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“So for snakes?” I ventured as ht even have pet rattlers?”

“And if he doesn’t have a proble a few scorpions, either”

My stoht be sick”

“The guy was pissed that I stepped in at the bar,” Dane said “Pretty easy to exact his own revenge when all he had to do was open a newspaper and see your face—just like your ether when it’s a well-known fact I own the hotel where you work”

I sank into the chair he’d vacated “Oh, boy Now I knohy you’ve been so ada your exposure on the Internet and elsewhere to a minimum With the exception of the very obvious and simple-to-discover detail that the Lux is yours”

“This is fucking unbelievable,” Kyle …?” He shook his head as his fists clenched at his sides “Great This is just great So it’s not Ari who’s the trouble lowered at Dane “You’re the reason she’s constantly in danger”

“Kyle,” I pleaded, not quite having the ithal for a confrontation between the two of them

“Way to go, Buttercup,” he lobbed back at me I smirked

Dane dragged a hand down his face “What?”

“Inside joke,” I explained Instantly realizing my mistake as his head slowly turned and he shot me a you did not just say that look

I’d made the entire scene worse

“So she really is the target here,” Kyle said, agitated “Because of you”

Dane’s attention returned to Kyle “I think you’ve made your point”

Kyle took several steps forward “Have I?”