all be as strong as Lucy over here! I can’t imagine beingcaptured. I don’t think I would ever recover from that!”
Everyone, including myself, was shocked at how well I adjusted after being taken captive. I do think the training I received from Blanche helped. Sasha insisted that I learned self-defense, and Blanche volunteered immediately. It didn’t take long to get comfortable going with Sasha on missions. We both get to take out our aggressions, and the sex afterward is out of this world. All in all, I’ve been happier than I can ever remember.
My only response is a smile and a shrug. Nobody here needs to know what Sasha and I get up to behind closed doors.
“What was his problem with you anyway?” Jack asks.
“Oh, there’s some sort of file Blanche supposedly has on the Taranovs, just in case she ever needs it. I never found anything, but I was supposed to look.”
I laugh, expecting everyone to join me, but nobody does. Seven sets of eyes look at me in shock, but Kat and Sasha seem particularly interested.
“Sunshine, if Blanche has something on my family…I need to know.” Sasha takes my hand in his and gently kisses my knuckles.
“New game!” Jack yells. “Let’s split up and do somerealdetective work!”
“Sinclair siblings vs. the rest of us?” Kat asks.
“Oh no, Kitten, you’re with me.” Henry nuzzles into her neck. “Jack, Sloane, Lucy, and Sasha versus Ledger, Margot, Katarina, and myself?”
