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Josh’s hands are on the guy's elbows, trying to push hi for Josh’s neck with histo kiss him!

All the blood leavesheartbeat, straining

He says soht shove I take the stairs two at a tiain, I catch the fucker by the throat and toss hiainst the stair rail

Josh

It all happens in slowto hu stairs, and I'uy away, but he bounces back up like a giant car-lot inflatable, swaying like he's drunker than I am

Then the guy is off me I hear, "What the fuck is this?" at the same moment I see Ezra

Ezra holding Zane's shirt collar Ezra with his burning lake eyes onicy cold then white hot as my stomach bottoms out and my throat closes My heart starts to pound as Zane frowns from Ezra to me

"Ezra Masters?" he gapes

"Get the fuck out of here"

Zane looks atso fast he alrab the bannister

My legs feel like they aze lands onso hard

"Why are you here?" I rasp

His eyes are justholding o

"I need to talk to you" His beautiful, faed up a year, looks both different and the very sa near him, makes my body flush and buzz, and every second that I’ harder

"I don't owe you anything" It's all that I canhe asks for

"So it was real," he whispers, his eyes wide His face takes on a look of shock "Weweren't just stepbrothers"