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“He’s killing him!”

“No,” Zane said in a hoarse voice

There was so it, though Ty held tight to the largerhim up, head bowed and expression calain It was perhaps the first tio blank like that; he seemed almost meditative Zen-like

Julian tried to duck his head, atte to open his airway, but Ty had closed the hold too quickly After a few , Julian’s body went limp Ty continued to hold him for another few breaths, and then he released hiround When he stood he looked up at the about Ty, from his body to the look in his eyes, felt calm and still

It was like seeing a new person

“Oh God,” Ca his face between his hands and calling to him

“He’ll be fine,” Tyat Zane The stillness was unnerving; Ty was never still He fidgeted and paced and vibrated and bounced and twitched and rocked when there was no other outlet for all the nervous energy he stored up But noas so still it was like looking at a statue

Zane closed his eyes and counted heartbeats, just breathing, trying to hold onto co him, and Zane had no idea what to do about it

“You’re right,” Ty said, the words stirring the tension in the air and cutting through it

Zane blinked his eyes open and raised his head to look at Ty He was still standingdown and his lips were parted, tongue pushing against the corner of his ht Zane had seen the expression before, right before copiers started blowing up He statistically had a very s that off, but Zane didn’t know if he was up to it with sobetween them

“Well,” Zane said with forced lightness, “the extent of e à trois, so I hope you won’t consider me a threat”

Ty looked up at him, his expression one of clear calculation It passed and his shoulders slumped “Don’t be like that, Zane, come on You had to know the kind of stuff I was up to on soether”

Zane sighed “Of course I did, Ty” He was sure Ty had no idea how ht back and forth, trying to shake off the discomfort this entire week had caused

“Will someone please tell h and wavering

Ty shook his head, looking down at Cameron and Julian’s limp form “He’ll be awake in five minutes”

“What the hell did you do to him?”

“Blood choke Cut off blood flow to his brain He’ll be fine”

“Ty,” Zane said in a whisper