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Ride the Tiger: The Six of Swords 
“Um, Dante…”
“Hey, Evan, what’s up?” Dante turned and grinned at the boy.
“Um, do you know where Kale is?” Evan hid that pretty face behind a curtain of hair. “I need to know how he wants his files organized.”
“He had some errands to run. He’ll be back soon though.” Dante grabbed Evan’s hand and tugged him towards the group. “Why don’t you come meet everyone? I promise no one bites… well, except Itsuki.”
“Watch it, you.”
“That’s Itsuki and Aoi. I told you about them earlier.”
“And you shouldn’t believe any of it,” Aoi teased. “Dante has a tendency to exaggerate, especially about us.”
“And that’s Varian. He’s our new bouncer.” Dante pushed Evan forward. “Everybody, this is Evan, my little brother.”
“Little brother?” Itsuki cocked his head to one side, his ears twitching slightly.
“Okay, he’s my twin. But I am older, even if it is only by a half an hour or so.”
“Hi.” Evan waved. Poor thing, he looked nervous. Then again, meeting this lot would be a little overwhelming.
“Nice to meet you, Evan.” Aoi patted the boy on the shoulder then glanced at Dante with a raised eyebrow. “You’ve been holding out on us, Dante.”
“I-it’s not his fault.” Evan said quietly. “We were split up when our parents died and sent to different foster families, what, ten years ago?”
Dante nodded. “That was until he showed up on our doorstep a couple of days ago. He’s staying with me and Kale and helping in the boss man’s office.”
“I just wanted to be useful. Dante and Kale were nice enough to take me in so--” Evan brushed a bit of hair behind his ear.
“He’s better than useful. You can actually see Kale’s desk.”
“That is impressive.” Varian was amazed. He knew from first hand experience what a disaster area Kale’s office was and according to Itsuki, he had seen Kale’s desk on a good day, too.
“It’s not that bad.” Evan shrugged and headed back to Kale’s office. “I need to finish up. It was nice to meet you all.”
Varian watched as Evan scurried off. He couldn’t help it. There was something about the boy that intrigued him. Dante smacked Varian in the head with a bar towel, startling him.
“What?”
“I saw that look.” Dante shook a finger at Varian like he meant business. “You’d better keep those paws away from my brother.”
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