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  He pushed through the double doors and immediately realized the man and woman inside were arguing. Loudly.

  “No, he has more time. I talked to Dr. Lynch, and he promised to give him until the end of the day in case his owners claim him.” This was shouted by the woman with her back to him, her blonde ponytail swinging with every hand gesture.

  “Don’t be naïve. You’ve been here long enough to know that he won’t be claimed.” This was said by the thin, balding man in the lab coat, who was pushing sixty and had the cold, cynical look of someone who’d been doing his job too long. Tyler had seen it on the faces of veterans who had found a way to steel themselves against the horrors that haunted them. But once you shut that part off, it was hard to find it again. “Even if they come looking, they’ll just tell you to put him down anyway. If they had the money to pay for his care, then they could afford a proper fence. All you’re doing is putting off the inevitable and wasting valuable pain meds.”

  He tried to sidestep the blonde, who was a good head shorter, but she planted herself right in his path. When she spoke, her voice was a low, deadly whisper. “If you make one more move toward that cage, I will body check you so hard you’ll forget your own name.”

  Tyler’s eyebrows shot up, and he crossed his arms, hoping like hell the guy tested her. He really wanted to see her Hulk out.

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