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“This isn’t Daeued “It’s mine I should be—”

“If it involves you, it’s my problem” Impatience etched into Daely wisp of smoke “I am not a child, daive you—”

“I know” Daemon rubbed his brow as if his head ached “I don’t mean to treat you like a kid, but dammit, Dawson, you knohat you have to do here”

Dee appeared between them, her hands on her hips as she twisted toward Daemon “You have to trust Dawson on this”

The look on Daerinder “This is insane”

Dae the heels of his hands on his forehead “Okay I get your…need to make sure she is safe while she has the trace, and yeah, maybe she won’t say crap, but afterward, you cannot run the risk of soain”

“I can control myself,” Dawson said

“Oh, what the fuc—”

“Don’t ask et to know her” Once the words left his ed with ce to like my response”

Daemon blinked as if he were stunned And it struck Dawson then, that even though he did his own thing most of the time, he never really stood up to his brother Even Dee looked surprised

“You can’t ht

“I do”

“Oh, for the love of baby humans everywhere, you’re an idiot” Dae toe-to-toe with hiet to know her’ and you fall in love” He spat the last word out as if he’d sed nails “Then what? You’re going to try to stay with her? Get married? Have the little house with a white picket fence plus the two-point-five kids?”

God, he hadn’t thought that far ahead “Maybe Maybe not”

“Yeah, let ood chance that Daas going to crack the banister “It’s not iain, shock shot across Dae an outcast! Worse yet, you risk your sister if this happens again”

“Dae with unshed tears “Don’t put that on hilow “No He needs to understand what he’s done Bethany could lead an Aruht here And God knohat the DOD will do if they find out she knows So tell me, is Bethany worth that?”

Dawson hated what he was about to say next, and man, it made him a selfish piece of crap, but it was the truth “Yes, she’s worth it”