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"Wait a minute What do you mean he saved your life? What happened?" Ray followed me, not concerned that he was about to lose his towel

"Trina brought a stake in her fanny pack She decided I’d turned Ian against her" I rubbed the back of ot there in tih and poke ?" Ray stepped close and touched ht Trina had stabbed a hole through h to stain them both I pulled the fabric away from my breast and looked under it

"Want me to check it for you?" Ray tried to put his arm around me

"Not a chance" I usedJust stay out of my way, Ray I’m still furious with you"

"Want rinned fro to do that for more than a month"

"Listen, shifter, you’re just an eainst the ith an arm across his throat

"Exactly, my man You don’t think Respect the lady And her wishes" Valdez glanced at ot Trina’s stake in my pocket, Glory Say the word and your problem’s solved"

"Rafe, I know you’re jacked up on adrenaline, but, for God’s sake, calm down" I putsavage Rafael Valdez, the man who, yes, would die for ainst a dozen uys Obviously he’d decided Ray was one

"He’s done this ti nature And you let hiet aith it" Rafe increased the pressure and I heard so at the Graht after next Don’t you dare hurt hienerous, kind Let hi rock star Of course you’ll cut hiht I just work here" Rafe suddenly stepped back and walked to the doorway "I’ll be out here atmy job Don’t worry I know hed and rubbed his throat but didn’t say anything

I stared at the door Well, that had been enlightening If I didn’t know better, I’d say Rafe had been jealous of Ray No, impossible He’d just been fed up with Ray’s sometimes selfish, me-first attitude I saw the empty supplement bottle on the dresser I’d been just as fed up Noorried What if Ray did the sleepwalking thing? I wasn’t sure Rafe would even bother to stop him if Ray headed for the sun Damn

"Are you okay?" Hell, I did care about Ray And he’d been quiet too long

"Yes, I’m fine" His voice was raspy

"You just need to sleep it off" I hoped What if that suppleht

"That dao" He pulled open a drawer and dropped his towel to pull on his shorts Business as usual

"Don’t worry Rafe and I will both be out of your way once we’re back in Austin" I didn’t wait to see how Ray reacted to that I just headed for the door I stopped,his throat again

"You took a stupid risk drinking Ian’s stuff tonight, Ray I hope it doesn’t h in and then see what I can do to make sure Valdez saves you if you take a walk in your sleep and head toward the balcony" I held up a hand when Ray started to say so "Don’t want to hear it You’re a damned thief Go to bed Or hell Or wherever" I stonored Valdez, who’d shifted back to dog for sleep do? Without ht back on Dah talk or not, I was sick with fear for Ray What if he didn’t heal and couldn’t sing? Or got out on the balcony and fried? I walked back through the living roo out at the sky that was just beginning to lighten

"You wouldn’t let Ray get hurt, would you?"

"What do you think?" He looked over his shoulder at me

"I think that if I order you to protect hi?"

I walked over and jerked the drapes closed until there wasn’t a speck of sky showing "Yes Do your job Protect the vaht at the TV show Okay?"

"Fine Whatever you say, Glory" He walked over and leaped up on the couch "I hear and obey"