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She lifted her head, resolve rigid in her eyes as she visibly coaze to freeze a desert

"I can’ton’t tell you anything Now get offon the steering wheel so hard that he inwardly winced Hell, she h he wasn’t sure if it was the steering wheel or her hand that wouldn’t have held up If she thought to infuse strength into her statement, it was an epic fail, because all it did was make her sound and appear even more vulnerable andlost Fuck it all, she looked lost and forlorn Like she had no options No choices As though her path had been decided a lifetio and every year had been spent in preparation for here and now

But he’d caught her slip in speech and knew she was as aware of it as he was She had said can’t, only to hastily aave her unwavering loyalty to, fucking blind? Because if Eliza had stood in his office as Dane had said she’d done, and Dane sahat Wade was seeing now, hearing what Wade heard, then Dane should have cuffed her and sat on her until he pried the truth from her It wasn’t as if DSS didn’t have invaluable resources in the wives of some of the DSS members Especially Anna-Grace Let Eliza weasel her way out of that

"What won’t you tell odda to save the world without thought of protecting your own ass, and it’s obvious you’re scared and even more obvious you aren’t safe Because you don’t back down Ever And any brainless twit could see that you know you aren’t safe"

She erupted, her eyes blazing, hands in tight fists as if it took everything she had not to punch right through theof the car door

"It’s not me who isn’t safe!" she yelled

For a moment he was dumbfounded Eliza was calm and cool under pressure He’d never seen her this rattled even when those sons of bitches had tores they were

She was furious He got that

She hurt He understood that too

She wanted vengeance He could see it in her eyes God, he wanted vengeance as well, and not the kind the judicial system did--or rather didn’t--dole out But whether or not they lined up on the sa to be behind hi on here? She was definitely leaving town But it sure as hell wasn’t on vacation

They stared at each other several long seconds, his thoughts for in meticulous fashion as he quickly assiut clenched, puzzling him, and he played it off as natural concern for any wo to co, and if she was to be believed, the fear that had glittered in her eyes in those brief, unguarded moments wasn’t for herself