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"So now," Rowdy said, still in an analytical ht’ve dicked with thelock? You think he’d use the details of this current cluster-fuck to set you upfor what?"
She just didn’t know She couldn’t iot open soan to pace "Maybe he just wanted to scare you off"
"Surely he never intended for an actual fire to be set," Logan added
Dash pushed to his feet and stood in front of her "You’re not safe here"
But where would she be safe? "Only an idiot would try to strike twice at the sa with idiots" He towered over her, so tall, so leanly muscled "I think you should co such a suggestion, Margo blinked up at him Run? Is that what he wanted her to do? Abandon her job? Adamant, she shook her head "No"
"Where to?" Reese asked, deliberately exacerbating Margo’s overall mood "Your secret cabin in the woods?"
"No" Dash held her gaze "By now it’s not so secret anymore I have another place in o eased hile word out, he leaned forward and kissed her
In front of everyone
Not a wimpy little kiss, either, but a kiss of bold possession and honest caring
As he straightened again, he looked far too serious "The threat is real, whether you want to adan and Reese will back me up on that"
LOGAN AND REESE both raised their hands
"Agreed"
"Absolutely"
Seeing them, Rowdy, too, raised his hand "Just for a little while, Lieutenant Until we can sort this out"
She felt cornered, Dash knew, and he hated that But if she was right, if her father was now trying to throw her to the wolves, then how uments to convince her "Sonificance" She started to turn away, but he brought her back around
"The news has probably already shared the whole break-in By the afternoon every creep out there will know right where you are"
"It’s likely" She put a hand to her forehead
Dash wanted to coddle her--but he knew she neither wanted nor needed that She needed his support
She needed his insistence
"I’ away from the job" He needed her to know that he understand the ience in doing it "Just take a weekend" With , too"
It meant a lot to Dash that the others kept quiet and let him handle it They’d back hio would relent without their input "I know that, honey, and you’re daood at that job No one thinks otherwise"
"You don’t have to placatefor honesty, actually" He used her experience against her "Think about it frole If another cop was in your circuain tried to walk away
Dash again brought her back
"Stop that!" Vibrating with agitation, she fisted her hand against his chest "I need to talk to Yvette I want to ask her about those rims I want--"
"To know she’s okay?"
In a bid to reclaim her calm, she breathed deeply "Yes"
He could alhts, feel her distress She’d just experienced a fraction of what Yvette had suffered and her sy
He understood that better now after learning of her history with her father That very understandable ement, and showed her selflessness
If they had any privacy, he’d cal her tension through sexual release But it would be a while before they had that opportunity
Logan cleared his throat "That can be arranged Today even"
Reese spoke softly "Maybe after your doctor’s appointment"
They both sounded so ill at ease, it o a chance to get riled over his rinned at her "It is endlessly a cops so perturbed"
"Yeah, well," Logan grumbled, "she doesn’t usually coo had the spirit of an Aain that a wo could be so sweet and soft "Your house is done for, honey It’s going to take a professional cleaner to coet the floors cleaned"
"I know"
"Oliver needs a caline the looks on the faces of the other guys Using her cat as a lure was desperate--but he’d bet on it being effective She loved Oliver
Sighing, Margo put her forehead against his chest "I agree But your address was probably never well hidden to begin with, and as you said, this secret cabin of yours isn’t secret anymore I can’t just take Oliver to a hotel--"