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his brother used their twin bond to speak to him in his head. “I know that,” Abe replied just as silently. “I’m just not sure if they’re lying about everything. You read the reports just like I did. You know Daniel is headstrong.”
    Ben glanced down to the little man standing in front of him. “I’m not so sure about that, Abe. I can smell the fear on him.”
    Abe barely kept his eyebrows from shooting up as shock rolled through him, along with a growing dread that they might have been lied to all this time. “You think they lied to us in the reports?”
    “I didn’t when I first walked in here but now I’m not so sure. He’s so scared he’s about to shake apart.” Abe saw the same rage he felt mirrored in his brother’s eyes when Ben glanced back at him. “Let’s just sign the papers and get this over with, Abe. I want to take Daniel home.”
    Abe nodded, understanding his brother’s need. His skin was starting to tighten and he could feel his other half waking up, which was never a good sign when he was pissed. If he became too enraged, he wouldn’t be able to keep his beast from coming out.
    Abe returned his attention to the others in the room. “Do you have the papers?”
    The lawyer opened a file he held in his hand and laid it out on the table, setting a pen down next to it. “Everything is here just as Charles and your elders agreed upon.”
    Abe’s stomach twisted into a knot at what was the most important moment in his life being regulated to something so simple as signing a piece of paper. Disgusted, he quickly read over the agreement between his elders and Charles O’Shay.
    Everything seemed to be as his elders said it would be.
    Charles O’Shay had received a large sum of money every month for Daniel’s upkeep and care. Daniel was to be given the best of everything—the best education, living environment, and even the best opportunities life had to offer. The house they were currently in proclaimed that at least his growing up years had been the best. The place was practically a palace.
    Abe couldn’t help but wonder about Daniel’s current accommodations if his childhood home was anything to go by. He was a little worried about taking Daniel home to their much more humble abode. They did not live like kings.
    Hell, they still lived in the same house they grew up in.
    Abe was pretty sure he knew why this place was so opulent. In exchange for caring for Daniel, Charles O’Shay would receive one large lump sum when Daniel turned twenty-five and was turned over to Abe and Ben.
    Abe could see no conceivable reason not to sign the agreement, no matter how much he didn’t want to give Charles a single cent. He signed on the dotted line and then tossed the pen down on the desk and walked over to take his brother’s place guarding Daniel so that Ben could go sign his name.
    Ben nodded and walked away. Abe turned his attention to the small man standing in front of him. Daniel was so much shorter than him that Abe was staring down at the top of his reddish-brown head. He was almost an entire foot taller than Daniel, the man’s head reaching mid chest on Abe.
    It wasn’t a bad thing to have such a smaller mate. Abe could actually picture curling up with Daniel somewhere and relaxing in the sunlight as they both slept the afternoon away. And Daniel would fit perfectly in the bed between him and Ben.
    “Is your breathing any better?”
    Eyes the color of dark moss blinked up at him. “I’m okay.”
    “You’ll let me know if you’re not.” It wasn’t a question. Abe would be keeping a close eye on Daniel. He didn’t like the way the man was breathing. It seemed a little too rapid, too labored.
    “I need my inhaler.”
    Abe frowned. “Inhaler?” Daniel had an inhaler? Why was that not mentioned in his medical records? Abe and Ben were supposed to be kept appraised of any and all changes to Daniel’s health and well-being.
    Daniel breathed in as deeply as he could, pressing a