Page 26 (1/2)

Mitch sneered, "I can run faster than her"

Coop laughed, "That’s probably true" He gave ht the coroaned and walked into the house

Fitz winked at Coop and I, "She’s in your rooed iveness I opened the door slowly Luce gave ht the tears in my eyes, "Luce, I am so sorry"

She closed her eyes, "I should have told you about hi I’ain" He nodded

I sat down on the bed next to Jack He was holding her hand and stroking it gently

"Luce, we got him He’s dead, like ‘dead’ dead" I said

She smiled, "I knew you would, Evie"

Coop sat at the foot of the bed, "How’s the lung?"

Luce shook her head, "Alht as rain Hoas theMI6 is going to need a new head of their organization We e of retaliation for that one, if or when they discover it was us The commander and I spoke from the ship on the way back to Italy He’s pissed about the daes, but he’s satisfied we kept the A back in if we think it’s safe, but he thinks that MI6 was just one toxic pot He thinks that there is an arms race for the Burrow and we need to stop everyone"

I sneered, "He just wants it for our country We can’t give it to anyone"

Luce nodded, "I agree" We all looked at Coop, "Our allegiance is to our country" I alued but he continued, "We need to make sure that the people of our country are safe, even if it’s froets the Burrow We take the list and put a hit on every person on it"

"Except Fitz"

Coop gave me a look, "We discuss Fitz e need to"

Jack nodded, "I think that’s a fair one"

Luce shook her head, "I’e, "So is Servario, that doesn’t ht reason"

Luce uys"

Jack curled up next to her

"See you next year, when I wake up" I chuckled as I got up and walked to the roouest roo the door, but it opened againsta bed"

I scowled, "What?"

He nodded, "Yeah Fitz and yourfirst watch Your kids have to go to bed soon, this rowled, "No"

He pushed pasta baby"

My eyes were too swollen for hi him I moaned and climbed onto the bed, "You can have the floor"

"Fine" He closed the door I tossed him a blanket and a pillow and curled up into a ball

Of course the opposite thing happened, I couldn’t fall asleep He was out like a light in no ti at him sleep I watched his chest rise and fall, his lips twitch slightly as he got deeper into sleep, and his trigger finger shudder every few seconds He was drea How had he fallen asleep so quickly?

I closed my eyes after a while and remembered how it had felt to kiss him in the casino My cheeks flushed and my heart rate increased I turned and rolled over I was on the verge of just getting up, when I felt so I hadn’t expected The bed shifted and suddenly he rapped aroundinof bliss I had I loved sleeping with another person I hated sleeping alone and he was the only person in the world I trusted whole-heartedly I drifted off to sleep, restless sleep but as counting

When I woke, I felt like I had been run over by a truck I noticed the sun was shining in the curtains Coop was gone I closed the curtains tighter and flopped back onto the bed

I slept for what felt like an eternity and felt more tired when I was finally really awake Coop was back sleeping in the bed again He was under the covers and not wearing a shirt as far as I could see I bit e to look I snuck fro the same across the hall He smiled, "Sleep well?"

I shook hed, "You’ve been there for forty hours, Evie Any longer and ere going to have to cryofreeze you"