*Kai*

Business is thriving at the ‘Rogue and Maiden’ tonight, but then I have yet to see an evening when it isn’t. The excellent drinks are delivered by confident girls wearing saucy smiles who know if any guy dare pat them on the rump, the owner will have him banned from ever coming back. In spite of the raucousness, the men behave. No one wants to be on Gina’s bad side … especially her brothers, two of whom, Aaron and Dion, are presently sitting at the table with me, taking long, slow draws of their beer while I prefer the whiskey served in my sister’s establishment.

“Did I earn the...