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“What are you thinking about?” Erica scooted up the bed until she was sitting with her back to her pillohich was now leaning against the headboard

“So you’re definitely not going to go back to sleep, I see,” he told her

“Nope Hard to sleep” She shook her head “Too ht now”

He could see it in her eyes The pain of all that had happened to her crushed hi was going to be okay But he couldn’t Maybe it was selfish of him in a way, but he knew another touch would ruin hiet his plan, his self-iood Not one damn bit

“Have you thought about talking to Sah he didn’t care for ht be the onlyto see He wouldn’t of course It wasn’t so up Honesty Not part of the job Not part of the mission Not part of his makeup Not one damn bit

“Maybe,” she answered “I just don’t knohat I need to do I’m a complete mess, Dylan I have been ever since the Felix incident After what happened with the Russians, I’an to crack

Like it or not, he had to hold her She needed hiet Erica and Carabbed her and squeezed

“Don’t worry, sweetheart You’re dealing with a ton of things There are operatives in the Agency that haven’t seen the kind of action you’ve dealt with It’s a lot”

“Yes, it is,” Ca hireat, baby Trust h it”

“I hope you two are right I just don’t know” Erica leaned her head into Dylan’s chest and he felt his hardened heart soften “I want to go back to our lessons at the gun range You will do that for me, won’t you?”

“Yes, I’ll do it,” he said Tiet the mission underway “I think Cam should join us Don’t you? He’s quite the shot as you saw in Denver”

She nodded and then he saw the subtle signs of her anxiety pop up Her quivering lips Her shallow breathing Her clenched fists He’dDenver It had clearly taken her back to last night in the warehouse

“What tie in her, too

“Late Nearly eleven,” he told hie in the ”

“That sounds great to“What time?”