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I grabbed them. Jin started slicing the bread. Damon brandished a knife with the mayo. Gabriel searched through the cupboards until he found some plates, and Ky studied the offerings with a thoughtful eye.
“The best combination of flavors would definitely have to be pastrami and Swiss,” he said. “But turkey and Havarti can give it a run for its money.”
“We’re making sandwiches, not science experiments,” Damon said.
Ky shrugged with a brilliant smile. “Same difference.”
“From an artistic standpoint,” Jin put in, “we could really use some pickles. That splash of green will tie it all together.”
“Add it to the list,” Seth said, jabbing his thumb toward a magnetic pad on the fridge.
Gabriel chuckled, shaking his head, and went to write it on. I looked around at all of them—my guys, together the way we should be—and a lump of emotion filled my throat.
Here we were. One big, weird, spectacular family. I didn’t care if I never got to show another person outside this house my magic. I had everything I could have wanted from my life right here.
“Turkey for me, please,” I said, leaning across the counter to grab it. My fingers had just closed around the package when the front door slammed open.
“Stay where you are!” a sharp female voice rang out. “Hands up and still.”
My heart lurched. We all froze. Damon’s fingers tightened around his knife as several sets of footsteps thumped into the house behind me.
“I said handsup,” the woman snapped. “Rose Hallowell, and possibly present company as well, you’re being taken into custody by the order of the Assembly.”
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