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I glared at hi in the car and inclined my head toward Dovie “Get in the car, Copper-Top” She opened her ue, but I just looked at her until she snapped her mouth shut and did what I said

Once she was out of earshot, I stepped up to Titus It was an even match; he was an inch taller than me but just as wide, and thicker with muscles used for protection and security rather than mayhem and destruction We had the same dark hair and similar builds, but his old man must have had blue eyes, because where ht, his were the color of the sky on a su aere related and shared blood ere this close to each other

“I’ back to jail over my dead body, Titus Know it”

He reached out and clae it

“That’s what scares the shit out ofin there Novak wants you dead, or worse, and I knoants ain and running around with soal? You can’t stay out of trouble if you try, and I’ to have to bury you You think I want that?”

I shook him off and shoved him back with a hand on his beefy shoulder

“I’ure this all out She’s totally legal and Race’s sister I’ around with her, Benny trashed her place and is hounding her trying to find Race Moht to worry about me when you snapped those handcuffs on me, Titus”

I went to yank open the door when his words stopped ive Race, keep an eye on his sister, even though he’s the one that set you up, but you won’t forgivemy job?”

I looked at my half brother, the only person in the world besides Race who had ever tried to save me from myself Titus and I were never really close There was a six-year age gap between us and he had always been one to follow the rules, to toe the line asfor survival When I was ten, he had decided to leave o live with a friend of his on the Hill so he could switch schools and get out of the slums As an adult, I didn’t blame him, but as a kid, I felt abandoned and alone Myshoulders and it didn’t seeo live the dream, while I became a criminal to keep up and keep alive

“Your job sucks, Officer King”

“Detective King”

“Blow me” I opened the door and slid in next to Dovie She was looking out theand twisting her hands together She wanted to askoff of her, but she kept her pretty mouth shut

“Go see Gus, Bax”

Titus’s voice was barely audible over the roar of the powerful motor of my car

A drive that should take twenty minutes only took ten as I raced back to the little house in the burbs Going there with Dovie made me hate it less each time I walked in the front door She was like soed and torn pieces of s down in the kitchen and looked at her where she was leaning against the fridge

“We need to put this away” My voice was harsher than norue all along the length of her neck

“Tell ot arrested”