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Chapter 14
Marcus POV
Slamming the door to the station shut behind me in temper, I turn too quickly and spill hot coffee all over my shirt and scald my hand. I resist the urge to throw the disposable cup at the opposite wall as hard as I can in temper. Instead, I kick the trash bin beside me, sending it careening across the floor into a desk, before landing on its side and emptying balled-up bits of paper all over the floor. My attempts at writing up a draft report earlier on the attack were a complete waste of time because my head was all over the place. My bear is out of control, and I know exactly what has him on edge, or who.
“I get it, big guy. You like her. And I fucked it up,” I mutter out loud to him as I stomp through the small rectangular sheriff’s building to my office at the back, turning on lights and opening blinds as I go. I toss the almost full cup straight into the sink as I pass the kitchenette, watching the remaining contents splatter on the s
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