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Hiding in it

Her gaze lands on so behind me at the sa down my spine as I catch the scent of soap and leather

Marcus

He steps up beside le of heat brushes over , I’from all three of them

How did they all get here? Why are they all here? I left Marcus outside just a few o, so he probably never even left But where did the others come from? Did he call them in? Or were they already here?

“What the hell is this, Carson?”

Marcus’s voice is flat and controlled, but anger pulses beneath it My head whips to the side as my eyes widen I don’t think he was here when Natalie said the guy’s name And even if he had been, the way he just spoke didn’t er

Does he know this man?

“Nothin’ at all” Thedown at Natalie as he drops his hand to rest just above the swell of her ass “Just taking care of irl here Don’t worry about it”

He shifts his gaze back toward us, and Ryland shoves pastdown the hall toward them “You son of a—”

Carson lifts a hand just as Marcus rab Ryland’s arm The two friends are alht now, puffed up with a rage I can’t quite understand

“Ah ah ah” The gap between Carson’s teeth flashes again as he chuckles, shaking a finger at Ryland as if he’s a naughty little kid “You don’t really want to do that, do you?”

“You have no fucking idea what I want,” Ryland growls

Carson’s gaze flicks from the man in front of hiined it “Oh, I think I do”

Ryland’s body jerks again, like he’s about to haul off and punch Carson But Marcus tightens his grip, hauling hi in his ear Natalie is still draped around her new boyfriend, clinging to hihtly, shielding herself with his body, but she also seear daddy stand up to the three men who once threatened her