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"Yeah, that won’t piss theain "Whatever I’ve got tooYou got that paperwork from Trenton?"

"Soot that state her shirt?" he asked as he looked back up

"Yeah, in that stack," Pierce pointed to the corner of his desk

"Singleton put a photo in there, too, of course"

Holleh the stack until he found the folder He plucked it out of the stack and looked at it with a shed softly and said, "Think we got any of her face?"

Pierce glanced over and did a double take "Aw, shit Singleton’s gonna get his ass in a sling" He rubbed his hands over his eyes "The cases keep getting weirder, and then that daaze across the two desks at his partner

Holleain, stuck to the side like it always did when he was deep in thought "Wanna go get food?" he finally asked after pondering the universe for a time

It took a moment for Pierce to blink himself out of his stare "Ah, yeah Sure I could use et it over with," Holleman muttered as he stood and pushed away froru to himself disconsolately the whole way

TY slid carefully out of the bed and padded around the roo dressed allances at his bedmate and his frown deepened every ti?

They hadn’t stopped with just one try Hours after falling asleep in each other’s arht to the consequences Ty had taken his turn, giving as good as he’d gotten from Zane At least they’d both be sore as hell today

Ty shook his head and went to the , glancing out at the light rain His entire body ached, and not altogether in good ways He frowned even harder as he stood there, waiting for Zane to wake

The bed growing cool pushed Zane from his sleep and he slowly shifted under the sheet He made a soft sound deep in his throat when he rolled carefully onto his back It wasn’t just his back that hurt He opened his eyes to focus on the ceiling before turning his eyes to the other bed E at theHe looked tired and tense Zane stifled a sigh He knew he should have expected solanced over his shoulder when he heard the rustling and he cleared his throat "Hey," he offered lamely

Zane raised his uninjured hand to rub at his eyes "What ti did we sleep?"

"It’s nine-thirty," Ty answered without glancing at his watch or the clock He looked away from Zane and back out the"How you feelin’?" he asked as he stared at the rain coy," Zane said, his voice still thick and warm fro turning over and going back to sleep

Ty lowered his head and considered the pros and cons of ado to easing some of the aardness anyway "My ass hurts," he finally admitted with a small, wry smile

Zane reopened his eyes to look at the other man He had no idea how to respond to that, so he just looked at hied lopsidedly when Zane didn’t respond The cell phone at his hip began to sing, saving hi further He answered it with a clippedat the number

Once Ty was distracted, Zane let his eyes slide down the wiry, half-clothed body Ty’s ass hurt Zane’s lips twitched Not a good idea to laugh, he was sure But daot out of the bed

He lifted his ar stretch He bobbed his head from side to side, and bones popped He relished the stretch for afor clothes

Ty watched hi distractedly to the man on the phone as he did so He realized with so his partner again Finally, he looked away and shook his head When he spoke into the phone after a long tilanced over when the lyrical language poured out in Ty’s raspy voice He didn’t knohich language it was, but so Middle Eastern; it had that sound Maybe Farsi Much more melodic than Zane’s own rapid-fire Spanish The sound of it didn’t seem to fit Ty’s voice--or hi, and Ty bid thethe phone back onto his belt He turned around and looked at Zane thoughtfully "You feel up to a little trekking today?" he asked, not even pretending to try and explain who had been on the phone

"Sure," Zane answered, shrugging off any curiosity "Moving around will keep ht better of it, Zane glanced to Ty, then down to Ty’s ass, then back up to Ty’s eyes Ty raised an eyebrow and sneered at him Zane bit back the smile and picked up his clothes "What do you have in mind?" he asked as he walked toward the bathrooo see a body duo He had offered the infor for it Perhaps he had been looking for a sincere response, sootten Oh, well

"Are you going to call Morrison or Henninger to set it up? Or are we still steering clear of the office for now?" Zane got into the bathrooer Then he shook his head and started cleaning hio

"None of theo I just need to see them," Ty answered as he turned back to theand frowned at his watery reflection

Zane stepped around the corner and watched Ty for a long moment

When he spoke, his voice was lower and quieter More serious "Crunching profiles?"

Ty cocked his head to the side and cracked his neck with a grimace

"Yeah," he admitted "I just need to see why he left the that response, Zane looked up at the photos tacked on the wall He hadn’t thought about why the bodies were left as they were "Well, get ot work to do" His voice was still quiet, despite the words

Ty turned around and huffed at hi," he informed the man as he picked up the T-shirt he had pulled out to wear It was a white camp-style T-shirt with a brown teepee on the front, surrounded by the words<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>