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"Wade!"

Hearing his na bass line, Dylan searched the crowd, finally spotting Matt O’Connor and Aidan Rhodes He gestured for Seth to follow, but the other ed back in the direction of the counter

With a shrug, Dylan left his roommate and wandered up the stairs toward his buddies O’Connor, who boasted a shaved head and a southern drawl, served on his squad, and they exchanged a quick side hug when Dylan approached He didn’t know Aidan that well, but the dark-haired intelligence officer was a good friend of Matt’s, and he greeted Dylan with a friendly nod

"Where’s Masterson?" Matt asked

"Playing guard dog He’s got a thing for the bartender"

The other two hed

Matt sipped his beer, then set the bottle on the wide railing "How’s the shoulder?"

"Hurts like a bitch," Dylan admitted

Aidan’s dark brows furrowed "What happened?"

"Banged it up during a training de And I’h when he exahed "Yeah, wouldn’t surprisehis ass about not setting the charges fast enough"

"’S’all good" Dylan sets to report to the base at oh-dark-hundred hours for underwater demolition part two"

"Way to rub it in I’, Matt picked up his beer and drained it "One more," he decided "After that, you boys need to cut over tomorrow"