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“No” Nothing more to say on that “The wo her to safety”

“Yeah, cause getting in her pants had nothing to do with it, right?”

Fuck him Simon attacked In a second’s time, he had the cop pinned to the wall as his fist twisted the front of Tony’s shirt “Don’t…talk about Dee like that”

A tap on the back of his shoulder “Ease up Tony just turns into an assle when he’s worried”

“He needs to watch that tendency It’ll get him into trouble soon” He held the cop’s stare “Real soon” He unknotted his fingers

“Christ, Dee, where’d you find hi his shirt

“In an alley, one littered with bullets” She pushed in between the two of therunt, then his lips started to curl, just a bit

“Tony, ere attacked right before dawn Souys in ski masks found us at Simon’s house They shot up the place” Her hand lifted to her shoulder To the wound Siotten when he’d had her in that bed “We were lucky to get out alive”

“Hell”

“Yeah, that’s where we are” She sed and Simon heard the soft click “But I’ll be da for the vamps to strike We needed to rest We needed to recover—done that”

Si Knew, and didn’t like it

“Now it’s time to hunt these bastards,” she said “Because I really don’t like it when jerkoffs try to kill me, especially when I’m already down”

“Can’t say I like it aze snapped to him, then back to Dee “You really think you’ll be able to find the va “It’s what I do” Her chin was up The wo death “I eak before, I’m not now”

Yeah, uunshots Maybe she was feeling all good and va, but the woman still wasn’t 100 percent

Neither was he

Not yet

“Brass is leaning on me like a tree about to fall” Tony blew out a hard breath “It’s those witnesses who say they saw you fighting with the vic at Onyx They’re nailing your coffin shut”

Her gaze darted to Siht, Tony Lisa… for the vaer,” Simon said “You know, the cheery kind that co for death Blah Blah”

Tony blinked

Dee gave a little shrug “She pissed me off I lost htened the cop’s face “Too many folks know about that temper of yours It’s not a leap to think you ry one ry you didn’t stop yourself when the stake came out After all, it’s easy to kill, isn’t it? So easy”

The guy sounded like he was speaking from experience As if he could ever compare “Give us time and we’ll prove Dee’s innocent” The words snapped out Not what he’d been planning Si worse The sleep hadn’t been enough for him To recover fully, he’d need so much more