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Their situation was different They were led by not one authority figure but two The twins, Nathan and Joe And the two didn’t handle their team as Steele and Rio did He wasn’t critical of Rio or Steele in the least They kicked ass and got the job done no matter what But Joe and Nathan included their tea They worked as a true unit Fro in, Swanny wasn’t even sure sonize as considered the "leader" They worked in perfect har up at different ti when it ca if he said he didn’t have a very personal stake in this rateful that no one had tried to talk hiet involved or warn hi objectivity They accepted it cal else thrown their way It was another thing he adot worked up or sweated the small stuff They were laid back except when it came to a job Then they were all business and worked sea off one another That kind of loyalty and camaraderie was never just there fro that had to be worked on Earned And for the first while after their teaether, learning one another and bonding It had er both individually and as a team

They were a small team compared to the others One fewer inal team Rio had lost one man several years earlier when the Kelly matriarch had been abducted from the hospital, and then he’d lost another h the man wasn’t dead Lucky, but not dead Swanny understood now the control it must have taken for Rio not to kill his man after he betrayed Rio’s woman, Grace Because he’d damn sure lay to waste anyone who fked with Eden Especially if it was so another member to Rio’s team, which would put them at six, which would then leave Swanny’s team with five They could probably use another man--or woman--but Swanny was reluctant to coroup that worked together like a well-oiled machine

"Swanny?"

Eden’s soft voice cahts Dae in the hallhile they talked stupid shit and Swanny was getting in touch with his inner self He ether Histo iven that there would be only three people for Eden’s protection tonight

Eden pushed her way up beside Swanny and then se and Skylar

"Skylar, you look a!" Eden exclaimed "Did I not tell you the saleslady would not steer you wrong? That dress looks absolutely stunning on you"

Skylar’s eyes gloith pleasure at the compliment from Eden And it was said so sincerely that there was no doubt she wasn’t speaking from the heart No artifice or careful politeness froly honest and straightforward Yet s he loved about Eden

"And Edge Wow!" Eden said, casting an ade physique "You clean up daood You look polished and yet you still have that air of danger that surrounds you, like soest du that Skylar will have to be careful or you’ll have wo man actually blushed Swanny blinked in astonishe re told by his dreaht it too and quickly lifted her clutch to cover her e stare speechlessly at Eden

But then Eden just had that effect on enuine Not a fake bone in her body Her se was no different than anyone else in that regard He was as caught up in her spell as everyone else who cae said, finally finding his tongue "If you all are ready, I’ve arranged a ride We’ll go out the back I’ve scoped the dropoff area Eden said she’d have the tickets dropped off at the front desk, so I took the liberty of collecting those already We don’t want to spend any more time than we have to in line to board"

"They’re VIP tickets," Eden said cheerfully "We’ll have a separate boarding area and separate dining area as well Not as ht out half the VIP tickets so ouldn’t have people on top of us I figured that would put you all at ease more and perhaps you could enjoy dinner and the view better if you weren’t constantly checking out our neighbors, worried they’d juhed The woruntled looks because it hadn’t even occurred to theave hi the possibility of a threat very seriously and was acting accordingly But then he should have known better because nothing she’d done suggested she was anything but a kick-ass, intelligent career woman with excellent business acuoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true">