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“Primaries?” Ethan asked

“One of them will stay here to shadow Lucy whenever she leaves this house and one of them will escort you to Arizona and then DC”

“I’ll go with Ethan,” I interjected before Ronan could continue I ignored the heat that crawled upon Ronan’s toes bya decision that was solely his, I’d just revealed a pretty big fact about myself

That I ay more emotionally invested in this case than I should be

I remained silent as Ronan’s eyes returned to Ethan “Both Phoenix and Cain are more than qualified for this job, Ethan Do you have a preference for who your primary is and whose Lucy’s is?”

I held my breath as Ethan’s eyes shifted between me and Phoenix

“Phoenix should be Lucy’s,” he finally said as his eyes brieflymine for a fraction of a second

I tried not to react at all, but the fact that Ronan cast a glance at me showed it wouldn’t havewas up

“I’d like to recommend you rest up for a few ive Lucy ti with my family”

Ethan nodded “Thank you I’d like to be the one to tell Lucy about all of this”

To Phoenix, Ronan said, “Would you take him to Lucy, please?” To Ethan he said, “Seth can show you to your rooms so you and Lucy can talk”

I kept my eyes off Ethan as he left the roo myself since I had no doubt Ronan wanted to talk to otten up to leave was proof enough of that

“Do you want to tell uess?” Ronan asked

I took a deep breath and went to sit down on the couch across from him “Does it matter?” I asked “I can keep him safe”

“I have no doubt about that,” Ronan responded “Does he know about your…preferences?”

I wanted to laugh at the polite word he’d chosen to describe my aversion to physical contact

“He knows I told him this afternoon” I paused and said, “I wouldn’t hurt him, even if he…”