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and threw it against the large white screen that hung from the ceiling. They all watched in fall on top of the big, black granite table.
    Nico studied the scene with detached fascination, wondering once again what it would be like to love someone that fiercely. He glanced over at Cohen and Annis. Even though Annis was very capable of taking care of herself, Cohen had put himself between her and Noah. Cohen’s muscles tensed, as if he were ready to spring into action to defend her at any moment.
    “ What the hell is going on in here?” Faith said from the doorway as Noah tossed another chair.
    “ Faith, stay out of his way,” Rayner said, moving toward her.
    “ Noah, what are you doing?” Faith asked as another chair flew through the air, hitting the bank of computers.
    “ Abby’s gone,” Rayner said in a low voice. “Left a note.”
    Faith nodded. “I know. She told me she was leaving.”
    Noah had picked up another chair, but stopped his toss mid-air and turned to Faith. “You knew?”
    Faith nodded. “And I don’t blame her, Noah.”
    This seemed to be the proverbial wet blanket thrown on the situation.
    “Excuse me?” Noah said.
    “ You’ve become an overprotective, overbearing pain in the ass.”
    Noah ’s nostrils actually flared.
    “ She’s right, Noah,” Beverly said from the doorway with Killian propped on her hip. “Especially toward Abby.”
    Noah flinched. He was getting his ass verbally beaten by the female s. “I just wanted to protect her,” he said in a low voice. He set the chair down and planted his butt in it.
    “ Give her space, Noah,” Beverly said in a quiet voice. “Don’t trace her phone when she calls you. Don’t go after her. She’s fine.”
    “ Do you know where she is, Bev?” Hudson asked.
    Beverly nodded. “I do, and so do Faith, Annis and Liberty.”
    “ Where? Where is she?” Noah asked.
    “ We’re not telling you, Noah,” Beverly said. “She needs time and space.”
    Noah seemed to fall apart. He bent forward and put his head in his hands. A low moan escaped his throat, and he rocked back and forth.
    Nico looked over the scene in the room. Rayner held Faith against his chest. Hudson had a protective arm slung over Beverly’s shoulder. Jovan and Liberty stood side by side holding hands, as did Cohen and Annis. The only one missing was Blake.
    Nico heard the low ding of the elevator from down the hallway. A moment later, Blake walked into the room.
    As he took it all in, Nico could see the shock on his face.
    “ Jesus. What the hell happened in here?” Blake asked, taking in the destroyed screen, overturned furniture, and possibly ruined computers.
    “ A grenade went off,” Nico muttered under his breath.

Chapter 13
    Alaina yawned as she opened the door of the club leading to the alley. The sun was coming up, and she fumbled in her purse looking for her sunglasses. God, it was going to be hot. It was 6:00 a.m., and the scorching air of the Arizona summer felt like it was hovering in the nineties. There was also humidity. She was looking forward to her air-conditioned apartment.
    It had been a good night—she had cleared almost four hundred dollars in tips.
    Finding her sunglasses, she walked down the alley looking forward to going home, having a glass of wine, and curling up in bed for a solid eight-hour sleep. She would then get up and go to her yoga class, and get ready for her next shift at the club.
    “You didn’t show up.”
    She stopped in her tracks and slowly turned around. It was the man who had black stuff all around him from the other night—Mr. Ash. She had been thinking about him a lot, but skipped the meeting he invited her to because one of the other girls had asked Alaina to take over her shift. Alaina was working whenever she could, saving her dollars as she tried to figure out her next step.
    But where did he come from? It was as if he had appeared out of thin air. It was then she realized that he must have been standing behind