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romancing me.”
    “Love you too, Blaze.”
    “Fuck you, Levi.”
    Levi let Blaze worm closer to him.

Epilogue
     
    “Welcome to Havoc’s Crew, do you
have an appoint —” Heath eyes widened slightly with
shock.
    The bear shifter who walked into
the office wasn’t the same scruffy, rough-looking one who came in a few weeks
ago. Levi Black had taken off the same hunting gear Heath often seen him in and
donned an actual honest to God suit and tie. His usually messy hair was also
tamed back with a comb and gel.
    “What? I didn’t realize I looked so
awful.”
    Heath watched Levi amble over to
the glass windows and give his appearance another look-see. It was funny seeing
Levi checking himself out, and even funnier to see him
with a bouquet of flowers in one hand.
    Heath shook his head and recovered. “Nah, man. I was just shocked you cleaned up so well.”
    “Oh. Yeah. Thanks,” Levi grumbled.
    “Are you here to see Blaze? He told
me to tell you to give him a few more minutes. He’s still finishing up some
paperwork,” Heath informed Levi.
    “Sure. I can wait.” Levi took a
seat on one of the couches and began to whistle a tune under his breath.
    Heath picked up the intercom to
inform Blaze.
    “Thanks, Heath. I’ll be right out,”
Blaze said. He sounded like he was in a hurry.
    Blaze wasn’t his favorite among the
men in Havoc’s Crew, but after his run in with the Biter and its zombies, Blaze
had become much more likable.
    Blaze no longer ignored him when he
walked passed Heath’s desk every morning, and Heath rather liked chatting with
Blaze when he found out they had a few things in common. Blaze was certainly
more likable than Volt. Lately, Volt had been more than unbearable than usual,
which was saying a lot.
    When Heath asked if something was
bothering him, Volt told him politely to bugger off. When he tried pushing, the
bastard nearly electrocuted him on the spot.
    Typical asshole Volt.
    Apprentice elementalists never stayed long with Volt. They always fled after receiving a dose of his
temper. The only reason Heath stayed on as long as he did was because he was
hopelessly and madly in love with Volt.
    Volt was like Havoc in some ways
and had a soft heart for orphan kids. Heath was one of the kids Volt had picked
up several years ago. When Havoc found out he had the talent, he urged Volt to
take him on as an apprentice, despite Volt’s reluctance.
    Half the time Volt hurled abuses at
him, and the other half were spent mastering his magic for grueling hours. Volt
was a ruthless mentor, and his preferred method of choice was pushing Heath off
the metaphorical edge rather than taking tiny steps. Heath couldn’t even
remember the number of times he’d almost died under Volt’s training. Volt’s
favorite saying was “If you don’t push yourself to your limits, you’ll never
have an edge above your enemies.”
    “Levi, sorry for
the wait.” Blaze’s voice interrupted Heath’s train of thoughts.
    Like Heath, Blaze did a double take
at Levi. Heath didn’t think he’d ever seen Blaze look pleasantly surprised.
    Levi had a sheepish look on his
face as he held out the bouquet of flowers. “Like what you see, Blaze? Here are
those flowers you asked for.”
    “More than like,” Blaze said.
    He looked like a dazed man to Heath
as he accepted the flowers.
    Envy rammed right into Heath. Blaze
and Levi appeared so damn happy, looking at them for long periods of time hurt.
When the pair kissed, they looked like they wanted to devour each other whole.
    The passion between them was
evident. Heath wished them nothing but happiness, but they didn’t have to
flaunt their relationship so openly. Heath sometimes wondered what it was like
being wanted so badly by someone. He wasn’t sure Volt knew how he felt, even
though he’d dropped more than his share of hints here and there over the years.
    Once, he would have done anything
for Volt, including his laundry, but Heath was beginning to think he no