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"Obviously," he said, all cool and matter-of-fact. "Anyone messing with you on my turf is messing with me." He
had a point. Even jerks know better than to disrespect the territory's boss. Someone coming afterhere? Total
power move. "Yeah, someone tried to kill me," | said bluntly. "You'd better figure out who."
Jace claimed he was investigating, but honestly, after last night, | wasn't holding my breath. Cole, though? His
turf, his rules-this was in his wheelhouse.
"Givethe rundown," Cole said.
"Check the security footage," | snapped. | wasn't about to rehash the details for him.
"Got it. I'll handle the guy you took down, too," he added, like it was just another chore.
Of course, he knew. Cole always knew.
That guy was one of Wayne's men. If Cole went after him, it'd stir up . Not my problem, though. "Thanks
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for stepping in."
"I've said it before-trouble on my turf
is trouble with me, he said, volgen
sharp with guheriy 8d he didn't
hnb'up right away, which meant he
was gearing up for something else.
Sure enough: "You spent the night with Xander?"
Xander's face flashed in my head, then Jace's, pale and coughing up blood. "Yeah."
"Heh... heh..." Cole's laugh was a weird mix of amused and nocking. "Wow. Respect.”
| wasn't sure what to make of that, so
| just deadpanned, "What? rally
that is mutual conse ght?" rue.
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said, his voice dripping with
amusement before he hung up. The
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| set my phone down, let out a dry laugh, and tried to shake off the mess of emotions swirling around me. With a
deep breath, | cracked open my laptop and got to work.
Even though my body felt like trash
and my mood wasn't winning any
awards, focusing ous was easy
epoyg di rowoff,
though, was Ron's absence. He
always made it a point to show up in
my office, usually with sexcuse
to hover. But today? Crickets. The
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