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“Dane” I didn’t like that lethal blade to his voice that sliced through me

He was slipping back into that dark and dangerous place in his mind

I kneanted vengeance And he certainly deserved it Yet it hat he illing to do in the name of retribution that alarmed me

“Kyle, you’re on-watch,” Aun in his holster “Don’t touch the rifle We don’t want to se the prints on it”

“You got this?” Kyle asked me of Dane’s wound

“Yes” I bucked up Forced my hands to steady

Kyle crossed to the other side of the kitchen and said, “My GLOCK’s in my room”

“You’ll survive”

“Seriously, you’re leaving me unarmed with him?”

“The man is unconscious, Kyle,” Amano stated in a flat voice

“Or dead,” Kyle mumbled

“He’s still breathing Just keep an eye on him If he comes to, you knohat moves to use on him”

Kyle’s chest puffed out a bit “You got that right”

Amano left us briefly, evidently to retrieve Dr Forrester fro the estate, which sat in a secluded portion of a box canyon in Sedona Though ere surrounded by breathtaking red-rock forrim world Not withThe scent and sight of itmy throat

I eyed Dane closely, seeing the rage burning within him I had no doubt it took all the willpower he possessed—and then so the shit out of hi the man was already down for the count