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girls discreetly,
but otherwise looked professional while speaking to Thomas.
    “As you should. The girls have been down here with you for
over three hours now and no progress has been made. I am very disappointed. I
expected more,” Thomas said, disapproval clear in his words.
    “I apologize, Sir. We will get started right away,” Xavier
backtracked. Sage raised his eyebrow in suspicion. This was a man who never
backed down to anyone so his behavior was uncharacteristic. Sage vowed to do
some digging on the man once this training session was over. Half of the day
was already wasted.
    “Xavier, in my office, now. Sage, take the girls to get
lunch. Liam and Angelica are waiting in the dining room for you all,” Thomas
instructed.
    “Yes sir,” Xavier and Sage replied in unison. Xavier stalked
up the stairs, furious, as Thomas and Sage both turned toward the girls who had
now sobered up from their laughing fit.
    “I will join you at lunch as soon as I am done with Xavier,”
Thomas informed them and turned on his heel, fury evident in his stride and the
set of his shoulders.
    “Do you think dear old dad will get rid of that clown and
let you and Liam train us after all of that?” Viola asked, sarcasm dripping
from her voice. “Or are we going to join the circus?”
    “I don’t know Vi but I’d love to be a fly on the wall in
that office right about now,” Cora said, as they began walking up the stairs
from the basement to join Angelica and Liam for lunch. Viola’s stomach rumbled
as they progressed, since she hadn’t eaten much at breakfast.
    “Yeah, so would I, but it seems my stomach has other ideas,”
Viola said and rolled her eyes again.
    Sage followed them up the staircase without saying anything.
His mind was on Xavier’s odd behavior. Neither twin could want to be in on that
conversation in Thomas’ office more than he did. There was something off, but
he couldn’t put his finger on what it was. He decided as they reached the top
of the staircase that if training was postponed for the rest of the day, he’d
spend the rest of it doing his own investigating.
    The girls continued chatting until they reached the dining
room. As they entered, Cora went straight to Liam and sat down on his lap,
kissing him as if they hadn’t seen each other in forever and Sage noticed an
immediate change in Viola’s emotional structure. She went from relaxed and
almost happy to tense, awkward, confused and sad.
    He took a step toward her, leaned down and whispered in her
ear. “Everything okay with you?” he asked, worried.
    “Yeah, I’m fine. Why?” Viola responded with a look over her
shoulder that told him she did not appreciate his concern.
    It then occurred to him that she didn’t know about his extra
power of reading emotions. He wasn’t sure whether he should tell her or not.
She didn’t seem to welcome his general concern for her, so it would only make
sense for her to be furious if she found out he could read her emotions without
her permission.
    “Nothing really, a lot has happened in the last few days. I
was just wondering how you were handling all of it,” Sage replied and pulled
out a chair for her at the table. Viola didn’t say anything else as she got
herself seated and he moved over to sit next to her.
    Sage kept a discreet eye on Viola as he answered a question
from Angelica and Cora moved from Liam’s lap to the seat to his left. Her
emotions became more and more clouded with loneliness and confusion as they all
chatted as a group around the table, waiting for Thomas to arrive before
beginning their meal.
    On the surface, she put on a great show. Anytime she glanced
at her twin and his brother however, he felt a sense of longing build within
her.
    He had to wonder what was going on under the surface of her
calm and collected façade. He made another mental note to try talking to Viola
more to see if he could get her to open up to him. She was family now that Cora
and Liam were mated and