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“Hey, Angel.” He nodded at me but went directly to Javier. “You okay, bro?”

My attention shifted to the last newcomer. He was lean, lithe, and also geared up and armed. He reconnoitered the room with a pair of generously lashed green eyes that stopped briefly over me before they moved on quickly to Javier and blinked several times. “Need a corpsman, anyone?”

“No need, Ferranti.” Javier snorted. “I’ll live. By the way. Heads up. Nobody goes into the bathroom. No one. Understood?”

“Why?” the one called Cooper asked.

“Because Javier said so,” I bit out, crossing the room again with the snapping sheet trailing behind me. “And none ofyou want to die.”

“Die?” Giant Micah stepped out of my way.

“Yes.” I’d let Javier do the explaining.

Cooper backed against the wall to let me pass. Kai watched me with an interested look, and the corpsman observed me warily from his place parked by the bathroom door.

“You.” I pointed to him as I arrived at Javier’s side. “Do something, now, before his face blows up like a freaking balloon.”

I took Javier’s hand. Everyone seemed surprised, including him. I made a point of ignoring the looks I got from the other guys. They’d all noticed that I was naked under the sheets and Javier was wearing only his sweats.

“What?” I snapped again. “Isn’t it obvious? It doesn’t take a freaking rocket scientist to figure this out. He saved my life, and I love him.”

Javier’s jaw dropped. He stared at me as if lightning had hit him.

Oh, my God. My face ignited. Had I said that aloud? I had, but it was true, and nothing he or anyone else could do or say would change how I felt. Even if Javi didn’t “do” love, I loved him, and that was that.

I raked the startled men with my glare. “Stop staring at me as if I had three heads.”

“Well, shit.” Dash scrubbed his face.

The other men exchanged glances, their eyes wide. Thena smiled at me, a proud grin. Javier shifted his gaze from my face to my hand, now intertwined with his. He flashed me a bloody grin.

I shrugged. “Sorry?”

He widened his grin.

“Ho, ho, ho.” Red-haired Cooper smirked. “What do we got here?”

Kai shot a glare in his direction. “Shut your hole, Coop.”

“Has Cupid’s bow struck Party Boy’s heart?” Cooper teased. “No disrespect to the lady, but I need to mark the date Goofman broke his rules and fell off his very own pedestal.”

Javier took a step toward the guy.

“Stop.” I tugged on his arm and cased the red-haired lout with my stare. “Cooper, that’s your name, isn’t it?”

“Yes, ma’am.” His blue eyes glimmered. “Finneas Cooper, but I go by Finn or Coop.” He made a show of bowing at the waist. “At your service.”

“Advice for you, Finn.” I glowered at the man. “Better keep your beak closed before I do you a favor and rip the beard off your face. Goodman and I had a hard day.”

“Goodman?” The corpsman drew back.

“And you!” I gestured with my free hand. “What’s your name?”

“Matteo Ferranti, ma’am,” he said, cautiously. “They call me Matt. Ferrari’s fine, too.”

“Because you’re so fast?” I demanded.

He shrugged. “Maybe.”

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