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His eyes were blue, a pretty light blue that should’ve softened the hardness of hiscold and hard, that litter and shine like a honed weapon, so sharp that they hurt to look at for too long That beautiful gaze encased by lashes that were too long and feathery for such a hard and unyielding face could do all kinds of da body behind it Titus was not a htly, and everything about the way he looked transmitted the fact loud and clear

He crossed his arms over his wide chest and I watched shaed I shouldn’t be here, but while I was, I was going to admire the view

“Long time no see, Detective”

His scowl got even deeper and I saw the tick in his jawvein in his neck

“We were never supposed to see each other again, Reeve That’s what Witness Protection is all about You’re supposed to be the federal marshal’s problem now”

I shifted ht from foot to foot and noddedcame up, and I think you need to know about it”

He swore under his breath and lifted his hands up to scrub theht on the top of his head The wild hair and the look on his face almost made him appear feral There ildness in the man and I wondered if he even realized it

“Look, Reeve” He pushed off the desk and reached out a hand to put it on et in touch with the e of your case There’s been a leak One of the witnesses that was picked up in the investigation into Novak and his creas ht He had just flipped and the fed only had him in WITSEC for two months Everyone on the case could be co here, back in the city, is a stupid move and far too risky”

I sighed a little bit and moved around his massive frame so I could sit in one of the rickety chairs that lived across from his battered and cluttered desk I rubbedthe deni he didn’t see the way it wanted to quiver

“Hartht”

Murder was such an ugly word Heavy and unpleasant whenever spoken aloud or even thought The asintolabored It had the power to hurt, the power to change everything, and it had been hauntingaround my neck like a stone locket for years and years

Titus went tense, far tenser than he already was, and his mouth flattened into a brutal line

“What?”

I had to look away He was trying to spear aze and I didn’t want him anywhere near the squishy, soft center of the real me