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I have to admit that I’m aching today. The blast from the bomb didn’t seriously injure us, but it has, certainly for me at least, made my whole body hurt. I feel like I was run over by a truck or at least nearly blown up, which I was, I guess.
Shit, I need coffee.
A cup is suddenly thrust in my direction, and I smile happily at it before I shuffle over to the table and plop my ass down, taking a sip. It’s not until I’m halfway through the cup that I look up to thank whoever made it for me, only to find them all smiling at me lovingly.
“What?” I ask, forgetting that I was going to thank someone.
“Sleepy Ever is one of our favourites.” Jensen grins while the others all nod in agreement, making my cheeks warm and happiness fill my chest.
Outwardly though, I just grumble because I still need more coffee before I deal with anything emotional.
“Did they manage to find Hunt?” Cash asks Trick.
Trick shakes his head, “No, he’s completely disappeared, but they’ve got all the resources that we have trying to locate him. We know the kind of person he is, so we know that he’s not going to stay hidden for long.”
“He’s also extremely well-connected, and that makes me nervous. He’s unpredictable, and we have no idea what his next move is going to be,” Rage adds thoughtfully.
“That’s true, but we can also be more prepared for him and his tricks; we know he likes to blow stuff up,” Riot points out.
“We might even be able to convince Ace to help. I have a feeling that he doesn’t like to leave things left open,” Rafe suggests.
“None of them do. I think if they can swing it with what they have going on, then they will all help. If not, Ace definitely will, especially since his specialty is explosives,” I reply.
“We can cross that bridge when we come to it,” Trick replies, “Mr R messaged and let me know that Rylie is fine, and repeated what Alaric said that they will keep us updated on the situation with Hunt. He also said that Hunt is most likely going to lay low so he can gather his resources before he retaliates or remerges and lets his presence known again. Because of that, he’s going to have us working other cases while waiting for a lead, and when they have one, we will be the first ones called one because we’ve now got the experience with Hunt but also because Rylie wants to be involved and she won’t be able to be if another team handles it.”
“That makes a lot of sense. I’d want to be involved if I was in Rylie’s position too,” Jensen agrees.
“Exactly,” Trick replies.
“And it means that we definitely get to see her again,” I point out.
“It does, but she did tell you she’d call you, so that was going to happen anyway,” Luc reminds me gently.
I sigh, “I know, but it kind of doesn’t seem likely, and we only saw her for a few minutes before she was whisked away by Alaric.”
“Yeah, I get that, but Rylie doesn’t seem like the kind of person who would go back on her word, and I’m sure she’s aware that it means a lot to you,” Atty replies with a raised eyebrow.
“Yeah, I know you’re right,” I say and then change the subject, “have any of you heard from any of Lyric’s men?”
They all shake their heads, and Rage replies, “No, I haven’t, but I did send them all a group message just letting them know that I’m here if they need me, that we all are.”
“I did the same,” Jensen smiles, and nods of affirmation go around the table as they all agree that they’ve done the same thing.
One thing’s for sure: none of Lyric’s men will question whether they’re loved, and neither will Lyric because I messaged her the same thing, and I know for a fact that Jynx and Pete did the same.
“That’s all we can do for now. Just let them know that we’re here for them whenever they need us,” I say, my heart full at how kind and thoughtful all my men are. “I imagine that it's going to be a while before we hear from them. They have a lot of shit to sort through. Years worth, actually, and that’s just what Quinn has been through, not including everything else, and then they’ve got to explain their involvement with Mr R and all of that. Quinn has a lot of things to wrap his head around.”
“Oh yeah, they’re going to be in their world and focusing on their own family for a few days at least,” Luc agrees.
“Alright, we need to get these reports written before the details start to blur, and we don’t report it as accurately as we need to,” Trick announces, making the rest of us groan. None of us are fond of the paperwork that comes along with this job.
“Oh man, do we have to?” Jensen moans, “Can I just write we rescued Rylie and Quinn, and then things went bang?”
Trick chuckles and raises his eyebrow at him, “Obviously not.”
Jensen opens his mouth, getting ready to complain again, when a mischievous light enters his eyes, and he sits up a bit straighter, a giant smile crossing his features, “Wait, are you making Jynx and the guys write up reports too?”
Trick tries not to show his amusement as the corners of his lips start to twitch, “Mr R has requested reports from everyone and sent a template for Jynx and the guys to use to write theirs. I’m just about to send them across with an explanation of what they need to put in it.”
