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“Where’s Hunter?” I look toward the hallway and see that the door to his room is open.
“Went to the pet shelter next door,” Dare lets me know. I told him to stay home!
“Is he there alone?” I inquire. I should go. I want to go. Fuck, the security system!
“Ahhhh! Stop the jealous act. First game, then…that.” Ash points at the boxes we placed on the dining table as he drops heavily on the sofa next to Ren and his bracelet snake. “Then you can fuck the old man, or vice versa. Don’t want to know.”
“I’m not jealous!” I mutter. Not now anyway. Unless…“Who the fuck is with him?”
They totally ignore me. Maple suddenly comes drooling from the corridor, aiming right for me—and my leg.
“No! No! Horny dog, we are not compatible. Find an…ugly bitch and hump her!” I move the chair between us and grab the dog deodorant I bought earlier from the top of one of the boxes—the girl at the pet shop assured me it kills any kind of canine odor. I remove the plastic lid and spray it in his direction. A strongly scented misty cloud forms in front of me and then quickly falls on the dog. Maple sneezes a couple of times and after a few seconds, he whines and goes to a small rug near the bookshelves.I won!I raise my arms up in a victory move.
“Ahhh!” Ren is glowering at the TV screen like it’s personally offended him. My game is on, and he just died. He pushes Ash’s head hard. “It’s your fucking fault for distracting me!”
“Like this hasn’t happened a thousand times before,” Ash huffs.
“Is this to improve the house security?” Dare asks me.
“Yeah. Just a few extras. The one you have is actually pretty good.”
“Thanks.”
“You installed the current one, right?” And I bet he was also the one trying to keep Serena out of the system yesterday.
He nods and starts to open the boxes, and I look at him in a different way. He has brawn and brains. The brain part needs work, and I toy with the idea of helping him. But then I push it away. Pretty sure these boys don’t like me very much.
“Dare, the Master needs to help us here first, then you can play together with the techie stuff,”Ren states.
“I told you how to do it already.” I cross my arms. “And stop calling me the Master, I’m Rami.” Only crazy fans call me that. And I have some creepy ones, and I meancreepy,even for me.
“We can’t boost the car, Vel-ma.” Ash pronounces the nickname slowly.
“Gimme the controller.” I gesture to the little ass face. He tosses it, almost hitting my face. “Oh, you deserve what will come to you.”
“Can’t be worse than what I left behind,” I think I hear from him. I’ve seen the medical and police reports. These boys had it rough before Hunter took them in.
I swiftly go over the game settings. The level they reached is not bad, but they need more skills to move over the bridge. I find the hidden back door into the game and add extra skills to their PCs, enough to pass this level.
“Try now.” I toss the controller back to Ash, but it flies past his hands, landing with a thump at his feet. It doesn’t matter how many hours I train, my aim remains crap.
“Watch it!” he barks, but there’s no trace of the usual snark behind his words now that he’s busy playing the game.
I suppose there are worse ways to spend the day. But at this moment, none come to mind.
“Where’s your scarf today?” I ask Dare while taking out the rest of thetechie stuff.
“Fred is sleeping in my room.”
“Never seen a squirrel act like that before,” I tell him.
“He’s blind, but still has his natural curious instincts.”
Oh, I see. “Is Ren’s snake blind as well?”
“No. George has no teeth.”
“I thought snakes could regrow their fangs.”
