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"The police have to know about this now," she said "I’ll talk to theet protection"

He closed the distance between them and pulled her into his arms, his face buried in her neck, lips by her ear "I swear to you, Lauren, that if you don’t leave here with me of your own free will, I will throw you over my shoulder and carry you out of here Hateto be alive when this is over"

She was tre with his touch, with the warmth of his breath on her neck, with desire to turn back tiht he was To have theht they were "I can’t I just can’t"

"She can stay at ht," Blake said fros out from there"

Royce pulled back to look at her, his blue eyes hard with determination "Choose Me or Blake?"

"Blake"

His chest expanded and then relaxed, before he took a step backwards "We have to talk"

"No No, we don’t" She turned to Blake "Please get aze lifted over her head to Royce’s and held a long moment before he stepped aside and waved her forward

Once they were in the Ranger, darkness and silence was all there was, until finally, they pulled into the garage of their building and parked

They sat there a"When I was in the ATF I fell in love with a woent"

Shocked at his personal confession, she turned to look at hi wheel, staring at the concrete wall in front of them

"Yes," she said softly "I knew that"