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quickly to bite our tongues, no matter how much it hurt us to do so. Do you have any idea how hard it was for us to watch our baby brother getting beat and know nothing we could do would help him?”
    “I hate to say this, sir, but most of us just thought you were going along with it,” Mick confessed.
    A look of anguish passed over Brian’s face. “Even Lester?”
    “Especially Lester.”
    Brian put his face in his hands. “Our mother would never let us near him, so we couldn’t explain the situation to him. Does he hate us?”
    “I think hate would be putting it mildly,” Mick said truthfully. Might as well get it all out there in the open right from the start. No sense in tiptoeing around the bushes.
    “What do I do? Should I go talk to him?” Brian asked.
    For the first time ever, Mick saw his leader at a loss for what to do. It was a bit unsettling and comical at the same time. Brian was always so stoic and put together. It was kind of nice to see that even he could crack a bit at times.
    “I don’t think now is the best time. He’s a bit pissed at us for ripping him out of the world he set up for himself.”
    “But even he has to realise that it wasn’t safe for him there,” Brian protested.
    “True, but he’s still pissed off at us nonetheless. Anything paranormal equals us in his book, so even though it’s the sorcerers who are making him hide out, he’s still blaming the dragons for it.”
    Brian gave a bitter laugh. “Lester always could be stubborn.”
    “And that hasn’t changed. I had to practically drag him out of that ER.”
    “That sounds like my brother.” Brian let out a deep breath. “I missed him so much. I wonder if he even realises that?”
    “Probably not.”
    “Our parents did a real fuck job on his head, didn’t they?”
    Mick shrugged. “It sounds like they did a pretty good job with all of you.”
    “Yeah, they did. Which brings me to the reason why I called you in here.”
    Finally! They were getting to the point of the conversation.
    “What’s that, sir?” Mick asked.
    “I want you to rekindle your friendship with Lester. We need him to be as cooperative and trust us as much as possible. I think you’re going to be the only way that he’s going to open up.”
    Mick had to hide his hands under the desk so his leader wouldn’t see that they were formed into balls of fury. “So you want me to get close to my old friend so you can use him for your cause. How about I get close to him so you can finally get to know him? Or so you can apologise for standing back all those years he was abused? How about that?”
    Brian ran his hands through his hair. “Of course I want all those things, but I’m also running a war here, Mick. We have hundreds, maybe even thousands of captured dragons out there, and we need to find out who is holding their Dragon’s Eyes. Trent thinks he can work a scrying spell to locate all of them, but he needs the help of another sorcerer. Since we don’t happen to have another one of those just lying around, Lester is the next best thing. If Trent can teach him to unleash his powers, we can save countless lives. So you’ll have to excuse me if I don’t come across as Brother of the Year right now. As much as I would love nothing more than to be by Lester’s side, I have all my people to worry about.”
    Mick ducked his head. When Brian put it that way, he did have a point. “Fine, I’ll get close to Lester again. It shouldn’t be too hard, since we were pretty tight before.”
    But will I be able to separate my feelings of attraction from my feelings of friendship this time? I sure as hell hope so or I’m in for a world of hurt.
    Brian gave him a small smile. “Thank you, I appreciate that. In fact, I’m naming you his personal Guardian.”
    Great ! Just what Mick needed. More responsibility where Lester was concerned.
    Mick stood. “If you’re done with me, I’d like to go check on him.”
    “Go ahead.”
    Mick left and went up