Free Gale, Avery - Katarina's Return [The ShadowDance Club 1] (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour) by Avery Gale Page B

just turning her car around and heading back to the airport. She had always had great instincts when it came to trouble with the “Dynamic Duo,” as she’d often referred to her brothers. And for some reason her internal alarm was pinging off the chart now.
    Sighing, she decided to put everything out of her mind for right now, she’d try to contact Kat again tomorrow. But right now, she was just going to enjoy the peace and quiet and enjoy letting her brothers pamper her; heck, that’s what big brothers were supposed to do, right? Jenna got out of her car and headed up the wide stone steps but knew the minute she saw both Alex and Zach standing with their arms crossed over their chests scowling at her with what she had always called their “death glares” that all was not well in Wonderland.
    Jenna stopped a few steps below them and adopted a similar stance and said, “Well, I’m sure glad to see you both. Oh, yeah, welcome home, Jenna, we’re just thrilled to see you, too. Thanks, big brothers mine, I’m thrilled to be here, too!” She thought she might have seen just a twitch on Zach’s lip, but Alex’s expression didn’t change. Looking past them, she saw Colt Matthews leaning in a deceptively casual pose against the railing surrounding the wraparound veranda. “Oh joy, joy, looks like the backup enforcer has come out to play as well.”
    Jenna waited just a couple of seconds for a response and when they all continued to glare at her, she just skirted around them saying, “Well, I’m going to find Selita, I’m starving. Catch you all later.”
    “Jenna Beth. Office. Now.” Alex’s growl might frighten terrorists and all those international criminals they didn’t think she knew they were still taking missions to track down, but not this little sister, nope, so not going to happen. She turned on him in a flash and stood with her toes up against his, shaking her finger up at him.
    “Don’t you try to intimidate me, Alexander Lamont, I’m not one of your little soldier boys or one of your Club flunkies or a sub you can just order around. You want to speak with me, you ask me like the gentleman Mama raised you to be. I don’t take orders from you, remember that, big brother. That goes for you, too, Zach; and it goes double for you, Colt Matthews. This is not going to end well, let me tell you. I’ve been traveling for the better part of the past twenty-four hours, I’m worried sick about a friend, tired, grimy, hungry, and just plain bitchy. So you might want to choose your battles carefully.” Boy, she was on a roll; she didn’t often let loose on them, usually she found it easier to just work around their silly mandates. But this needed to stop, she was tired of everybody telling her what to do, cripes, mostly she was just tired.
    Colt stepped forward and grasped her elbow, pulling her back until she was facing him. “Well, princess, let’s take this discussion into the office; there is no reason to involve the entire staff.” He began leading her down the hall.
    Alex and Zach watched momentarily, surprised that Colt had actually seemed to be finally taking Jenna in hand, and that she’d allowed it. Alex was sure Zach was thinking the same thing he was, hell, this might actually be fun to watch. This would be a battle of wills of epic proportions. Oh, they were both still seven kinds of pissed off at her, and they were damned well going to make sure she knew it; but, now that it looked like they might actually have some real help handling Jenna, they could get back to their first priority, protecting Katarina.
    Jenna let Colt usher her into the office and sat her next to him on the sofa while her brothers each stood leaning against the fireplace, watching. Their careless poses were betrayed by the set of their jaws and narrowed eyes.
    “Okay, now tell me what the hell this is about so I can get something to eat and crash.” Jenna was just about to get up and leave when Colt put his hand on