Chapter 259

• I link Carmen quickly and tell her to meet her patrol partner outside the front door pronto. If I tell her who it is, she’ll run. It’s better to let them thrash it out face to face. She will find out soon enough, and I know she won’t disobey me, even if she doesn’t want to be around him.
• “You really think that’s going to work?” Colton is by my side in a flash, his fatigue waving my way. Catching my hand and yanking me to him with that edge of possessiveness because we haven’t had physical contact enough lately.
• “No, but it’s a start. We must keep throwing them together so it breaks down his defenses. Much like what happened to you. Weakened by your love of me when up and in your face.” I turn and jab him in the abdomen with my pointer finger, smiling naughtily at his ‘oooft’ response. Smug with my immature plan.