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"If he’s intelligent and not quite insane, he a frustrated, Zane kept hi on the numbers and the data "I want to plot the locations of the bodies to get an idea of the territory we’re looking at" He looked up to see Ty frowning, and Zane’s curiosity got the best of him "Tell me, Grady, why the hell are you here? Why did Burns put you on this case?"

"I understand that there is a pattern," Ty responded slowly, ignoring the question round out patiently He leaned back and rolled his neck "And he putaround and I’ to elaborate

Zane nodded slowly He was starting to see why they’d been paired up for this freak show Ty was good at ood at details and patterns And they so obviously didn’t ell together that they didn’t even need to h here," he announced, closing his file and notebook

"Tomorroe’ll talk with the NYPD detectives, and Serena Scott should return et us access to the scene, or we’ll get access on our own" He pushed back fro else?" His voice was neutral

"No," Tyat the files and frowning

Zane watched hi, "Ready to head over to the hotel? I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for dinner and a drink"

"You drink on duty?" Ty asked incredulously as he finally tore his eyes away from the files

"Doesn’t everyone?" Zane headed for the hall "I have a new smartass partner to deal with, so certainly I can’t be blamed," he muttered under his breath while he walked to the door and out of the lab A few beers with dinner wouldn’t even register on a Breathalyzer with his bodyway to new brainstorms, but he didn’t dare That didn’t h

"You’ve never been a field agent before, have you?" Ty asked with disdain, calling out the question as he re at the files and cri a hosts of his constant night to end the world I’ that you ca over your shoulder, living the part every ue" Zane knew the situation very well "While it’s aduably theto have to figure out how to downshift, or the people ith are going to strangle you You can’t work around the clock and stay sharp enough to crunch this et inside a ain and looked up at Zane seriously "You think those boys down in the ue downshifted before he killed ’em?" he asked flatly

"I think they were locked down as securely as they could get, with no reason to think they’d be found, s," Zane responded, brown eyes hard and unflinching "They’d either already screwed up and exposed theave the down their guard made no difference They were already dead"

Ty just shook his head and snorted derisively He kneas da to let hiht you were safe Feeling safe got you killed

Zane could al to the hotel or are you planning on staying here all day?" he asked

"I’athered his coat and satchel "A different hotel And you’re co for explanation It was the first time the other man had even remotely indicated that he wanted Zane anywhere around hiot it?" Ty responded sharply as he stuffed several of the files in his bag and glared back at Zane "Even if it is you"

Zane supposed he should feel all warrueso Somehow, the sentih "So where are we going?"

"Holiday Inn,no daed A room was a room He’d stayed in better and he’d stayed in worse He followed Ty out of the lab and back down the hall to the elevator "And then?" He wanted to know if Ty’s sudden concern for his well-being included staying in close proximity; he’d planned to come back after dinner to study the ed as he punched the elevator button "Then we see what’s brewing," he answered carelessly

Zane looked over at his partner in exasperation First, complete and total focus on the case, a case that wasn’t even theirlike a norh the question holly rhetorical And not at all coht surprise once they were in the elevator "Only the fun things," he answered finally after a s," Zane echoed, not looking away from Ty once he was pinned by the man’s hazel eyes

"You remember those, don’t you?" Ty questioned with a shtfully "Maybe you don’t," he decided with a sigh

Zane kneith absolute certainty that he did not want this conversation to continue "How ot left?" he asked abruptly He knew Ty had been taking his measure, in h he was sohost of a self-deprecating smile crossed Zane’s lips He knew Ty had no respect for him Frankly, Zane didn’t care He didn’t plan for this joke of a partnership to last long He just wondered who higher up in the Bureau had decided to take hi with Ty "So why hasn’t the uaaround floor "And there ain’t no rules"

Zane walked out ahead of the other man "So we do without" He could live with that Better than working under someone else’s thumb like the past two years "Or we make up our own"

"Yeah, you seeatory sneer

Zane didn’t answer as they walked through the parking garage He drew back into his stony silence, focusing on thinking about the next steps of the investigation instead of the insolence of his jackass of a partner

After checking in to a hotel just a block or two from the swanky establish, Ty Grady Ai the frustration of the day away He had been a little surprised when his new partner had paid for his own room, but it suited him just fine He didn’t want to be within ten feet of the fucker if he didn’t have to be Arrogant priss God, the le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>