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outside pins. “Mother fu… of a sheep.” His quick save
brought cocoa up and out her nose. She squeaked a choke, dried her nose and
hacked a few seconds to clear her lungs. As her eyes watered, the men rushed
over to examine her. God they were beginning to drive her insane with their
need to help.
    “I’m okay. A bit of hot cocoa down the wind pipe, is all.”
    “You sure?” Dire ran the pad of his thumb down her
jawline. His other hand roamed over her back. Mia arched into his hand,
enjoying his brand of personal attention.
    She cleared her throat. “All good here.”
    “Good, it’s your turn.” He dropped his hands and helped her up. “Let me
take that for you.” Dire took possession of her hot cocoa. When his lips met
the rim, she watched him take a swallow and the way his Adam’s apple moved. At
her swift intake of air, he released her cup. “See something you like?”
    “Just thinking of ways to kill you nicely for taking my chocolate,” she
quipped as he broke out in guffaws of laughter.
    “Let’s go.” He shook his head. They walked over to Rees Volante where he handed her the bird.
    “I got this, brother.” Rees winked at her. “Now just take a deep breath.
Keep your eyes on the multicolored pins and roll us a win.”
    “Oh the pressure. Now is the time to say don’t bet on the non-bowler.” She swung her arm back and
stopped mid-throw causing the guys to groan. The heavy bird dropped like a
stone. Mia adjusted her hold to keep from jarring her shoulder. “Maybe I should
switch hands. Am I standing right?”
    “For the love of God woman, throw the bird,” One of the firemen roared
impatiently.
    “Armstrong,” Dire barked at Quinlan, shutting his brother up with one
word, and then approached her with the swagger worthy of a king.
    “I’m just nervous. I don’t want to cause you to lose.”
    He stepped behind her and cradled her body with his. “Take a deep
breath,” he whispered in her ear. “Close your eyes.”
    “No stealing kisses.”
    “Yeah, bro, no good luck kisses. Keep the odds fair, man.”
    Dire shot a murdering glance at his comrade. “Throw.”
    She threw hard, plowing through all but one pin. Rees handed her turkey
to go again. She tried to get the one remaining one and missed by a continent.
    “Good job.” He stole a quick peck on her lips and dashed to reset the
pins up.
    Mia back peddled to the fire station for a break, settling on a chair
they’d set for her. Alpha came over and draped a blanket over her shoulders.
“I’m not an invalid.”
    “We know but our orders are to keep you bundled while we’re out in this
frigid cold.”
    “Your name is so interesting.”
    “Can you believe it was a great aunt’s name? Part of my
Cherokee history.”
    “Pretty cool though. Mia isn’t nearly as interesting.” Pain started to
throb in her temple, but she didn’t want to disrupt the fun everyone around her
was having.
    “It’s definitely not girly. Growing up with such a strong name was a
curse. It’s why I go by my last name more.”
    “I think your name suits you. I can’t imagine just any woman can deal
with the lot of them out there. How do you do it? All that
testosterone with sex on a stick all around you.”
    “You just have to know their weakness. Once you know a man’s weakness you
hold all the aces. Plus we’re really close and I consider them all family.
Kinda hard to want to fuck family, that and I get to see their unique bad
habits. Definite cure.”
    “Don’t keep me in suspense, do tell.” Mia winced as she said the last,
biting back the sudden nausea rolling through her.
    “Mia, you look like hell all of the sudden.” Alpha’s statement didn’t
deter her from wanting to know all about the men.
    “Tell me the weaknesses. I’m trying to kick the pain meds. I took some
over the counter pain reliever a few hours ago and can’t have anymore yet.”
    “I usually call them by their last name, but will use their first names
so