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“How are you doing, man?” Savage asked Rogue when they got to them.

“Good, much better,” Rogue said.

“You going to take me up on my offer?” Savage asked.

“You should come work for Genesis,” Winter told Rogue.

“Don’t be poaching my guy,” Savage scowled.

“It’s a free world,” Winter smirked.

“I thought Genesis only takes ex-military,” Rogue said, looking puzzled.

“They would make an exception for you,” Winter assured him.

“Have you made an exception in the past?” Rogue chuckled.

“We have,” Winter said.

“Thank you for the offer,” Rogue said and reached to slide an arm around Wrath’s shoulders. “But I’m going back to Erebus as soon as my doctor clears me for work.”

“Hooah,” Savage said with a fist-pump.

“You suck,” Winter teased Rogue with a slight smile.

Wrath pulled Rogue with him and walked over to Rebel and Boston still sitting on the back end of the emergency vehicle.

“You two are…” Wrath began and suddenly was at a loss for words.

“Certifiable?” Rebel grinned.

“Outrageous?” Boston added.

“Are in big trouble,” he finished, but it came out deflated like a balloon that had lost its air.

Both boys laughed and Wrath shook his head.

“That was stupid, though, you needed backup,” Rogue said.

“Yeah, we could have used a little bit of backup in there, but we had Azrael show up at the last minute,” Rebel said.

“What?” Wrath and Rogue said at the same time.

“What?” Rebel asked, eyes going wide. “Azrael was here, I swear.”

Both Boston and Rebel glanced around.

“Guess he left,” Boston mumbled.

“He probably had things to do.” Rebel shrugged.

Yeah, like not getting caught by Real, Wrath thought and exchanged a long look with Rogue.

No way in hell was he saying a word to Real about Azrael being there and by the look on Rogue’s face, neither was his man.

A commotion happened near the police holding back the crowd and they watched as Stone and Real arrived along with a sweaty man in a suit.

Yep, it was probably best that Azrael was long gone.

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