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“How long will it take?” Ivy asked over his shoulder

’Los shrugged “Depends”

A flood of coded information rolled down the laptop screen as Tony listened to the phone ringing at Ryder’s To hilyphics, but to Carlos the gobbledygook was the solution to a riddle

Ryder wasn’t answering Tony left aup

“There you are,” Carlosthe streaed the Ivy’s screensaver

A Magic Battledo a ht red hair stood next to the warrior, drawing back the string of her bow and ai a fire arrow at an unseen enemy

The tech guy’s jaw practically hit the desk and his spine snapped straight “Dios mío”

“You’re not going to give h tone didn’t quite cover the quiver underneath “I started playing in rehab Soyet another self-help book Anyway, I like that it requires you to think strategically and always be one step ahead of your eneood practice for life”

Carlos shot out of his chair and whirled to face her “Scarlett?”

She froze for an electric ht of her wide blue eyes on him “How— Who—”

He sed “It’s me…Zephyr”

Pink tinged her face, drowning the freckles dusting her high cheekbones “Ohher ar into the crook of her neck, squeezing so tightly it had to be li capacity “Zephyr!”

“But you’re a supermodel You can’t be Scarlett”

Tony looked at them incredulously “What the hell, people?”

Carlos glanced at hiht? Well, Scarlett—Ivy—is my partner, has been for more than a year”