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metallic clink. Her hands wanted
to shake but she refused to let them as she passed a glass to Dane over the
counter then poured one for Ryan and finally herself.
    “Then just spit it out, Dane. I’m tired of trying to
decipher everyone’s cryptic comments today.”
    Ryan moved closer to the counter. To her. “Is everything
okay?”
    Of course not. The magic she’d been hoping was fading away
had only been waiting to make itself known again in grand fashion and she had
the hots for two men.
    Yeah. Just another day in the life of Evangeline Simmons.
“What’s up, Dane?”
    “We need to talk about Alex Bell.”
    Everything inside her froze. Her stomach seized into a cold
little ball while she fought with her lungs to breathe.
    “Is he okay? Did… Did something happen?”
    She blinked, aware that the blackness around the edges of
her vision was not a good thing.
    Vaguely she realized both men had hustled around the corner
of the island. Two sets of hands reached for her shoulders, both helping to
steady her.
    Surprisingly, it was Dane who caught her when she took a
step back and felt her knees buckle under her.
    He lifted her in strong arms, held her against his hard
chest and carried her to the couch.
    Shock held her immobile as he sat with her on his lap.
“Breathe, Evie. Slow and deep. In through your nose and out through your
mouth.”
    The cadence of his voice worked as a calming influence and
she did as he said, drawing in each breath laced with his masculine scent. That
more than anything brought her back to her senses.
    And awoke the heated desire she felt only with these two
men.
    Images of both men kissing her raced through her mind,
combined with the information Cat had spilled this morning and made her blood
begin a slow burn.
    She wanted to put her arms around Dane’s waist and cling.
Wanted to feel Ryan’s hands on her back, stroking through her hair.
    Her imagination took off, whether as a defense mechanism
shutting out thoughts of a dying little boy or as a lust-fueled response to
what she wanted from these two men, she wasn’t sure.
    She only knew that when either of them touched her, she
burned. If they both touched her at the same time, she might literally set the
house on fire.
    Dane shifted, the muscles of his thighs bunching beneath
hers and she realized Ryan had sat on the couch next to Dane.
    “Maybe this should wait.” Ryan’s soft words took a few
seconds to penetrate the fog in her brain but when they did, she shook her
head.
    “No. I’m fine.” Looking up, she stared into Dane’s eyes.
“Just say it.”
    He nodded and shifted her to the couch between him and Ryan.
Not a bad place to be but now neither man was touching her.
    She decided she liked their touch. It grounded her. And
right now, she could use it.
    “Alex’s condition is deteriorating. The treatment I had him
on is no longer working. I don’t think the boy will get any better.”
    Without her blood.
    Dane didn’t have to say the words. She knew exactly what he
was thinking.
    And she could no longer escape the fact there was a
ten-year-old boy dying of an unknown disease and only she had the power to
relieve him of the symptoms and to at least slow the progression.
    “Why didn’t you come to me sooner?”
    Dane just looked at her.
    “Oh, that’s right. Poor little Evie couldn’t handle it.”
    With a shove against the cushions, Evie scrambled off the
couch. Both men made a move to rise as well, but she stopped them with one
finger held up in front of her.
    “Oh, don’t even think about it. You know, I’m so sick of
this, how everyone treats me like I’m about to break. The only person who
doesn’t is Cat. How many people have you discussed this with before you came
here to talk to me? Did you talk to John? Kaine? Tam?”
    Dane’s jaw looked tense enough to shatter and his voice
sounded strangled as he said, “Evie—”
    “No. No way. This is my life we’re talking about, Dane. Not
anyone