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I’ll do whatever she wants, I realize suddenly. I’ll drop every other case. I’ll leave the bureau for her.
Too intense, too fast.
You’ll scare her away.
“Overdoses?” she repeats, pulling me out of my spiral.
“There’s a street drug that’s meant to emulate a Rut,” I explain, my hand moving from her hair to draw circles up her spine. “But it uses artificial Omega pheromones and painkillers.”
“That’s…bizarre,” she says slowly. “But isn’t that what police and drug task forces are for? Why are you guys involved in it?”
I’m surprised she’s so interested in my work, and it makes me eager to explain to her. “We think outside the box. Some people open up to us better because we seem like normal citizens. Or we do undercover work. We have more resources and fewer rules.”
“Hmm. So, like a spy.”
I chuckle. “Sure. Like a spy.”
“Oh, so do you have handcuffs and a gun?” She lifts her head from my neck and stares down at me, her pupils blown.
“Weapon, yes. Handcuffs, no.”
She pouts. “Damn. That would have been fun.”
I burst out laughing and lean up to kiss her.
I’m incredibly fucked, and I don’t mind one bit.
19
LANDON
“Hey, there’s been another one,” River says. He walks up to my desk as I’m looking at a toxicology report. “This time ten minutes from Isleton.”
I sigh and look up at him. Even though the news is grim, he’s practically smiling.
It’s another reason for us to be near Skylar.
“There’s probably a new dealer out there,” I add. “I can make a trip, probably tomorrow.”
Ever since Skylar entered our lives, there’s been a sort of…truce with River and me. I know he still doesn’t like me, and I don’t particularly enjoy his company either.
But our banter is easier. He doesn’t shoot daggers at me every time I talk to him, and I don’t have to bite my tongue every two seconds.
We have something in common.
We both want to take care of Skylar.
“I can go, too,” River adds. “Try to buy some O and see what happens.”
It’s only then I notice what’s in his hand.
“Is that a macaron?” I ask carefully.
I’m not jealous.
I’m not.
But he must sense it because he smirks at me. “Yeah. Skylar gave me a box to bring back. I forgot to tell you. They’re in my office.”
