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Grandpa
added.
    Bob shook his head. “It’s perfect. I’m just
grateful you’re giving me a place to stay.”
    Kyle smiled as he looked away from both men.
It wasn’t often that they met someone who didn’t look down on them
for not having a home. In fact, Kyle had lost all of his friends
because of it. Maybe it was fate that he’d tripped over the guy
tonight.
    ****
    “Ethan, you’re off tonight. Instead of
patrolling, you’re on Deck Detail. Thrash and Blaze, you’re also
off. Rest up, since you’re back on tomorrow. Nitro and Ash, you two
are together, and Garrick and I are teamed up as well.”
    “Only two teams going out tonight?” Blaze
asked.
    “Yeah, Ferox didn’t feel up to going out, and
with Draven being MIA, we’re down two fighters.” Walking over to a
map that was spread out across the table, Raider pointed at it,
circling an area. “This is where I want you two to cover. Here are
your cells in case anyone needs back-up, or in case we receive any
distress calls from civilians.” He handed the three new recruits
their phones. “All of our numbers are already programmed in, so you
can contact any one of us at any time. Speed dial number one calls
the deck.”
    Nitro rolled her eyes as she slid the phone
down her bustier. Her face lit up in the fake smile Raider was
already getting to know intimately. She clapped her hands together
and hopped up and down once. “Thanks, daddy. My friends will be so jealous .”
    He narrowed his eyes at her, still unsure what
to make of her. Well, he wasn’t sure what to make of any of them.
“Garrick and I will keep an eye out here,” he said as he pointed to
another area on the map. “We’ve found in the past that these two
areas have been particular hotspots for Collectives.”
    Ferox came down the stairs. His arm was
intertwined with Raine’s as they made their way down the stairwell
slowly. Raider glanced up at his king with a pang of sadness. He’d
known Ferox since they were small children. Raider’s father was
Drök’s—Ferox and Damion’s father’s—younger brother. As such, they’d
all grown up as close as cousins could. Yes, he was blood related
to Ferox and Damion, but his relationship with Ferox went so much
further than that. They were best friends. Brothers to the
core.
    It worried him that Ferox was taking so long
to heal. Well, maybe “heal” wasn’t the right term. Ferox was
physically healing, but mentally he was a wreck. Clearly the royal
headfuck he’d gone through in killing his own brother was much
worse than any of the Guardians had even comprehended. Still, he
looked much better than he had the night Raine had found him. And
he was still doing far better than Riley.
    “Ah, it’s good to see you’re going out on
patrols tonight, warriors,” Ferox said. “Although, with Damion out
of commission, I don’t see a reason to go out right now. But,
Raider insisted on a light patrol, so I’ve agreed to it. However, I
don’t want you to battle against Damion’s men until we know what
their plans are.”
    Raider narrowed his eyes at his cousin. “You
don’t want us to engage in combat at all?” That was weird. “How
would you have us protect civilians if they are being attacked by
Collectives?”
    Ferox turned his attention toward Raider.
“Attack them only if you must. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t
protect others. I’m saying that it’s not open season on Damion’s
men unless you see that they are actually a danger to
others.”
    He let a few seconds tick by before he replied
to the strange order. “Yes, my king.” He bowed to Ferox then turned
on his heels, heading for the door. Garrick and the twins followed
Raider’s lead and they went out into the cold winter
night.
     
     

Chapter Four
     
    Raider and Garrick walked along the empty
streets, keeping their eyes out for Collectives. They’d split from
the twins a few hours ago and hadn’t seen any action
yet.
    “All I’m saying is, I don’t