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custody for drug trafficking, but when Daniel moved to help Kyle fight off Santos, Cody should have shot
him. Instead, he d turned the gun on Santos, going so far as to finish the job when one shot wasn t enough.
Not that Cody had said a single word to anyone since dropping the weapon and getting on his knees before
anyone could shoot him too. Daniel didn t expect that to change anytime soon, so it would be a waste of
time for Kyle to thank him. There was also the possibility, Daniel informed him, that Cody had been
aiming for Kyle and hit Santos by accident, necessitating a kill shot.
Daniel definitely possessed his mother s sense of humor.
On the one hand, Kyle comforted himself while the hours crawled by, when it came down to it, he d
done what he felt he had to do to save someone else s life. It was a pleasant surprise to discover he had
some depth of humanity after all.
On the other hand, he hadn t stopped shaking since.
He shook his good hand out while he sat in the waiting room for Daniel to come back for him,
scowling at the lame one cradled against his chest in a sling. Same stupid arm and shoulder as in the car
accident. The only good thing about it was that it was his left, so it wouldn t stop him from taking care of
himself, and the doctor assured him the pain wouldn t last too long. A week or two at most.
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It felt like a week or two already, sitting there doing nothing while Daniel handled details only God
knew where. He d said he d arranged for Kyle to get home, that any further briefing could be done from
there, but for the most part everything that had happened had already been recorded and there wasn t much
he d be asked to add.
The tracer-in-the-wristwatch story which Daniel told him was a crock of epic shit aside, Daniel
had been wired and just about everything they said from the hospital on had been listened to by the DEA.
Nifty little mic sewn into his rat s nest of a beard. The guys in the van had been in too much of a hurry to
do more than a cursory check of his torso before starting the long drive.
Kyle did try to apologize again for blowing his cover, but Daniel told him not to sweat it.
Hey, we re alive, right? he d asked, smacking Kyle in the back hard enough to push him forward a
step.
Once his vision cleared and the agony faded down to tolerable levels, Kyle had agreed to wait and
here he was. Still. Waiting.
Could be that this was the big guy s idea of revenge.
& in there? a feminine voice asked from somewhere out in the hallway.
Kyle frowned, his ears tingling at the familiar timbre warm, low& frightened?
Jess? he asked, unsteadily moving out of the room, blinking at what had to be a mirage. There was
Jessica all right, standing next to Lucas at the nurse s station, surrounded by the black-uniformed officers
milling around.
She turned and he realized with a shock she was no mirage. Her dark eyes filled with tears and her
expression crumpled as she pushed past someone to run his way. He d only gotten three steps forward
when she crashed into him, her arms going around his neck tight enough to strangle him.
He struggled briefly between his relief at seeing and touching her and his desire to breathe through the
blinding pain. Nature eventually won and he pushed her back slightly. Jess
She didn t budge. If anything, she tightened her hold. Just shut up, Kyle, okay? Please? She pressed
her forehead against his neck, letting out a ragged sigh. You re okay, that s all I want to know right now.
Sort Argument ended when two steely bands wrapped around both of them and what little air was
still in his lungs was forced out on a wheeze. Lucas?
Kyle blinked through stinging eyes, catching a glimpse of his brother s dark head bowed across the
shoulder Jessica wasn t occupying. Maybe it was his blackening vision making him imagine things. Lucas
didn t hug people. He barely acknowledged them half the time.
Need. Air, he managed finally.
They were immediately released from his brother s hold. Kyle stared disbelievingly at Lucas God,
he looked like he d been the one who was kidnapped, shot and rolled on the ground a few times who was
coughing discreetly behind his hand to offset the show of emotion. Kyle took in a few extra lungfuls, just in
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case the two of them wanted to try to squeeze the life from him again, but kept his good arm firmly around
Jessica to make sure she stayed right where she was. Give the woman an inch and she ran ten miles.
What are you two doing here? And why are you trying to break my neck?
Lucas hitched a shoulder. Sorry, I just& we expected to see you in a hospital bed. Or worse.
Kyle frowned, not wanting to admit he was supposed to be in one. I don t understand why you were
expecting anything. Who told you I was here? How would they even know who to contact?
Some sergeant from the local station. I got the call that there d been a shooting and you were
involved.
What? Jessica interrupted. You didn t say anything about a shooting
What was I supposed to think? Lucas continued, pretending Jessica wasn t skewering him with
mental kebab prongs. And while we re asking questions, how the hell did you get all the way up here?
And what happened to your face?
This was the Lucas he knew and loved. But, for a second there, it had been nice to be hugged. Except
for the pain. It s not serious, he said, nodding obliquely to the sling that Lucas had ignored. The
bleeding stopped hours ago.
Jessica s eyes threatened to swallow her face. Bleeding?
I m fine, Jess. Cleaned, stitched and shot up with enough painkillers and antibiotics to run my own
pharmacy.
Stitched?
Oh good, your ride s here.
Kyle looked past Lucas s shoulder to find Daniel there, a small grin on his face as he leaned on the
wall, his badge clipped in open view on his hip.
What exactly did you tell them? Kyle demanded.
Just what they needed to hear, apparently. Hi, Jessica, how are you doing?
Hi, we& She looked up at Kyle, confusion all over her face. He tried to think of a quick response,
but she looked back at Daniel for one instead. What are you doing here?
Federal agent. I was getting my life saved by your boyfriend there.
Kyle winced. That s not exactly what happened.
Maybe not how it started, but that s how it ended. I d be a smudge on the ground if you hadn t
jumped in front of that gun. It was pretty brave, man. Two inches lower and you d have been toast.
You what? Jessica spun, looking him up and down as if there was another hole she missed the first
time she got a look at him.
Well, actually, there was, so he moved his good side a little closer to her, hoping she d miss the thick
bandage under the generic green smock the nurse gave him.
Are you out of your mind? Jessica nearly shrieked. You could have been killed!
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Well, he probably would have been killed anyway, but it s the thought that counts. Daniel seemed
to have realized that she wasn t into the hero thing, because he straightened up while the blood drained out
of her face.
Daniel, you re not helping. Kyle dropped a kiss on her temple, tucking her head back to his good
shoulder. Her hold had gotten tight again. He could feel the fabric of his shirt pulling from the back. I m
fine, Jess. The doctor called it a flesh wound. No arteries, no bone damage. Just some stitches.
You swear? she asked, her voice muffled against his neck.
I swear. You can check for yourself when we get home.
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