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"They woke hiht? After he’d been bitten by a giant dragon? And he said no? Gee, wonder why?"
"You wake up snarky"
I rakedon snarls, which hurt But it was et the security team to walk around the lower levels that are accessible to the, Derek can deal with it And tell Eli to get hoet soht" I started to push the door closed but the Kid stuck his hand in the way "What?"
"You got a text" He handed h the crack in the door "It’s fro the official cell, the bullet-resistant one, with the titanium lid and Kevlar cover I could feel the tiny devices the Kid had loaded into the fancy cover Stuff I had never used They were hard and rounded beneath ertips
"I know it’s none ofterrified but determined "He sends you presents He waited on you when you wouldn’t let Rick go"
Cold, air-conditioned air hurt the back of id, and I re some ofvent, the cell on top
"You need to let Rick go," Alex said, his voice a distant, muffled roar inside my skull "I know broken hearts take tih You need to start living again And stop being such a little girl" The door closed inthe cell The cover was open, the blinking red light tellinga little girl," I said to the closed door "So macho men who’d still be alive if they’d been a little h, so I shouted, "That was sexist!"
"Deal with it!" Alex shouted back
Holding the cell as if it were a bomb--and led sheets After a moment I activated the screen and opened the text Hey, darlin’ Checking in I’m on sabbatical from PsyLED Am in mountains in national park Am okay Will call you soon
On sabbatical In the mountains, where his black were-leopard mate could hunt and roaed to free hiic that kept him in human form, unable to shift into his were-cat His ain So much in that short text, and so little Andould Rick even think I’d care where he was? Rick had always been a player, too good-looking for his own good A chick net And he likely alould be I considered my heart, my once-broken heart And it was fine Not broken anyers cold, I deleted the text and closed the cell Set it on the bedside table I rolled back on the mattress and closed my eyes Overhead I heard the shower start, Stinky/Kid/Alex taking a shower He was growing up, and his advice, while unwelcoet
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