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Noelle would be e work, she would leave him later He just couldn’t find a way around that fact And if he was this much of a mess no much more of a mess would he be if they actually made love? If he’d actually tried to share his life with her?

If he har going for more You’re a menace

Hell, at this rate, he really would destroy her He’d redone his tattoos before Ava’s wedding, but after what had happened last night, he’d already burned through some of the ink And yeah, okay, he’d redone the tattoos thisif necessary, but he was still treacherous That wouldn’t change no matter what precautions he took

Das off with her Coain

When Noelle had dragged him on top of her, he’d felt the first sizzle and pop Only thoughts of th to keep his arht’s drea her, in a thousand different ways

Yeah, he should have called her this ent, and besides, that’s what partners did Worked together That’s what she had probably hoped for Fifty-fifty, equals in everything Sharing details, and talking things through He hadn’t He still couldn’t If he saw her, spoke to her, his good intentions would vanish like vapor

Have to see her sometime Not yet Not now

The car slowed, stopped, and Hector opened his eyes to find hie of Dallas’s apartathered the coffees and his reader before striding to the elevator A short ride later, he alking down the long, narrow hallway that led to Dallas’s den of iniquity

This was a nice building, one of the o, with clean walls, clean floors, and shield armor on the s Hector had been here a few thousand ti it to his own His place lacked personality, Dallas’s did not Soft scarlet carpet at his feet Vibrant stone walls at his sides Colorful portraits of flowers hanging in every direction

Dallas and Noelle They were a better , Hector knocked on the door harder than he’d intended A few seconds later, that door slid out of the way No one stood in the entrance, but Hector knew the agent had a ca everyone who approached He walked inside, the entrance auto shut behind him

"We’re back here," Dallas called

We? Hector followed the sound of his voice He found Dallas and Devyn in the living roo as a naked human female dusted the coffee table She was short, curved, and stacked in all the right places, and anypenis would have reacted to her

Hector didn’t react to her Only Noelle tempted him past his endurance No one else compared

He’d wanted to talk to Dallas in private He should have guessed Dev’s presence, though The boys were inseparable, and you couldn’t be friends with one and not the other Kinda like with Noelle and Ava

Now his body reacted, his shaft twitching, his ar Shit "Your wife doesn’tother women … work?" Hector asked Devyn as he set the coffees on the table, careful not to initiate any contact with the aze froirl "Silly boy Bride called the service and picked her out for me"

"You mean me," Dallas corrected "Bride picked her out for me"

Hector studied him Tension still radiated from him Bruises were under his eyes, as if he hadn’t slept, and there were sores chewed in his bottoet rid of her I’m here on official business"

"The room isn’t clean Besides, I’m here to cheer up my bestie Bestie--isn’t that what people call their best friend forever? I’ve heard Noelle Tre

"We’ve had this conversation before That’s what teenage girls call the ses, that sounds pretty perfect to lanced around Usually, the place was a disaster area, with clothes strewn about, empty beer bottles everywhere, and food wrappers stuffed between the couch cushions Now there were three stacks of folded laundry in a basket There wasn’t a bottle in sight, and a soft swathe of material was draped over the ar you can do forhim a clear view of her pretty face--and the fear that filled her brown eyes when she looked him over A common occurrence in his presence Noelle was one of the only fely from day one

Twitch, twitch

"Y--yes?" she stuttered

"Get dressed and leave"

Relief replaced her fear "Certainly"

Aed a black and white dress over her head As the material fell into place, it conforh heels, and they clicked and clacked as she hurried out of the apartment

"Now, then" Hector pressed a few buttons on his reader, sending the contents to both Dallas and Devyn’s systems, and fell into the chair across from them He told them what he’d learned about Bobby Marks’s wife, the explosive dinner with the mother, and they decided to hunt Brenda Marks down after checking in at the AIR office in an hour

Every reply from Dallas was harder and harsher than necessary

"So … you want to tellwith you?" he asked

"No," Dallas replied tightly

"He had a vision," Devyn said

"Hey!" Dallas frowned at hi’s a secret, and you tell me that secret is locked in the vault, you aren’t supposed to blab about it"

Devyn blew him a kiss "Hoas I supposed to know Hector would have the key to rumbled "And what’s the key?"

"Your happiness God knows, nothing I’ve done has helped your pissyabout it with the other rabbed one of the coffees and drank deeply "Fine, whatever, but you tell hi blood"

Dread poured through Hector’s veins What the hell was going on?

"Dallas had an unchangeable vision," Devyn said, aze with steady determination "He saw himself in bed with Noelle"

"What!" Hector exploded, on his feet, a pyre-gun palmed and aimed before he realized he’d moved He knew all about Dallas’s visions Knew they were never wrong Knew that predicting the future was one of his many half-alien abilities Damn that ability!