In Other Worlds by Sherrilyn Kenyon Page B

Adron’s twin brothers, Taryn and Tiernan, were tremendous sources of information. And that afternoon, they’d provided her with a box full of files and pictures.
    Sitting alone in his media room, she pulled out a handful of old discs to watch.
    The first one was of Adron with a tall, dark-haired man. Adron appeared to be around the age of twenty, with the dark-haired man a little younger. Adron’s long blond hair was loose, spilling over his shoulders as the two of them played a complicated electronic board game.
    Goodness, but she barely recognized her handsome husband. His face intact, his eyes glowed like blue fire while he drummed his fingers impatiently on the table.
    â€œC’mon, Devyn, move already. You’re like watching ice freeze. You keep this pace up and my grandkids will be able to finish the game for you.”
    â€œShut the fuck up, Adron, I’m thinking.”
    â€œYeah, I can see the smoke coming out of your ears. What? You strip a gear or something trying to think? Want me to call Vik over to take your turn for you?”
    Devyn made an obscene gesture at him.
    Before Devyn could do or say anything else, water poured down over the two of them, drenching them completely and short-circuiting the board.
    Adron held his hands out as his expression darkened in anger. “What the hell?”
    The men looked up to see a young Zarina with a hose, leaning over the wall while she laughed at them.
    Adron’s gaze narrowed dangerously. “Oh, Reen . . . You’re going to die. Painfully.”
    Dropping the hose, Zarina shrieked and ran, but Adron caught up to her the moment she came around the fence.
    â€œGet her, Adron!” Livia recognized the voice as Tiernan’s or Taryn’s. One of the twins must have been the one filming them. “Make her pay!”
    Adron slung Zarina over his shoulder as he sprinted across the yard with her.
    Zarina pounded on his wet back as she tried to squirm out of his hold. “I’m going to tell Dad on you if you don’t let me go! Put me down, you overgrown bully.”
    He stopped in front of an inground pool. “You got it.” He flipped her over his shoulder, straight into the water.
    Zarina came up sputtering and coughing. “Oh, that’s it! Devyn! Help your baby cousin! I need my avenger.”
    Devyn came running. His dark hair was cut short and his eyes glowed with mischief. He grabbed Adron by the waist, and the two of them fell into the pool.
    Adron broke the water’s surface, laughing.
    Devyn grabbed him from behind and dunked him while Zarina pounded on his head.
    â€œNo!” Adron’s mother, Kiara, shouted as she ran to the pool. Her eyes were wide with fright, and her beautiful face was stern. She looked like she was about to cry. “No playing like that. You know better. One of you could get hurt.”
    Adron shoved Devyn back before he swiped his hair out of his eyes. “Mom, it’s okay.”
    Kiara shook her head, causing her long mahogany braid to spill over her shoulder. “No, it’s not. I couldn’t live if I lost one of you, and you both know what Shahara would do if she saw you and Devyn fighting in the deep end of the pool. Now get out of there, all of you, and stop playing around.”
    Subdued, the three of them climbed out of the pool.
    Subdued, that was, until Devyn sneaked up behind Adron and pulled his shorts down.
    Livia gaped at the sight of Adron completely naked.
    So, her husband had never worn underwear . . . She smiled at the knowledge.
    Cursing, Adron jerked his pants up and ran after his Devyn.
    â€œAdron!” Kiara shouted, but the laughter in her voice took the sternness out of her tone. “Don’t you hurt him.”
    â€œI’m not going to hurt him, Mom. I’m going to kill him.”
    â€œAunt Kiara, help!” Devyn came running back around and put Kiara between them. Not that she was much of a wall, since she