Austin excused himself and went to the front door, which looked out on a rolling green lawn. He gave a whistle, and two white blurs shot out of a copse of trees and raced across the lawn. The excited wolfhounds followed him back onto the deck.
"What are you going to do with these characters?" Kaela said, scratching Sasha's bony head.
"They'll be my houseguests for the time being. I'll find a new home for them when I go on my next assignment. In the meantime, I'd like to take you on a boat ride."
She laughed lightly. "What kind of boat do you have?"
Austin said, "NUMA and I recently came into possession of a very large yacht."
She put her arms around him and gave him a long and lingering kiss. In a husky voice whose tone was unmistakable, she said, "Just make sure they have room service."
The End