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“You were right.”
“Of course I was. What was I right about again?”
“Evander.”
He waits until I say more. I look around to make sure the others can’t hear us before continuing. “She still loves us, but she feels something for Ev. If I force her to give him up, I think she’ll walk away from all of us.”
“I knew it.”
“I asked her to consider dating all three of us,” I blurt out, tensing while I wait for his reply.
“And she was open to it?”
“She didn’t say no. In fact, it was the first real smile I’ve gotten from her in a while. I will say this, though: if we fuck this up, it’s game over. The fact that she’s willing to give us a shot after everything we did is a miracle in itself.”
“And you can handle them being together?”
I nod. “I watch her with you and don’t get jealous. I just need to change my mindset. What about you?”
“I was the one who suggested it, remember? I just needed to know if you could handle this or if you’d walk away.”
“Walking away isn’t an option. I’m not saying this is going to be smooth sailing, but what’s the alternative? We stand by and watch while our wife moves on with someone else?”
“So, operation make Avery fall in love with us again is in full effect?”
“Damn straight. Now, let’s go find her before she has a chance to freak out.” I slap Hawk’s back, and we head to the war room.
Zig is still there when we enter, leaning over the laptop in front of Avery and pointing at something. Ev is working on his own computer, the image on his screen is mirrored on the wall in front of him for all of us to see. The only problem is with how fast the information is moving. Only Ev can understand it when it’s like that.
Hawk walks over to Avery, but I head for Ev and Greg. “Have you found anything interesting yet?”
“A lot, but there’s a bunch of shit to sift through,” Ev answers, his eyes never leaving the screen.
“Did Zig mention going through old case files?”
“Yeah, I’m pulling them up now.” He looks at me. “Wanna help? I’ll throw them up on the other screen.”
“As long as you have them moving at normal human speed.”
He grins before nodding. I walk around him and wait.
“We found a deposit transferred into Cooper’s offshore account from the day after he took Avery back. It was made by a dummy company, but we’re running the name to see if it pops up again.”
The blank screen I’m standing in front of suddenly splits into three columns of information with our code names at the top.
“What do Ophis, Spithra, and Scorpius mean?”
I turn at the sound of Avery’s voice and see her looking at the screen in front of me. “They’re the code names we use in the field. Each of our active teams has them.”
“So, how come there are only three?”
“There’s not. But it’s easier to start with these because these teams are the ones with links to a gifted one,” Ev answers.
“Me and Oz are Ophis. Slade and Jagger are Spithra, and Hawk and Creed are Scorpius,” Zig tells Avery, and she nods.
“Makes sense. It’s not like you’re gonna accidentally say those names out loud or hear anyone else use them. They’re like a safe word, right?”
“What do you know about safe words, Avery?” Hawk asks her, his eyes blazing with heat, making her blush.
