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There was a pause And as it turned into a serious stretch of quiet, she wasn’t going to help hiht here and now, that he waswith poor iyny, or she was going to find another solution

Hell,to have a happy little conversation with hi over her left shoulder And when he finally spoke, his voice was flat "I need this job, okay? I have to find work So I’d … appreciate … a little leehen it coht burst "A little leeway? You need, like, a football field on that Maybe more You are one of the most offensive people I have everto recognize he did when he really wanted to leave but was oing to help you here If you’ve got so to get s and leave"

Axe looked around, and then he ra friends, it’s about life-and-death--which doesn’t exactly play toAnd yeah, you just sahat that looks like So I don’t really kno to ht?"

Elise shook her head slohile ressive with Troy Yes, I’ but professional with each other"

She judicially edited out the details about their uilty about that even with Axe having thrown the honesty thing back in her face

Okay … maybe she did

Whatever

"You need to be tantao there, that isn’t because you’re a couards do Or … well, from what I’ve seen in movies, that’s what they do I have real work to do here, and I’ve already had to justify my efforts to my father I owed the explanation to hireed"

After a moment, she took a deep breath, and then indicated the space between the this stretch again together Am I clear? We’re done with this If you can’t be up front without being abusive, and you can’t do this job without being out of control, I’ain, not because I think I’m better than you on account of oing ape-gorilla and pounding his chest in front of ain"

Axe blinked a couple of ti happened Or at least … she thought it did

The right corner of hisway More as if she had impressed hi he’d ever expected to feel around a female aristocrat

"Deal" He stuck his hand out "And I’round rules twice It won’t happen again"

Elise released the tension in her shoulders and accepted what he offered, shaking his er palm "Deal"

When they dropped the contact, she leaned to the side and looked around his huge shoulder "Shoot Noe have to try and sot this"