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Zane nodded "I know," he said in a pained voice "But I still want you"

"So what’s the probleently

Zane raised one shoulder in a confused shrug "You said it: we get along best e’re fucking Hoeneeds to be planned, Zane," Ty answered with a tinge of frustration "Not everything needs a why or how"

"So we just see how it goes?" Zane asked Ty answered with a nod and shtly in return, the vise that had been around his chest finally eased "I’ll try"

Ty reached out and patted his knee almost delicately and then hefted himself off the floor

Zane’s hands alain, but he curled theoes Well, it wasn’t going anywhere right this moment He cla through the pockets for his cigarettes Ty atching hi his lips

Zane turned around When he saatching, he didn’t arettes in one hand and lighter in the other

"Those things’ll kill you," Ty advised in a at Ty ruefully, Zane shook his head and flipped him off as he walked to the door "Leave hed and watched hi," he offered quietly

Stopping at the door, Zane looked back over his shoulder at Ty Yeah, he wanted the da for theot fro the his skin raw He turned around "Give them over, please," he requested quietly

Ty waited for a h and find the tin He held it up and rattled it, then tossed it to Zane without a word Zane caught the tin deftly and looked down at it for a longpast Ty and into the bathroom, where he worked to pry the tin open Ty lowered his head, listening intently and hoping to hear the flush of the toilet instead of the running of the water to fill a glass

Zane stared down at the little pink pills How big a deal was this?

They didn’t hurt anyone but him … and Ty Zane turned his chin toward the door Because Ty didn’t want hiht, he turned the tin over and watched the pills fall into the toilet and sink to the bottom to land on white porcelain Stone-cold sober, he flushed thee can with a clink

When Zane turned around, he saw Ty standing there He took two steps and captured Ty’s ently about his face

Ty returned the kiss with feeling, sliding his hands around Zane’s hips and pulling hier called pro, just a few hours after Zane flushed his pills The young agent told Ty he’d arranged to have Hone of the earlier crime scenes opened for theo and stare, and they had to ot wind of it He also had the personnel files for thes in there

"Like what?" Ty asked curiously

"Like the number of people involved with this case that were in Baltier answered wryly "You and ent Grady," he added

"Ah, fuck," Tytheestured for Zane to hurry and get his shit together "We’ll see you in thirty"

"Yes, sir," Henninger answered before ending the call

As soon as the call was over, Zane and Ty scraot down to their rental car in record time, and set off to drive across town tothe way Tih for them as he drove in the seventy-mile-an-hour traffic He had seriously underesti in apology

In the passenger seat, Zane paged through a notepad of his own scribbling that he’d grabbed on the way out the door "I’," he said

"What?" Ty asked flatly

"Different things from each case," Zane said "No pattern I can see

ME supples from another Time notations from a third"

Ty looked over at hi a differentto clean up after hiht be able to create additional profile infor it’s all not just hu to see a puzzle that’s all been painted over"

"You can stillnotations on a yellow legal pad in his lap

"Is there anythingfrom the murders that occurred after the coh his notes, frowning "No Why?"

"I still think he removed that shit as bait," Ty claimed

"I’m not convinced," Zane muttered

The loose papers scattered across his lap as their car was thumped hard from behind

Ty was thrown forith the ilanced into the rearview mirror and frowned at the yellow cab behind theally tinted until you could barely see through it, and the call nu around in the seat, Zane tried to look as the cab hit theain, harder this time "What the hell?" he hissed Before they could react, the cab swerved slightly to ra the blank and relying on training and instinct rather than common sense as he handled the nearly out-of-control vehicle He watched the cab out of the corner of his eye in order to anticipate the next attack, and he kept his attention on the concrete barrier and his hands on the wheel

Zane pulled his gun out, looking back at the loo the engine and pushing theh to jostle therab the door handle Other cars in the two lanes to their left honked and swerved wildly, skidding to keep frorowled This was the fuck who’d been killing This was the fuck who’d tried to kill theerous glint in his eyes, and he sla the rear end of their vehicle crashing into the front of the cab in retaliation

Biting off a curse, Zane braced hiainst the dashboard just in time with his free hand as they jerked back and forth Ty hit the gas oncebehind

"Goddaet a look through the tinted windshield as the cab advanced again, pulling partway up the passenger side to knock them closer to the barrier "The sides are blacked out, too"

"He wouldn’t risk being seen," Ty said through gritted teeth as he veered the rental car into the cab with a crunch ofstench of rubber Whoever thecar Instead of veering out of control, he turned the cab to ether so hard that sparks flew and srill

"I can’t take a shot, even to take out the tires He’ll kill sounned the cab’s engine to pull up beside theer side The driver swerved over to ser side, pushing them within a few feet of the wall as Ty tried desperately to keep the on his side of the car for another attele" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>