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Mateo’s feet rooted to the floor He looked at Josiahand he swore his fucking insides cracked apart "Lo siento, mi precioso Lo siento It was my fault They hurt you, and it was my fault"

Both Jay and Tristan pushed to their feet They reached hi to hiripped Josiah as tight as he could, holding the man to his chest Javier had hurt Josiah Javier persuaded Mateo to leave Josiah It all tied back to one man From the past, he feared he would never escape

"It’s not your fault, Teo You always did your best byyou didn’t do, to go to prison for soated and Tristan’s job Don’t let us lose you over this, Teo"

Anger made his whole body shake All this tiot hurtbut then, if he hadn’t sent Josiah away, they wouldn’t have Tristan

"Josiah is right It’s a balance, Mateo We’re giving Josiah what he needs We’re telling hiive us e need as well Don’t get lost in the past We will give Josiah his light again, and then let him lead you out of the dark"

His whole life, he had lost Josiah and Tristan lost, too As ut ached, and as intensely as the fire for revenge blazed through him, he would find a way to try and do as Tristan said He had theht, and his mirror, in the darkness

CHAPTER FORTY-THREE

Josiah

Josiah listened as Tristan told them he’d walked away from his job Words like "severance pay" were thrown around, but those didn’t , but that he’d done it for them

Mateo told them he’d made calls to New York That Javier was there He still didn’t know if Javier was responsible for the fire, but he had so into it

Tristan cursed and Josiah’s eyes dropped closed when they heard Mateo had promised a favor in return for information

And then it was his turn He’d told them they needed to keep lines of communication open and not try to protect hi so major, just someone who calls and doesn’t talk I didn’t think much of it at the time, but" Josiah looked at Tristan and Mateo froo to finish the conversation

"Fuck! You should have told rabbed him and wouldn’t let him

Tristan shook his head "They were only phone calls Hoas he supposed to know? He’s telling us now, just like we’re telling his now That’s what et Mateo to control his anger Only Josiah had been able to do that before, and he loved watching that between theet out of calling? It’ll be okay Nothing will hurt us anyain and winked at Josiah Josiah could tell it was an effort, but he did it "There’s our guy We need that, your optimisladly play it He just needed theive hi I should have tried harder I don’t knohy I felt so lost there for a little while"

Tristan cupped his face "We all played a part in it How can you give us e need if we don’t give you what you need?"

The truth was, he just needed them Now In every way Always The three of the, and it was tie that

Josiah s what he wanted Knowing they would give hi, like I’ve been lost"

"Me too, mi precioso I want you so fuckin’ bad" Mateo looked at Tristan "Can I have him? You can fuck me"

"No" Josiah answered before Tristan could "I want you both Together I want to be full of you both I want us to all anchor each other"

Nerves ran down his spine like spiders scurrying doall Two of the hihts overpowered the nerves He wanted this, wanted both his men inside him