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Chapter 20

“And I really wish you’d stop talking in my head,” Wes growled.

Confused, I frowned. I took a step back from the obviously tense agents. Max gave an unrepentant grin and a slight shrug.

“I like pushing thoughts into your brain,” Max said, his grin growing wider. “It’s easier. And habit. You have to admit it’s come in handy when we’re out on a mission.”

Wes’s grunt could be of agreement. I didn’t know him well enough to be sure. Max seemed to think it so,though.

“I have to get back to Mason. He’s probably freaking the fuck out. And this—” he waved his manila folder “—is the same as yours. It’s nothing that I need to help you with. Not to get started. Right?”

Wes stared at him for a long time. I watched Max, though, and his eyes appeared unfocused. My gaze snapped back to Wes’s face in time to see him frown, then grimace.