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Nodding, she struggled to sit upright and blew out a long breath Trick sat up with her and grabbed the glass of water frorateful s like crazy, and the beat seemed so loud in the quiet of the room

Trick shtlass, and he returned it to the nightstand "They’re all so similar I’m always in my display room Always surrounded by my sculptures At least one of them talks to unpowder And then there’s that voice"

"Come here" Trick scooped her up and cradled her on his lap He did his best to re her this way pissed hihtled up to her even as he growled in frustration--the thing that was hurting their ht

"What a, Trick? What has ht over ently "I wish I did, if itthat sleep wouldn’t colanced at the clock "It’s just past six ao sit on the balcony for a while"

"Okay Coed out of the bed with her still in his arms "You don’t have to--"

"Shut up, baby"

"Well, that’s very nice," she rateful that he’d be with her He settled in one of the chairs with her on his lap, and she drank in the gorgeous view of the sun peeking over thesilence, he asked, "You sure you’re up to seeing Clara today?"

"If I could get out of it, I would Packing up Iris’s things isn’t ood time But Clara and Lydia really want me to be there Apparently it’s tradition for the women in the family to do it And it’s hard to say no to Lydia, especially when I know she needs the support What will you be doing with yourself?"

"I’ with Trey, Ryan, and Do We’ve had plenty of tips since we put a price on his head None of theround But he can’t hide forever It ain’t over until the fat lady sings"

She frowned "Who is this lady? What does ithave such iot a tip that said Morelli was hiding near the landfill He’s probably not there either, but"

"But you want to be there with Trey and the other enforcers in case Morelli is, because you want to be the one who kills hi her to see the ruthless intent there She needed to know he’d do it, and he’d do it without ret "And I will be"

"Does this ain while you work off your brood?"

His lips twitched "Probably Marcus and Roni will escort you and Lydia to Bjorn Pack territory It’s unlikely that you’ll run into any trouble there, but I want you protected"

Although she thought two bodyguards was overkill, Frankie said nothing The last two times he’d left her, she’d been hurt First by Drake, then by Rio It made sense that he’d want her to be adequately protected

"Onto a different subject, any news about Geoffrey?" he asked

"I spoke to Edna just before I went to bed According to her, he’s fine" She’d thought about calling hi tothey should do in baby steps