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I pressed a fist againstfor breath Clancy still had his ared his hands behind his back, and fastened a new zip tie He ja as a hood down over hi it to ensure it’d stay on

Without another word, he draggeddeep lines in his face "I need you focused," he hissed "We’re going to be driving for hours and he’ll be in the car with us the whole ti, you have to be the one to shut it down"

I stared at Clancy, taking in the way he angled his head toward us Who’s to say he wasn’t "trying soht now on Cole? He’d controlled farfor hi hih to protect the for a car ride?" he called over

I searched Cole’s face for a hint of Clancy’s influence, pushing down the bubble of fear in lassy, and there wasn’t that blank quality to hi

"Isn’t there a way to knock him out?" I murmured It would be safer For all of us

"Only by force, and I’d rather not run the risk of accidentally giving him a trau in the trunk Tied up, gagged, helpless Just the way I like him"

Clancy’s head snapped in our direction And if I didn’t know hie of desperation to his voice "Oh, there’s no need for any of that"

"You’re not riding in the backseat," Cole said "It’s too risky What if someone sees you, or you try to escape?"

Clancy scoffed "And separate et rid of it?"

Cole shot rinned An unexpected bonus of showing it to the Greens--Clancy had no idea we’d taken the precaution of backing the research up, so to speak

"Ah, now that does sound reasonable, doesn’t it, Ge the door behind us "Maybe taking hiets loose in the Ranch, he could ruin everything" I clenched h the revulsion, the memory of how stupid I had been to ever think I’d had Clancy under my control