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accompany them. His fire. Even in his current state of disrepair , he felt the joy of his desire soar for her.
    “Okay , you two. Break it up or take it back to the room,” said Sophie, grinning. “Some of us have work to do.”
    “That’s a great idea except the doctors said no fooling around until he heals, so . . .”
    “That’s way too much info,” said Sophie, scrunching her nose.
    By then, Josh, Alex, and Dean had arrived with two other agents, three doctors, and four security guards. The agents and guards surrounded the attacker , and Chloe stood back while the medical team quickly inspected Manny. Chloe then stepped toward the security people . “How in hell did this happen? Are you damn idiots around here? I want to know how you let a psycho like this almost kill my husband . A nyone?”
    Looking back to his left, Manny saw Chloe stand ing face to face with the security supervisor, her face red with anger, hands clenched. The woman who’d just given him the best kiss of his life was now ready to take on the world and maybe take out a couple of guards in the process .
    “I don’t . . . don’t know M a’am,” stammered the supervisor, fear in her eyes.
    “You don’t know, do ya? Maybe an ass-kicking will get ya straightened out,” answered Chloe , now almost nose to nose with the bewildered supervisor.
    Alex and Dean rushed in and each grabbed one of Chloe’s arms and pulled her away from the woman. She resisted at first, gave in , then stood up straight, pushing them both away.
    “I love ya both but if you touch me like that again, you’ll be needing a bed in this place yourselves, got it? These fools need to be held accountable and I’ll be doing just that.”
    “We were just . . .” started Alex.
    Chloe cocked her head giving , Alex a hard- warning look. His long-time friend stepped back and said nothing. Manny thought that great wisdom on Alex’s part.
    She then walked over to where Manny lay, and stood with arms folded, looking at him like a protective mother . Slowly the anger left her , and her face softened, Chloe’s gaze never leaving him . He was pretty sure he didn’t ever want her angry at him like that, but who could blame her? That was the second instance in two months he could have been taken out . I t felt good to be the subject of that kind of protection, just the same.
    Josh touched Chloe on the arm. She glance at him, nodded but didn’t move from where she stood. He bent down to Manny, eyebrows raised. “Damn, Williams. Look what you did. We can’t leave you alone for a few hours without you pissing someone off .”
    “I noticed that,” he muttered. “Especially my wife.”
    “Ye p , I’d stay on the good side of that temper. At least she didn’t kill anyone.”
    A moment later, a shriek caused everyone’s head to turn to the source. Sophie stood over the fallen security guard, blood dripping from the once-embedded star which Sophie now held in her own hands.
    Looking around the room, Sophie raised her hands . “What? I ain’t letting this heifer keep my star . These things are expensive, especially the colored ones.”
    “We would have gotten it back to you,” said one of the doctors.
    “Yeah, well I like to do things on my own. And I’m sure it only hurt like hell for a second or two.”
    Sophie bent over the supposed guard who was now on one of the gurneys. “Isn’t that right, bitch?”
    Josh stepped forward, grabbed Sophie’s arm, pulling her back. He then whispered something into her ear. She hesitated, rolled her eyes, nodded, and stepped away.
    Manny had noticed that since the three of them had officially joined the BAU , Josh and Sophie had shared a few of those one-sided conversations. He’d resisted the temptation to ask about them, so far, but decided he'd check it out at the proper time. Besides, whatever teaching was going on seemed to be working.
    The medical staff helped him to a sitting position. He felt better than he thought he would,