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“Goddammit!�� Zane lashed out without warning and hit the water bottle, sending it skidding across the carpet and splattering at Julian’s feet. “I’m gonna end up in the fucking madhouse because of you!�� He reached out and grabbed Ty’s wrist, pulling him closer. “Loving you is going to make me fucking insane! I said no, and I mean it!”
― Abigail Roux, Armed & Dangerous

“Ty laughed, a carefree, boyish sound, and glanced to his side, distracted by what he saw. “You moved the rug.��
“I kitty-cornered it.��
“Why would you do that?�� Ty asked, aghast.
“To see you lose your shit when you got home.�� Zane leaned closer, grinning evilly. “There are other things out of order too. Books not alphabetized. Coffee mug handles facing different directions.�� He lowered his voice to a whisper as Ty’s eyes widened in horror. “The closet isn’t color coded.��
“You’re just watching the world burn, huh?��
Zane laughed.
“God I missed you.�� Ty said in a rush of breath.”
― Abigail Roux, Touch & Geaux

“They didn't know Zane like he did. Ty knew his partner had to take the issue from every angle, analyze it to death, resurrect it, and then study its dead, rotting body to see the results. Yeah, it might take Zane four months to decide if he loved someone, and then more to decide if that was a good idea.
Ty didn't mind waiting.”
― Abigail Roux, Divide & Conquer

“Zane didn’t laugh this time. In years past he had sat uncounted times in the dark of night,smoking, shooting up, drinking, wondering if the coming morning would be the one when he didn’t wake up. Sometimes he’d even prayed for it. But not since Ty. Yeah, he believed in miracles.”
― Abigail Roux, Armed & Dangerous

“Wait!" she cried, and she yanked away from him and gathered her heels and her ruined
purse. She slid the shoes on and straightened her shoulders. "I will go as a lady should," she claimed bravely. "In patent leather heels.”
― Abigail Roux, Fish & Chips

“This Saturday? As in tomorrow Saturday? We have to give lectures in twelve hours? We're not prepared for that! I can't just pull a cyber-crimes lecture out of my ass!" He could, but it was the principle of the thing.”
― Abigail Roux, Divide & Conquer