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Callan turned to hiainst the opposite wall, and Mercury felt Ria er drifting around him now It was so volatile that even he could smell it

“Mercury, leave the ca back at hier

“Why? I’m with her It’s not like she can steal the files while I’ her”

“Perhaps it’s not the files but her we’re worried about” Ely stepped into the fray,a careful distance as she stared back at him worriedly

“Dammit, Ely, since when the hell aren’t orried about Ms Rodriquez?” Callan snapped “Security is my concern here”

Mercury stared back at her, aching His chest actually ached from the eyes trained on him, suspicious, cautious

“Mr Lyons, was the order to uncover the caiven by you?” Ria asked, her voice bland, carefully neutral

“Ms Rodriquez, those files are the heart and soul of Sanctuary,” he snapped back at her, his eyes blazing now “I wouldn’t allow anyone alone in this room with them”

“I wasn’t alone,” she pointed out

And Callan shook his head “Until we knohat the hell is going on here, then it’s lowering at Mercury

“I’ll be returning to e ther coffee in with her “You’ll be hearing fro I assume”

She left the rooth and confidence, and Mercury didn’t hesitate to follow her Fuck it He’d put his life on the line for Sanctuary for a decade or longer He’d followed orders, he’d played the good little Feline, and even his pride leader found no trust in him

“Mercury”

He paused as Callan growled his name

Turning slowly, he stared back at the other man, years of what he had believed were trust and friendship hanging between the at him