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And someti evidence or the need to breathe "So a year or so after planting Del, I"ve got all their info froest this cruise and a specialas bait that they can"t resist Found treasure? So fro they"ll want to be able to get their hands on and sell But that"s irrelevant," he said with a violent wave of his hand "I set up the o bad for Porter and Bianchi

There doesn"t actually have to be anything to sell if I kill them before the end of the cruise"

The word "kill" diverted Zane"s attention fro if he and Ty looked like a couple in social situations--dinner at a local restaurant, the occasional shopping trip, even working out in the gy "Even if the planned meet fails, I know their itineraries, I have men on board the ship, and they have nowhere to run"

"But they"re only trying to kill you So far Not me Not Corbin,"

Zane pointed out

Ty stopped short and stared at him, then narrowed his eyes "Delto suspect he really does love Corbin," he responded "So we get rid of him first"

"That would certainly upset Corbin," Zane said It was upsetting hi a loved one He turned his gaze to lock on Ty "Depending on how attached they are, Corbin could be seriously out of coaze went distant, and he shook his head slowly "Both atteuaranteed kill The fall froe, not to o first And there was no way to know if I"d react to the screwy air or if it would kill , butat a case of decompression sickness or some hysteria-induced respiratory distress"

He shook his head "Mai hiet to Corbin?"

"My mind certainly wouldn"t be on business," Zaneof the sense of possessiveness and the need to protect that gripped him when Ty was in trouble His mind definitely wasn’t focused on the business at hand

"No," Ty agreed His eyes brightened suddenly, and he looked at Zane "Unless they intend to take you by force Ar but suspects his motives now He thinks Del would protect Corbin because he loves him But with Del out of the way, they"re free to take Corbin Thatphysical"

"So that Del couldn"t steal," Zane said as he nodded

"With dirty businessmen, who knows? It could be names, account numbers, passwords Hell, it could be a voice print or retinal scan, for all we know So Armen would have to have Corbin in person, under his thuainst the wall "If he thinks they"re in love," he e?"

Ty"s intent eyes focused on Zane for a long moment, his face unreadable "Maybe he knows you"re not in love," he posed evenly

Zane tried to hold Ty"s eyes, but he was quickly forced to look away The intensity of the gaze made him more uncomfortable than he would have expected, because he felt so Del and Zane not being Corbin So about ould happen to either of theone and how thatthe word

"love" around, which truly scared the shit out of hied Zane about Ty"s clai at the Porters He hadn"t been looking at Del and Corbin He"d been looking at Ty and Zane And Ty had looked like he was in love…

Zane shook his head and drew a settling breath, because he was on edge now, and he wasn"t quite sure how to fix it "So Del has outlived his usefulness"

Ty thumped down heavily beside him with his shoulders slumped and a dejected feel about him "I"m not worried about Del He"s safely in jail," he lanced at Zane, one eyebrow raised "But the Bianchis?"

Zane lifted one shoulder in a shrug "He doesn"t seeh roller who dabbles in crime on the side"

Ty sat forward and turned so he could look at Zane more closely

"Zane," he said impatiently "I meant what if they"ve outlived their usefulness too? They"re mixed up with bad people, but they don"t deserve to die for it"

"No, they don"t" It was obvious, seeing Lorenzo and Norina together, how very much in love they were Either that or they both deserved Oscars--or whatever the Italian equivalent was "So you think Ar," Zane posed "And he"s orchestrated this trip tomorrow to clean out his partners and meet the buyers at the sa to peer at Zane with a thoughtful frown "Where"s your head right now?" he finally asked It wasn"t the caustic tone he would usually have used when he suspected Zane"s entle inquiry, which in itself was odd enough toabout what Ar at the belt of his robe

"Seen where?" Ty asked in earnest confusion

"Watching us"

Ty snorted Neither his face nor his nor before he looked away and stood up "Well, clearly, he saw that I"htily as he stepped away

Zane didn"t kno to interpret that response It wasn"t often that Ty stonewalled hi "I thought you said you didn"t think you were acting anyay," Ty answered wryly His back was still turned to Zane His hands were on his hips, and his head was cocked just a bit as he looked out the balcony doors

Zane pushed himself off the couch to his feet and walked up behind Ty He knew Ty could hear hi s like crazy

And Zane thought he ht knohy He slid his arms around Ty"s waist and loosely clasped his hands "No, it wasn"t"