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“Goddaed ani accusingly at Zane and Julian and even Ca hteen months without so much as a hint of trouble, and now of all people it’s that fking Irishet that cover blown Why couldn’t you have just let me shoot him like I wanted to in the first place?”

Zane’s brows rose higher the longer Ty ranted, and that rigid ball in his chest relaxed If Ty could yell, it would be okay It alas What he was saying didn’t help Zane feel any better, though “Nothing’s blown”

“Everything is blown! Forget whatever Burns wants with him, Zane! He knows me from Paris, and he just made me as a Fed!”

“Who is he going to tell? Who’ll believe him?”

“Hey!” Julian said, affronted

“Don’t borrow trouble We have enough as it is,” Zane continued as he waved a hand at Julian

Ty was silent; Zane couldn’t even hear hi

“Don’t consider a year and a half of work throay before you know for sure,” Zane said “You’re too fking good at… whatever the hell it is you’ve been doing… to just chuck it because of one assle with a bad accent”

“Hey!” Julian repeated

Zane turned to face him as Julian took a step toward him He realized their et pulled into an arguuard before Julian was fully secured

He attacked without further warning, launching hiround Zane heard Cameron cry out Julian’s body was solid and heavy on his as Zane hit the ground hard Zane rolled as soon as his back hit the floor, flipping the Julian over his head He barely had tiain his knees before Julian hit him from behind They rolled across the floor

Zane landed on his back again, Julian pinning hied a jab to Zane’s ribs, and he pulled his fist back again, ai for a blow to Zane’s tehts

Zane flicked a wrist and a knife shot froe to Julian’s midsection

Ty stepped into his vision, catching Julian’s fist in one palainst Zane’s face He twisted Julian’s arer Ty turned gracefully until he was kneeling behind Julian with one ar Julian’s hand back and up

“Stop! Please!” Cameron cried as he stood up and stepped forward

Zane pushed hi hiainst Ty’s arms

Ty clasped his hands together over Julian’s shoulder, closing the choke hold as Julian tried to reach his face to find so tender to jab his thu his face against Julian’s neck,it almost seeh to loosen his grip His elbows landed uselessly on hard roin Ty was too heavy and too low for Julian to flip over his shoulder

Zane realized that Ty hispering to Julian as he tightened the chokehold “It’s okay, you’ll be okay,” he was repeating to Julian even as he rendered him unconscious