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Glancing at his mother, he saw the tears in her eyes as she tried to hide them, just as Maria was. Roberto looked completely devastated. Raeg had never seen him look anything but arrogant and snide after he’d killed the agent Raeg was sleeping with.
“Summer,” he whispered.
“Whatever you want.” Falcon interrupted him, the words taking a moment for Raeg to process.
“Dammit…” he tried to protest, his gaze jerking to his brother.
“Whatever she wants,” Falcon bit out, his teeth clenched, his pale blue eyes filled with a demand so intense it took Raeg by surprise. “She will have what she wants in this. We will discuss boundaries.” He looked down at Summer, his look softening. “Perhaps. If she wishes it.”
If she wishes it.
She was perceptive, Raeg thought, intelligent. It was hard to fool Summer. And she would listen to them, just as she expected them to listen to her. She would never take Roberto’s side against them, as long as they discussed it with her. As long as they trusted her.
“Whatever she wants, Raeg,” Falcon repeated firmly.
Raeg nodded slowly, unable to help himself. The word “babies” was still whispering through his mind.
“Boundaries,” he almost begged, his voice low. “He’s like a child himself. Give him an inch and he’s miles away.”
The smile that lit her up, filled her eyes, and flushed her face seemed to reach inside him as well and fill him with warmth.
“I’m a damned good negotiator,” she reminded him. “And I have a feelin’ Momma and Daddy know those three better than we think. Trust me, he won’t get by an inch, let alone miles.”
“They can come back later…” He tried, he really did try to get rid of them, at least for the night.
“We have time.” Lifting her hand she touched first his cheek, then Falcon’s. “Your mommas have missed you and I need to go reassure my own that everything’s fine before she and Daddy—”
The doorbell rang imperatively even as a heavy fist landed on the front door.
Dammit.
Falcon cursed, in Italian.
“Show up,” she finished, grinning. “I love the two of you, until nothing or no one else matters. But now is probably as good a time as any to learn about family…”
Family.
She was their family, Falcon thought, staring into her beautiful eyes, feeling the love, the dreams he didn’t dare have until Summer.
She was their future, they’d cleave to her and let her lead the way where family was concerned. They’d love her, and be loved, raise the babies they gave her, and protect her and their children against anything or anyone who would threaten them.
They were home, he realized, watching her move to the door and open it to admit her family. Her parents, her brothers.
And their Summer.
“You did good,” his father murmured as he passed them. “Both of you. You did very good.”
EPILOGUE
The place was a madhouse.
Outside, a heavy fog surrounded the house, hiding the landscape and giving it an otherworldly appearance that became irresistible. It beckoned him out, teased him with the promise of hidden places and sheltered peace until Raeg found it impossible to resist.
Summer’s entire family was gathered in the living area with his and Falcon’s parents with Summer, her mother, and Aunjenue keeping sandwiches and coffee flowing as everyone talked. Roberto, Cal and his wife, as well as Davis Allen and Margot Hampstead, had gone through the CIA at the same time, and worked together often.
After Roberto, Maria, and Selena had begun their relationship, and their sons were in their late teens, Roberto’s identity as Cyclops, the CIA assassin, and his lovers’ identities as his partners, were betrayed by another agent to Roberto’s enemies in Spain. That betrayal had nearly cost all of them their lives. Raeg and Falcon had been in California at the time, supposedly unaware of their parents’ locations.
For two years Roberto had searched for the enemy threatening them while Maria and Selena stayed behind to protect Roberto and Maria’s daughter, Hailey Anne. Not long afterward, Raeg had met Marilyn Dempsey, a college student, he’d believed. She’d played the shy, sweet little co-ed perfectly for months before he’d moved in with her, certain he was in love with her, ignoring the loss and longing he’d felt when he realized the woman he’d taken as a lover was adamant about not sleeping with him as well as Falcon.
