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"We’ll discuss that later" He pushed her toward a chair - beside the one Sascha had just taken, on the other side of the table

She sat, while Clay chose to lounge against the wall to their left The mischief leached out of her as soon as she focused on the papers It had been over a week since Jon’s abduction That in ht Sascha up-to-date "I was hoping you could pick out other Psy na shot" Sascha made a sound of utter frustration "If I was uplinked to the PsyNet - "

"Which you never again will be" Lucas’s tone was flint hard

Sascha shot herbefore I was so rudely interrupted" - another scohich Lucas responded to with a grin - "if I was uplinked to the Net, I could run a specific search, but now that I’m out, my data is based on what I knew before I dropped out"

"What about the library stuff?" Lucas asked

Sascha nodded "I’ve been doing research in huht know some names from there" Her voice trailed off, her eyes on a particular chart

Lucas tipped his chair to the ground "What is it?"

"Nothing," she murmured, but her tone said otherwise

Getting up, Lucas walked around the table to lean over Sascha’s other side, even as Clay did the same with Talin It would’ve been very easy to be overwhel Both were undeniably dangerous But Talin felt incredibly safe Because these were men who cared for their women

The revelation shocked her So si as it did the conclusion that violence in one situation inevitably led to violence in another Talin felt one of her strongest barriers fall - there was no longer any worry in her that Clay would one day lose his control and hurt her Even now, he was doing that thing he see with her ponytail

A possessive act But also an act of deep tenderness

Emotions a wet knot in her throat, she tried to focus on Sascha "What do you see?"

The cardinal’s night-sky eyes clashed with Talin’s and for the first time, Talin saw not peace but confusion "Can you show me the other family trees first?"

"Here’s the one they had for Mickey" She forced herself to say his name He deserved to be remembered, to be mourned "Jon’s was one of the most intricate, but they’re all pretty in-depth"

"You’re right," Lucasone of the printouts "How the hell did they e to trace this many relatives and descendants?"

"Easiest explanation is that so records fros do"

"You do?" Talin and Sascha asked at the saain from the top Her heart hitched "Sure," he said, his voice quiet, full of power "The pack historian always does it"

"It’s the best e had in the past of tracking genetics, including any possible inherited diseases," Lucas added

"Like isolated farh the years "The Larkspurs had their genealogy written down in the front of the family Bible"

Lucas picked up the file Sascha had been staring at earlier "Sascha?"

"Yes"

"What are the odds?"

"Precisely"

Talin looked up at Clay "Do you knohat they’reabout?"