Take (Fury Brothers #4)

“You can go and color now.”

“Okay, Daddy.” Daisy raced off to where her coloring book and metallic-colored gel pens lay in front of the television.

Colt leaned back in his chair. “Reath said someone attacked you in your lab.”

Frankie fidgeted, and under the table, I pressed my hand to her thigh.

“Yes. My project has military funding…”

Beau raised his eyebrows. “Military?”

“DARPA,” I told them.

Dante whistled.

“It’s an important project?” Mila asked.

Frankie nodded.

“An implant that can create medicine to react to any situation,” I said. “Like contaminated food or water, jet lag, injuries.”

“That’s impressive,” Kav said.

No doubt my brother was already calculating how much money a project like that could make.

“It has the potential to help a lot of people.” As Frankie spoke, she lit up. She leaned forward, giving them more details, and I couldn’t look away from her face.

“I know the military gets first dibs. And that’s important.” She glanced at me. “Soldiers need help to make it easier for them in the field. But then I want to branch out. Cancer patients can get their medication without ports, or being hooked up to machines. Diabetics can get their insulin without daily injections. It has endless possibilities for people with chronic illness.”

I smiled at her and barely stopped myself from playing with her hair.

Then I looked up and saw Dante and Beau watching me. They both grinned. I forced my focus back to my food.

“Reath, you going to find who’s after Frankie’s work?” Dante asked.

“Yep.” I’d already put out feelers, and I was waiting on Donlon to get back to me.

I would find these assholes, then I’d make them regret their choices.

“Frankie, come and see my picture,” Daisy called out.

Frankie rose, and Macy joined her. Soon there was giggling from the rug in front of the television.

“So,” Dante said quietly. “She’s staying with you.”

“I need to keep her safe.”

“The last time anyone around here moved a woman in with them, they never left,” Beau said.

“It’s not like that.”

“Really?” Dante didn’t hide his skepticism.

I took a sip of my drink. “She’s Jack’s sister.”

My brothers all traded glances.

“So what?” Beau said. “She’s an adult. An attractive one.”