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“We now have enough fire power to protect this place,” she said. “That’s always a good thing when it comes to our survival in NOLA.”

When Jagger slapped her on the ass on the way past her, she hurried it up.

“Let’s go reunite you with Calyx. I’m sure she missed you.”

He was curious.

“Did she make it here in one piece?” he asked. “I didn’t hear anyone mention a hospital.”

She snorted.

“She’s fine. You know Jinx isn’t going to let anything happen to your girl. She’s upstairs. Come on.”

When they headed up, the men lugging the loot, he found Calyx on a couch sitting beside Greyson Croft. They were talking intently, and he felt that wave of jealousy.

It was stupid, but Calyx was his.

“Hey,” she said, glancing up and seeing him. “We were just talking drinks,” she said, getting up to hug him.

He kissed her.

“Drinks?”

“Yeah, you know. Cocktails.”

Greyson clued him in.

“I didn’t know how many ways you could use whiskey in a drink. Calyx was just telling me a few of her favorites. I happen to love whiskey—much to my wife’s dismay.”

In that moment, the jealousy was gone.

Greyson had been keeping her mind off of what was happening, and helping her feel like she was part of the group. Remmy knew what he was doing, and he appreciated it.

“Thank you for keeping an eye on her. She gets into trouble.”

It made her laugh.

Only, when he caught something out of the corner of his eye in his peripheral, he turned his head and jumped.

“What the hell?” he asked, seeing a woman standing there, but she was see-through.

It was MATE.

In a dress.

Smiling at him.

“Uh, that’s not alarming,” he said. “Why is there a hologram inches from me?”

The rest of the team was taking off their gear and Zayn let her explain.

“You tell him, MATE. This is your home.”

“This is the Matrix. I can walk around in here fully visible. Elizabeth is running the new software here to see if it’s compatible with Autopsy One and her home office. We’re an experiment.”

The big Native man rolled his eyes.

“How could that go wrong?” Zayn asked. “I love being the FBI’s lab rat.”

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