Mine to Treasure by Kameron Claire

Author:Kameron Claire [Claire, Kameron]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Snuggle Whore Press, LLC
Published: 2024-03-11T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Janey

Things around the office return to normal. I haven’t closed my door once this week, and I’m training alongside the other handlers like usual. Of course, I have business calls and paperwork to handle, which means I don’t get to play nearly as much as the guys.

But that’s part of the job.

Logan walks into my office with a shit-eating grin on his face. “Conference room, ten minutes.”

“What?”

He doesn’t wait to give me an answer, shouting to the rest of the team the same four-word declarative sentence.

We all file into the conference room and grab coffee or energy drinks from the fully-stocked refrigerator. Since Logan has come on, things around here have gotten a lot nicer. Food for us, yummies for the dogs from Tess’s Treats, and new equipment with updated furniture. He says it's an investment into the business, but I think he just wants to take care of us. It’s only been three months since he came on, but he has already bought the twenty acres to the west of us, found a general contractor, and had an architect draft county-approved building plans. The first survey crew comes out next week, and the week after that, the land should be cleared for construction.

He and Bishop work out of a hundred thousand-dollar class-A RV which he parks on the other end of the parking lot. The damn thing looks more like a rock band tour bus than an office, but whatever.

Bishop fist bumps Saint, the two of them taking seats next to each other across the room from me and Kemp. Even though we’re working towards all of us being equal partners, there is an unspoken division in our ranks. Vale, Barron, Kemp, and I are the old guard. Karden, Linc, Logan, Saint, and Bishop are the youngins’—even though there are only a couple of years separating most of us.

Of course, a couple of years in the Army is the difference between private and NCO, grunt and leadership.

I smile when Saint looks my way, his brow arching slightly. I can’t seem to help but know where he is at all times. Even though things between us seem cool to the casual observer, the two of us haven’t talked anymore since Saturday night. The next morning we woke up, had a cup of coffee, and I drove him back to Karden’s house. I don’t even know if he and Sylvie have talked things through yet. Not that he’s under any obligation to tell me about what’s going on in his life.

Logan attaches his computer to the big screen, another thing he’s brought in over the last few months, and brings up promo footage from the Before Dawn movie franchise. “As of next week, the Mejer Veteran K9 Stunt Academy will be officially open. Since we don’t have our own buildings yet, I want to use the training space to host Brady and his dogs for two weeks while he runs you guys through exercises. Meanwhile, I also want to use the empty building to build an obstacle course for the next film, After Sunset.

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