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"It’s so nice to have aan arm across her shoulders They continued down the hall
They surprised two oons on the way out When Kara heard their footsteps around the corner, she was overjoyed One way or another, she knew, this would soon be over
The fight--well, Kara’s part of the fight--was finished alh thefor them, they still seemed surprised to actually find Kara and Jared and she was on theun hands She grabbed the one nearest her, wondering
CLANG!
what the hell that noise was, but too focused
CLANG!
on the task at hand to give it her full attention She wrenched the un away so hard she heard his wrist snap,
CLANG!
then buried her foot in his balls and, when he bent forward in agony, brought her knee up into his nose, breaking it and putting him out
CLANG!
She popped the clip and ejected the shell out of the chamber, then slipped the rounds out and tossed the now-empty clip over her shoulder She turned and what she saw so astounded her, she could only stare, the gun falling froentle healer lover, was attacking the other goon with grim ferocity With the pail The un had fallen to the floor Unfortunately, this wasn’t theseveral blows to knock theto fend off Jared
She was about to lend an apparentlythe pail in a powerful uppercut that caught the ainst the wall He bounced off and hit the floor, flopping over like a fish and then not
Jared dropped the pail,
CLANG!
and rushed to the ers found a pulse, then checked the man’s pupils and felt the back of his head "I don’t think I fractured anything," he said, unable to keep the relief out of his voice "But he’ll have one hell of a headache when he wakes up" Then, as if fearing he sounded too uys to mess with us Where’s the other one? You want ravely "I ed on my own Nice work"
She should have…but couldn’t Absolutely did not have the heart to tell hiy semi-consciousness
As a child, Kara hadn’t just studied the bad guys to survive Her other opponents--less deadly, but better organized--were the police and Kara had learned to spot a rookie before he or she spotted her
There were so iveaways, Kara wondered why the cops themselves didn’t catch on
The haircut, for one--trimmed exactly three-quarters of an inch around the collar and perfectly straight
Even when they suffered their hair to grow long and forewent bathing in order to look like street people, cops had trouble pulling it off How many street people had perfect teeth? How s and shaved armpits?
Their nice, even, 36-inch police acade down the hall and had known at once that Carlotti’s gang had been infiltrated And had rejoiced
That was before Jared had assaulted the man, of course Noasn’t just Carlotti’s intended victiel and had just coainst an undercover cop
Kara realized it was time for a new plan There was only one proble to hate it
The real irony, she thought, still listening for the sounds of approach, is that I’ a police officer, when I never touched one in hed
CHAPTER TWELVE
Suddenly, weirdly, Kara was in no great rush to leave the warehouse Jared couldn’t figure it out He was pretty sure she wouldn’t ave a good dauy would be okay But she wasn’t ency she had been before She was al It was like they were an ordinary couple, exploring an abandoned warehouse for fun Since there was no longer an apparent rush, he was half-tempted to ask her if she’d duck into an empty room for another quickie
Oh boy He tried to wrench his e, but in an instant he was back in the closet, feeling her squir to her soft whiainst hith It had been astonishing, outstanding, hideously dangerous, incredibly dumb in retrospect…and worth every sweaty second He’d brave the danger of discovery another hundred times, if only to feel Kara come alive beneath his hands Her control was a constant irritant and, worse, made hih to be honest about her feelings