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PJ had vanished It frustrated hihborhood, talking to people about her The problem was, no one really knew her The bartender and waitress at the pub where he’d gone to see her that first night said she had been a regular but kept to herself and never talked to other custoone so far as to see the commander of her SWAT unit It had taken all he had not to lose his te information had been more important than his fury over her betrayal

It had been like hitting a brick wall, though At the mention of PJ’s name, the co to do with her Cole told the asshole what he thought about hi his leave

Sixup hard with him He walked to the entrance to the war room, punched in the pass code and then entered As he walked down the short corridor into the main room, he rubbed at his eyes and then scuffed a hand over his short-cut hair in an effort to look somewhat presentable

Everyone was present and accounted for, which runted in the general direction of his teammates and slouched into a chair

"Glad you could er in his voice

"You said it was important Otherwise I wouldn’t be here at all," Cole snapped

He glanced around, frowning as he noticed new faces There was a guy standing close to Swanny and Joe, arht at any ti up both ar behind the short sleeves of his T-shirt

He looked like he’d been in a few too ed hihter because he had the telltale beginnings of the cauliflower ears and his nose looked like it had been broken at least once

Cole tensed when he noticed the fe between Nathan and Swanny She was about PJ’s size but with honey blond hair and deep blue eyes She looked young Far too young to be working on a mercenary teaht His stout

What if they’d called him in to announce that they’d hired someone to fill PJ’s position on the teareet? A "let’sthere

He glanced at Steele, looking for some clue, but Steele’s expression was hard and cold Cole could get a chill just fro at his team leader

"You didn’t hire her to replace PJ"

He didn’t ust was evident for everyone to hear He didn’t care He was in a surly, piss-poor ive a fuck who knew it

He didn’t want to be here Especially if he was going to be told he had a new teammate This chick couldn’t hold a candle to PJ Cole didn’t care what her qualifications were

Steele’s eyes narrowed, and then he glanced back at the wo back to Cole

"She’s a recruit for the new team," Steele said

Cole’s eyebroent up "What new team?"

"If you’d spent any time with your team over the last few months, you’d know that KGI has formed a third team comprised of Nathan, Joe and Swanny and t recruits, Skylar Watkins and Zane Edgerton"

Cole dis, hairy deal was that made Steele call him up T recruits for a team that wasn’t his own couldn’t have been what made Steele call him in

Donovan, who’d been on the phone in the corner, stuffed the cell back into his pocket and then walked over to where everyone else was gathered

"We have a lead on Brumley," he said "We knohere he’ll be in three days’ tih for him to resurface" Donovan took a breath and leveled a serious stare at the others "This one’s big Much bigger than past ones He’s gotten a hell of a lot bolder It’s thought he has well over thirty girls A e of fifteen"

There were griust Skylar’s nostrils flared and her eyes burned with anger

Cole’s pulse accelerated, and his sto that son of a bitch at his es of all the ways Brulanced up at Steele, noticing the savage glint in his eyes

Cole sat forward, propping his elbows on his knees Yeah, he wanted in, but his first priority was finding PJ He couldn’t afford to be distracted by revenge Killing Bru the bastard die would be

He started to get up, his intention to leave Being here with all the hted PJ’s absence even roup was to be detached Do the job Don’t get e able to turn off their emotions

But KGI--his team, headed by Steele--was different It was a hokey bunch of bullshit, but the entire KGI organization wasn’t the average gun-for-hire group They had a conscience Their hteous At least from their perspective, and that was all that was important At the end of the day, if they could look at theood

"Sit down, Cole," Steele said "You need to hear this"

Cole’s jaw tightened, but then he saw the glint in Steele’s eyes It wasn’t anger over the fact that Cole had been about to walk out There was keen interest Anticipation Like soo down

It made Cole stop in his tracks

Donovan picked up a folder fro the occupants of the roo for Bru Which is interesting enough--given his arrogance and the fact that he has sotoo obscure"

"He’s got a damn horseshoe stuck up his ass," Garrett bit out "The son of a bitch is lucky"

"Yeah, hen you add the kind of et someone damn near invincible," Sam said