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Ehtened into a thin line "No, but that’s not the point"

Bruno didn’t argue Instead, he picked me up at the waist and carried ainst the trunk of a tree like a freaking surfboard Leaning over, he gave me a quick peck on the lips

I have never wanted to knee a man in the crotch so badly in my life He had no idea how thankful he should have been for that full body bind Not a clue

"Gotta go Love you"

Erim, as Bruno and Rizzoli drove away in Rizzoli’s car She showed"They didn’t disable my car When the spell breaks, you can take it But you have to promise me you’ll be careful Jan is powerful, smart, and he really does hate you I don’t knohy"

I would’ve promised … if I could’ve As it was I just stood there like a freaking statue, my mouth partially open I was so furious I wanted to cry, but I couldn’t even do that I was so completely helpless Every second stretched into eternity Espell wore off, releasing me so suddenly that I stuhtto pass enough that I could have any hope of walking to the car

"Bruno’s going to be pissed if you let her go," Kevin said The whole tiainst the doorja cal to interfere or like he was passing judgment It was just an observation

"Bruno DeLuca can kiss my lily-white ass," Emma snapped

Kevin shook his head "Whatever I’ out of it"

"Good," E his hands in surrender, Kevin backed into the house, pulling the door closed behind hiive him a hard time later

I climbed aardly into E normally Fortunately the car had an automatic transmission I wouldn’t have to try to handle the clutch or shift gears once I got it backed out of its parking spot

Emma pressed her keychain into my hand after I strapped on my seatbelt "Be careful"

"I will I promise" I meant it, too I’m not invincible The events in Mexico showedto sit back and let Bruno get aith pulling a stunt like this No way If I did that he’d feel free to do it again, or soood" Screw that--twice--with so drive froh that I was able to cale of campus Oh, I was still furious, but it wasn’t the blind, unthinking rage that had overcome me when that spell disk cracked open

They shouldn’t have done it and they’d both be getting hell froe the reality of the situation

Doh, and experienced He was in charge of an investigation to capture a terrorist He was entitled to give the orders More to the point, his talent--and greatest gift--was intuition He knehere to be, when to be there, and who he needed with hi to hi lives doing it

It was a bitter realization It hurt, and I hated it But it was the truth So, rather than pull up to the parking lot and flashthere, I drove past and parked in the first shady, curbside spot I found It was a no-parking zone, but I didn’t plan to stay long

I had just started trying to figure out exactly what I was going to do next when Okalani stepped off the curb less than thirty feet ahead of irl of fifteen or so with exotic features, dark brown skin, and hair that would’ve been kinky-curly if it hadn’t been kept cropped close to her skull She’d looked and acted like a kid Now, even though not that much time had passed, she looked older, harder The baby fat had left her cheeks and there were harsh lines at the corners of her mouth