Rejected By My Brother’s Alpha Best Friends
Lila fell asleep within four minutes of buckling in, exhausted from whatever four-year-old warfare had consumed her afternoon.
I merged onto the main road, radio low, half listening as Maya launched into another chapter of her supply-closet dragon saga.
"—and he only comes out at night because he's 'lergic to the fluorescent lights, Uncle Tristan, that's a real thing, Ms. Patty said—"
That was when I caught the bikes in my mirror.
Three of them. Matching black, riding closer together than casual traffic should allow.
It was probably nothing yet I felt an itching sensation. Bikers rode in groups all the time, and this was a busy stretch of road in broad daylight, nothing that should have set