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“You look good, baby sis. I guess they’re treating you right?”
Shiya smiled. “I’m so happy. My life couldn’t be more perfect. Well, except for this mess. Adam said Gladys tried to kill you two. What in the world?”
Sakura nodded. “She came to Miami with Dad. You can guarantee I’m going to punish her ass.”
“Don’t worry about that, Sakura,” Roger interjected. She rolled her eyes at him, wondering why the hell he was even still there. He seemed unperturbed by her annoyance with him. “I’ve already got a contact picking her up. She’s going for a little ride.”
Sakura’s eyes widened, and Shiya made a startled sound.
“You’re kidding.”
Roger seemed to think it was fine to kill a human if they came against shifters. “She wanted your dad and conspired to remove your mom. When your dad wanted it covered up that she was having an affair with a shifter, he didn’t want the cleanup crew to even have a whiff of Savino, so he ordered Gladys to find another way to dispose of the body. Gladys, unbeknownst to anyone but me”—he preened, causing Sakura to roll her eyes again—“had connections here. She used to live in Miami for a while. Anyway, she called in old favors, and well, you know the rest.”
Adam added on, “Gladys found out we were investigating the murder. At first your dad kept it secret from even her, but she found out and called in a favor to have us killed. She had no idea we were already changed by then.”
“So this is how it is now, huh?” Sakura asked, looking around at them all. “The Keith family is no more, and the balance has shifted toward the beasts?”
“The Keiths are not gone,” Adam whispered, coming to stand behind her. He wrapped her in his embrace, and she laid her head against his chest. Shiya looked at her with wide, happy eyes. Sakura flushed in embarrassment. She tried pulling away from Adam, but he wasn’t having it.
“You’re mine,” he growled low in her ear, and a tingle raced down her spine.
A commotion at the front of the house made them all look toward the door as if they could see who it was. Sakura noted the men drawing in deep breaths and recalled how both Shiya’s guys were polar bears. She already knew Adam’s sense of smell far outdid hers. She glanced up at him, and he grinned, looking proud of himself. Raising an eyebrow, she waited for an explanation, and then heels clicked in the hall, and the door burst open. Her second sister, Shae, appeared there, and Sakura, Shiya, and Shae screamed.
This time, Adam let her go when she charged out of his arms to run across the room and throw herself at Shae. Shiya made it moments after her and threw her arms around both Sakura and Shae.
“My girls, my girls,” Shae moaned, kissing their cheeks over and over. “I’ve missed you two so much.”
She drew Shae closer and stroked her hair as if she were a kid. Sakura felt a pang of jealousy, recalling how the two of them had always been closer than either had been with her. The distance had been her fault though, since she tended to draw away. She took a step back, smiling, but immediately Shiya took one of her hands, and Shae took the other. They squeezed and drew her close, their heads bowed.
Sakura heard a low swish of sound and peered over Shae’s shoulder to find a very silent Japanese man. He was sexy in his build and his intensity, and he stood behind her sister like a sentinel.
Wow.
Shae sniffed, and her man produced a handkerchief, which she took, offering him a glance full of love and adoration. Hm, getting kind of sugary in here. Sakura bit her lip, amused.
“When I called Adam back to tell him we’d come,” Shae explained, “he told me everything about Dad and Gladys. I just can’t believe it. Are we sure?”
“We’re sure,” Roger said, and Shae took him in, running her gaze from his feet to the top of his head. Roger reddened, and Sakura and Shiya laughed.
“I just wanted you to be prepared,” Adam said. “You two had a long flight. Your room is ready whenever you want to get some rest.”
Shae thanked him and turned to Sakura. “Wow, girl, I can’t believe it. You and Adam? And you domesticated him, too! If I haven’t missed my guess, you two are mated, aren’t you?”
Sakura felt heat in her cheeks. “I didn’t do anything to Adam.”
Shiya pinned her with a look. “The man bows at your feet.”
Adam appeared offended, and Sakura suppressed a laugh.
“We always said you wouldn’t get a man, but Adam… I have to admit the boy’s got guts,” Shae added.
“I don’t appreciate what you’re implying,” Sakura snapped.
“Ladies, don’t argue,” Roger said.
“Shut up, Roger!” Sakura told him.
One of Shiya’s men walked up, the bigger Native American guy, and slapped a meaty hand down on Roger’s shoulder. Sakura never saw a fox quiver so much, and she and her sisters laughed at him. The depression eased some having her sisters with her, and Shae seemed to forget she’d just taken a trip of seventeen hours from Tokyo to Miami. Sakura and her sisters chose spots on the couch to talk and touch and sigh.
