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They agreed that Jerry, if not claimed by the next day, could take up temporary residence in their ground-floor suite.

‘I always knew you were a family man, Jimmy.’

‘Only with you,’ James replied. ‘Tell you what, when the lad moves in with us, we can pretend we’re married.’

‘I shouldn’t like that!’ Thomas feigned horror. ‘We would have to hyphenate. People would call us the Wright-Paynes.’

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“Are you guys done? Yay for you & congrats on the sex, but Gibby says she could have gone the rest of her life without knowing Seth was a screamer.”

“Oh my god,” Nick blurted, starting to panic all over again. “Don’t come down here! Our penises are out!” Seth sighed deeply.

“Ew,” Jazz said. “But also, aw. Don’t worry. I wouldn’t dream of coming down there. I bet it smells weird, like SeaWorld in August.”

"Are you just going to stand there and let the bad guys win?” Gibby was right.

“Hell no!”

“What are we gonna do about it?”

“Kick names and take ass,” he growled dangerously. “Wait, shit. I screwed that up. Let me—”

“Run!” Gibby said. “Up the front of Seth’s house. Get to the roof & then you jump from building to building like a superhero!”

“Uh, I think you’re overestimating my ability to—”

“Do it!”

“Alex, are you sure she didn’t just slip her collar?”

“Do you see a collar, Jordan?” Alex’s voice cracked, and he looked wildly around. “I don’t see a collar. I see a clip without a dog. She can’t undo the little clippy thingy, Jordan. How did she disappear? She fell through a fucking portal through time & space. A shadow ate our dog, Jordan! The fuck are we supposed to do when a shadow eats our fucking dog?”

Now I'm remembering how much I freakin' LOVED the first book!! 🥰

He opened the shopping bag and pulled out a rectangular box that read MY FIRST ENEMA KIT!

“Dad, no,” Nick breathed.

“Dad, yes,” Dad said. He held out the box toward Nick so he could see the picture of a white, thin nozzle on the box. “You fill it with the saline solution and then…” He looked down at the box with a frown. “I guess you just put it up there and then squeeze it? That can’t be right.”

“If you ever call me a groupie again, I’ll sic Jazz on you.”

Nick shuddered. “That’s a very realistic threat. Did you see that thing she did with the knife at her birthday party?”

Gibby smiled dreamily. “Right? She’s so hot. I can’t believe I get to love her.”

“Your kinks are showing. But yes, it was very hot and for a moment, I questioned my sexuality, but then I remembered penises, and nope.”

“Who were you talking to?”

“Jazz,” she said. “She’s with Seth at the secret lair. They were going to see if they could hack into CCTV cameras to try and find out if they could catch a glimpse of Owen. They’ll meet up with us later.”

“Our lives are so damn cool,” Nick breathed. “Say hack into CCTV cameras again, only slower this time.”

“Yeah, I’m not going to do that.

“You and Gibby going to … you know?”

“Are we going to what?” she asked.

“You know,” Nick said.

“I do, but I just want to see if you can say it out loud.”

“I can! I do it all the time!”

“Then you should have no problem doing it right now.”

“Why are you like this?” Nick muttered. “Are you and Gibby going to make the sex?"

“Never mind. I don’t want to talk to you anymore.”

“You asked me to elaborate!”

“Villain!” He moaned, arching his back. “How dare you speak to me as if you have a right to! Don’t you dare think of using your fire powers to burn away my costume, leaving me nude & helpless, though more than willing to participate because consent is important, even during role-play, & I don’t want you to think I don’t want this when I actually do. My safe word is charcuterie, & no, you don’t get to ask why.”

“What are you staring at, boy?”

The boy leaned forward in his saddle. “Be darned if I rightly know.”

The old man laughed. “You got sand to your bottom, all right.” He looked at Emmett. “He your’n?”

“My son.”

“I’ll trade you for ’im,” he said, the old eyes sparkling. “Injuns will pay right smart for a strong boy like this ’n. You got names?”

“I’m Emmett. This is my son, Kirby.”

“Folks call me Preacher.”