Page 17 of Beach Bats

“Are you getting it on back here?”

Gem pulled away to scowl at his brother.

Nix grinned back. “I’m just asking. I don’t mind but I really have to take a piss.”

“We are not getting it on,” Gem said. “Unlike you, we can wait.”

“Oh really?” Nix rocked back on his heels.

“Boy,” Evan growled from the front of the cabin. “You better watch it.”

Nix immediately lost the smirk that he’d been wearing. “I’m being good!”

“I’m a dragon,” Evan said. “I hear everything.”

“So unfair,” Nix mumbled.

“I’ll show you unfair!” Evan called back.

Nix glared at Gem before pushing past them to get to the bathroom. “I didn’t even start this.” The words were barely audible as the door closed.

“He’s such a brat,” Gem said as Nix was closing the door, so his brother would hear him.

Luka grinned. “He’s funny.”

Gem covered Luka’s mouth with his palm. “Never let him hear you say that.”

“Too late!” Nix shouted from the bathroom.

“You will not let him talk you into any adventures,” Gem ordered.

“No adventures,” Luka agreed.

“The punishment will be fierce,” Gem warned.

“Got it,” Luka said.

Nix would still keep a very close eye on his boy and on the troublemaker in the group. At least the house that Gem rented was separate from where Aries and Nix were staying. There were some friends joining them throughout the summer but Gem had plans. The times that they were alone would be filled with fun and naughty times for his boy.

Luka needed a nice long relaxing summer. The end of the season had been stressful with the trade and their getting together. It would be a summer filled with dominance and submission and love. So much love.

And most importantly Luka was learning how a family should protect one another.

4

Vin

Keeping an eye and ear out for the boys, Vin unloaded the groceries that he had delivered. Aries and Nix were standing on the back deck, looking at their ocean view, but the giggles coming from both concerned him.

“What are they doing?” Evan asked as he folded a paper sack and placed it in a drawer.

“I’m not sure yet,” Vin admitted. “Up to no good, I’m sure.”

“It will be all Nix can think about until he finds trouble,” Evan said.

“You’re going to have your hands full.” Vin liked Nix. He truly did. A brat just wasn’t something that Vin craved in his life. He liked his sweet boy. Aries could be cocky when he was on the ice but at home he was Vin’s little one.

“I wouldn’t want it any other way,” Evan replied with a grin. “Besides, I have a few tricks up my sleeves that he still hasn’t seen.”