Page 13 of Tempest’s Torment

Venom grins. "She's four."

Hades sighs. "Exactly."

"What time?" I ask.

"Half one."

"That's not bad," Venom says with a grin.

Hades gives him a look. "She woke Jake."

Venom immediately loses his grin. "Oh."

"Then Jake wanted to know why stars shine."

I raise an eyebrow. "What'd you tell him?"

"I didn't." Hades blows out a breath. "Evie did."

Rogue laughs upon entering. "Poor bastard."

"She turned it into a bloody science lesson."

"At almost two in the morning?" Ghost asks as he walks in, Savage behind him.

Hades nods. "I think Jake was asleep before she finished the first sentence."

Ghost pours his coffee, scans the room. His eyes land on the paperwork in front of me. "How bad?"

"Vendor renewals, three insurance updates, two compliance forms, and the minutes from last week's chapel that you still haven't signed."

"I'll sign them today."

I shake my head. "You said that yesterday."

Savage snorts and Ghost glares at him. "I’ll sign them today," he says again.

"I'll believe it when I see it."

The clubhouse continues filling up over the next hour. Sniper strolls in with Jinx trailing behind him, the pair of them bickering over some new surveillance gear Sniper ordered.

"User error," Jinx says.

"Prospect," Sniper replies, "I'm about two seconds from making you test how waterproof it is."

Jinx laughs, but Sniper doesn't.

Onyx drops into the chair opposite me carrying two folders and a coffee. He slides one of the folders onto my desk. "Fuel costs are up."

I look down at the figures. "I see that."

"I'll renegotiate the supplier contract this week."

"Let me know what you need from my end."

He grunts as he opens his own folder.

Spike appears a few minutes later and starts another pot of coffee. Jinx, Spike, and Tiny are great prospects. They know when to work and when to play, and I don’t doubt they’ll make the cut; they’ll be great brothers.