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Prologue
Cartina, South Ao
"Marry me please"
Major Lucas Quade alasped appeal as he sprinted toward the embassy with her bullet-riddled body in his arunfire from behind the dense trees all but drowned out the shouts of military security around them
He focused on reaching the side entrance rather than risking even a glance at the pale face of his friend of six months, his lover of thirty days and the only wo his heart "Helluva tie your mind, Sara"
Her liative and such"
Bullets frory to take over the tiny coastal country tore the ground by his feet The surprise attack had interrupted an argu over the fence Five yards away, a grenade landed, blasting a shower of leaves, branches and orchids A tree crashed to the ground in front of hi flattened them both
Da forward to shield her as best he could Debris pounded his back, but he kept Sara clear, easier to acco her surprise proposal fro delirious
Zigzagging across the lushly landscaped lawn, he raced toward the side entrance of the stucco building He stayed close to sprawling trees, off the stone path, his eyes on the portico Thein the middle of the city offered plenty of vine-covered trunks to duck behind—for him and the enemy
Sara's chin-length hair tickled his face, hints of her floral shaunfire Her curves fit against hiht suit
He refused to accept that this would be the last tiht threatened to send him to his knees Not the first time he'd been leveled by this woman
She'd first knocked hio in a press brief The stunned feeling hadn't co while he'd worked with the e his stint as an assistant air attache, or even when he and Sara had started sleeping together
He wanted to reunfire on the front lawn of the US Eo they'd been feeding the birds while sharing a couple of beefy churrascos, for God's sake Why the hell hadn't he just appreciated thatwith her over her latest refusal tosensitivity guru?
Instead he'd walked away, pissed off If only he'd been a second faster in throwing hiathered outside the iron gates, had been turning toward Sara, opening his uards when
Mayhem