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this.”
    “The Sargent is in his office.” Pete nodded toward the door. “Be my guest.”
    With one last hard glare at everyone in the room, Detective Ferguson stormed out, slamming the door behind him.
    “You have ten minutes tops before he’s back.” Pete headed toward the door.
    “Thanks, my man.” Jared slapped him on the shoulder.
    “Yeah, well, you owe me one.” Pete grinned closing the door behind him.
    Once the four of them were alone, Jared turned toward Tessa and Nicole. “So who’s going to start?”
    “Don’t need an audience.” Damon nodded up toward where the camera was hidden behind a fake smoke detector.
    Walking over, Jared gave a hard glare into the smoke detector that held the camera before taking the face-front off. With a twist of a wire, the red recording light went dark. “Secure.” Jared turned back around.
    Both women sat staring at the Warriors. “What?” Nicole broke the silent staring contest they were having.
    “You know exactly what,” Damon growled, looming over his mate.
    Nicole stood quickly. “Don’t you growl at me, Damon DeMasters,” she hissed standing toe-to-toe with him.
    “What were you two doing in Pam’s apartment?” Jared glared at Tessa, giving Damon and Nicole some cooling off time.
    “We were getting some clothes for-” Nicole answered, still having a stare down with her mate.
    “Bullshit.” Jared didn’t let her finish.
    “I will call Adam if I have to.” Damon pulled out his phone. Adam was Tessa’s brother who had been turned into a half-breed. He had the power to read people with just a touch, no matter how hard they tried to block him.
    Nicole wrinkled her nose at him before plopping back down in her chair. “We were looking for a vial.”
    “Why?” Damon’s tone hadn’t changed. He was pissed, and it showed in his voice, body language and scowl that slashed across his handsome face.
    “I’m not sure,” Nicole replied then frowned when they both continued to glare at her. “I don’t know.”
    Damon rubbed his hand down his face, clearly irritated. “Why didn’t you come to me with this? Duncan has been looking everywhere for her, and here you are talking to her.” Damon shook his head, disappointment radiating off him in waves.
    Nicole looked away for a second, but her eyes quickly found his again. “She is my friend and asked me not to say anything.”
    “Where is she?” Damon’s tone deepened, his eyes narrowed.
    “I have this under control,” Nicole replied, standing her ground. “She’s fine.”
    “I demand you tell me where she is.” Damon’s voice rose with each word.
    “Okay, why don’t we just calm down.” Jared tried to smooth the situation over, but Nicole stood again, this time knocking her chair over.
    “You demand?” Nicole tilted her head, looking up at her mate. “You demand?” She shouted this time, her voice trembling with anger.
    “Shit.” Jared stepped in front of Tessa who had also stood.
    “You have no right keeping this information from Duncan, Nicole,” Damon shouted back; he never shouted and definitely not at his mate. “And you know it!”
    Nicole gave him a deadly glare. “What I do know is my friend trusts me, and I’m not breaking that trust.”
    “Call Adam,” Damon growled at Jared, but his eyes did not leave Nicole. “And Duncan.”
    “Screw you.” She emphasized each word with a hard point of her finger to his chest before walking around him.
    “Where do you think you’re going?” Damon went to grab her arm, but she snapped it back.
    Nicole stopped and slowly turned around. “Away from you.”
    “I don’t fucking think so.” Damon took a step forward to grab her again, but she smacked at his hand.
    “If you touch me, you are going to have your hands full, Damon DeMasters,” Nicole hissed.
    “You are not leaving.” He loomed over her, bent slightly to glare down at her.
    “Is that a demand?” She stretched up so she could go nose-to-nose with him.
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