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Trap didn't deny it "I fuck 'element but I need the release" He stated the fact

"This woman is a problem to solve to you That's all she is This has nothin' to do with the woman herself, just the mystery of her You have to know that" Wyatt's Cajun accent was beco that betrayed his wariness

Trap's expression didn't change His icy gaze didn't leave Wyatt's face as he took a long pull on the beer and set it down "You grew up in that farandestured toward the shere Wyatt had grown up "Running wild Living a life Having a family You knohat that's like"

Wyatt remained silent Trap never talked about his past Not ever They'd ether on numerous projects that made both of them very wealthy Wyatt had joined the service, and ultimately the GhostWalker psychically enhanced Special Forces unit Trap had followed

In the years they'd known each other, Trap had never once alluded to his past He sounded like he was gearing up to do just that, and Wyatt wasn't about to blow the opportunity to learn more about what hadhis gaze just as steady on Trap's, lacier

"I had two sisters and a brother Did I ever tell you that?" Trap's fist tightened around the neck of the beer bottle, but he didn't lift it to his mouth "My name wasn't Dawkins back then when I had them It was Johansson" He said the naally in order to keep that shit out of the spotlight To keepme Didn't ith the enemies, but it did with the press"

Had Wyatt's heart clenched hard in his chest He regarded Trap as a brother He had for years He shook his head slowly What kid had eneerous they needed a na Trap take his time

"My brother, Brad, and er than me by a couple of years Drusilla was older by a couple of years Dru took care of us while our mother worked She worked because our father didn't" He raised the bottle to his h it, his eyes didn't leave Wyatt's

Dread built This was going to be bad Really bad Many of the GhostWalkers had difficult lives, which was probably why they made the military their home, but Wyatt knew the hell that was there under all that ice, those blue flalacier-cold,to be bad

He felt movement behind him and

knew Mordichai, another GhostWalker andup behind him He dropped his hand lon by the side of the chair and waved hi on Mordichai to understand--to know not to come near the table or allow anyone else to

"My father despised me I was different, even then, even as a child He wasn't in the least bit logical and half the tiht ofin front of me when he was around, because the moment he laid eyes on me, he had to beat the holy hell out of me"

Trap shrugged, the , and poor Dru tried her best to shield , but already too old in my mind"

Wyatt understood that Trap rivaled soent, but like ifted in certain areas Trap was just plain gifted at everything Along with the brains, he had the fast reflexes and superb body of a warrior

"My father wasn't proud of , he took it as an affront Dru always said he felt threatened by me, but I was a little kid and I didn't see hoas a threat to him"

Wyatt didn't er show in his expression Trap would close down iht control and Wyatt realized why There was rage coiled deep So deep that it was never--ever--going to be purged

"We never told Mos, but one day she saw the bruises and the swelling He'd broken my arm and a couple of ribs She took me to the hospital, and he was arrested While he was in jail, she packed us up and ht Dru, ten We went clear across the country His family bailed him out He had two brothers, both as worthless and as vicious as he was"