Made Mine: A Protectors Made Marian Crossover by Kennedy Sloane & Lennox Lucy

Author:Kennedy, Sloane & Lennox, Lucy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: SKLL Books LLC
Published: 2018-08-30T16:00:00+00:00

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“So they use bats to keep the bad bugs from eating all the grapes,” Dex said as he shot what had to be a third glance at Marek, the guy he was teamed up with for the afternoon. Dex had been on the team a little longer than me, but Marek was relatively new. I’d yet to actually hear him voluntarily speak. Come to think of it, I hadn’t heard him speak at all. But the dark looks he shot Dex when the kids weren’t watching spoke volumes, and part of me actually wanted to be the fly on the proverbial wall once we left, because I had a feeling both men were keeping it chill for the sake of the kids.

“What kind of bat?” Jamie asked. I could see Georgie was just as curious, even though she was still clinging to me like a baby koala.

“The Mexican free-tailed bat,” Dex said. How the hell did he know this stuff? “And the names of the bugs they like to eat are super cool.”

Georgie shifted in my arms. “Like… like what kind of bugs?” she asked in her sweet, quiet voice. I felt Ben’s shoulder brush against mine as he turned to encourage her.

Dex’s smile lit up his face. I could tell he realized what a big deal it was for Georgie to ask a question of him. “Well, one of them is called the blue-green sharpshooter. Can you believe it?”

“Sounds like a superhero,” Jamie said with a giggle. “What are some of the other ones?”

Dex shot me a wink before answering. “In order to learn the names of the other bugs, you have to go say hi to all the men. Each one will give you the name of a different bug who likes to eat these vines. If you can keep track of most of the bug names by the time you get back to the lodge for a snack, you’ll earn your very own magnifying glass from a man named Keller, who’s in charge of the vines. You’ll also get to meet Merlin, who is one of the vineyard dogs. It’s his job to scare off the bigger pests like rabbits and birds.”

Georgie’s smile grew noticeably larger when she heard about meeting yet another dog. We’d brought Bullet and Piper with us, and I knew Blue or Tristan Marian would be waiting for us back at the lodge with their daughter and some kid-friendly snack food. I anticipated Ben’s less-than-thrilled reaction when he realized this treasure hunt of sorts ended with more of Griff’s adopted family.

As we moved away from Dex to head toward the area where Cruz and his older brother, Matias, were stationed, Ben’s foot must have caught on something because I heard and felt him stumble. My arm shot out to grab for his waist before he could fall, and I pulled him back against me as tight as I could.

For a split second, I had Georgie in one arm and Ben in the other, and everything was right in my world.

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