“You found out?” Zachary looked a little embarrassed.

“What were you thinking, going out of your way to get punched? You know Six doesn’t pull any punches,” Alessia replied.

“If you mess up, you deserve what’s coming. Besides, we agreed to it from the start.” Zachary gave a sheepish grin, clearly not bothered by the bruise on his cheek. Honestly, he’d asked for it–he had no one to blame but himself.

“Lessie.”

He called after Alessia as she turned to leave.

“What is it?”

“I was out of line before. I want to apologize, properly.” With that, Zachary gave a small, earnest bow. “I promise it won’t happen again.”

a half–smile, her response a noncommittal, “Mm.” Then she started walking toward

He hurried to catch up, walking beside her. When he glanced down and caught the hint of a smile tugging at her mouth, the tension in his chest finally

make such a foolish mistake again. He finally understood who his real family was–the ones who truly deserved his

Things were looking up.

they barely had a moment to catch their breath, but it was a good kind of busy. Even though it

own kids who were still in school. They’d started talking about hiring someone reliable who could

major cases, throwing himself into work with

rest of

son, was diligently learning to identify medicinal herbs, laying a solid foundation before moving on to more advanced studies.

third brother, had covered Tristan’s debut song and was suddenly everywhere. His air of mystery and steady stream of new music kept him in the spotlight. According to his dance teacher, Liam was

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