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Chapter One
~Seamus O’Malley~
Code Name: Cookie
“Hey, check it out,” I said, motioning with my head toward the table next to ours. “Merlin is making his move.”
Diesel and Troy turned to look in unison.
“He’s wasting his time,” Troy assured me, turning back immediately to face me. “Dane is super straight.”
“Super straight?” Diesel raised an eyebrow at his boyfriend. “Does that come with a cape?”
“Might as well,” Troy answered firmly.
“Well,” I said, shrugging as I picked up my beer. “Merlin doesn’t believe straight men exist.”
“How do you mean?” Troy asked, his eyes widening in obvious surprise.
“Well, he’s never had one turn him down yet,” I explained. “And honestly…look at him.”
Troy turned back and seemed to study Merlin for a moment before turning back and shrugging. “He’s not that hot.”
“Yes, he is,” Diesel and I said in unison, before we both started cracking up.
“Have you and he…” Troy glared at Diesel.
“No!” Diesel answered quickly. “No one inter squad has ever—”
“Has yet,” I interrupted.
“Fair,” Diesel acknowledged, tilting the neck of his beer bottle toward me before taking a long sip. “Clearly Scout and Raptor are going to end up together.”
“Like a God damned fairy tale,” I agreed, saluting him with my own drink before knocking it back and draining my glass.
My gaze drifted around the room until I spotted the men in question, sequestered at their own table, heads together as they stared at Scout’s computer. How neither of them could see how crazy they were about each other was beyond me.
Well, in all fairness, Scout knew exactly how he felt about Raptor, but Raptor was clueless. How a man got to be his age and still not latch on to a single clue was beyond me, but it was also none of my business.
“There they go,” Diesel murmured, his tone thick with humor.
I looked back to see Merlin and Dane walking out of the room together and coughed out a laugh.
“The magic man in action,” I said, shaking my head in amazement.
“They’re probably going to talk about monster trucks or something,” Troy insisted. “I promise you, Dane is as straight as they come.”
“Oh, he’ll co—”
“Hey, Cookie,” Zane interrupted as he approached the table. “Can I talk to you for a minute?”
Diesel and Troy excused themselves as I got to my feet and turned to look at my friend and commanding officer.
“What’s up?” I asked.
“I wanted to talk to you tonight, while there were a lot of people around, so you won’t yell at me when you hear,” Zane said.
“Hear what?” I asked, narrowing my gaze at him.
