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"Swanny? What’s your real naaze lifted in surprise that she’d singled him out when she hadn’t said a word to any of the otherthe retted the i rude by si at her like a moron

"It’s just that in all of Ryker’s letters he always called you Swanny and he did say it was a nickname formed by your last name, Swanson, but he never toldto assuage hiinal question

"Daryl," Swanny said gruffly "But nobody calls ave hiut Her eyes ar that

"I’ll re "I’onized for months that you and your teammates were MIA And I felt like I knew you all fro toto hi to Nathan But she’d never even looked at anyone else but hi at hiue was in knots and the words stuck in his throat He finallyrude for not saying more It shamed him that he was relieved when the rest finished their o to bed

Eden put up a fuss, saying she’d already taken a nap, but Raid wouldn’t be swayed He dumped two pills in her hand and stood there until she took the and they still had a lot of planning to do It would be a hell of a lot easier if Eden were sleeping so she wouldn’t by chance overhear anything her father didn’t want her knowing

After waving a disgusted good night to everyone, Eden allowed Raid to hustle her off to bed, but still they waited until half an hour later when Raid quietly went in to check to see if Eden was sleeping yet

He returned with a thuh she’d never admit it"

"Okay, so we obviously have Eden’s protection covered," Joe said, "but what about the source of the threat? What intel can you provide us? I can call Sale because until that’s eliht past Eden’s protection," Eddie admitted "But of course the threat to her has to be eli the situation but didn’t hook up so I’et on this now"

"I’ll put a call into Saive hi Don’t hold back anything that could help or hinder us We can’t be flying blind Saet the I know I appreciate this More than you’ll ever know"

"While we’re in Paris with Eden, you, Ryker and Raid need to lie low If this guy can’t get to Eden, he o after one of you instead," Joe warned

"I’ dangerously "I have a job to do I hope that assle does cooing to et to Eden"

"That’s all I ask," Eddie said "Keep e, you call one of our pilots and tell hi on and to be ready tomorrow at three For that matter call in the other pilot to hitch a ride so he can fly the small jet back to the compound" Joe said "Nathan, you call Sam Give hiet sorab it"

"We can crash in Eden’s roo to himself and his father and brother "It’ll leave more rooel, her agent, and let hi on," Eddie said "He can also s to arrive earlier than Eden so that will help, hopefully"

As soon as the Sinclairs retreated into Eden’s roo one of the cushions froe and Nathandown

It was just another day on the job Nothing they hadn’t done a hundred times before This was one they could do in their sleep And yet Swanny found hi those brief ht Just being in her presence was like being washed in sunshine

CHAPTER 8

EDEN cainess she nors She wiped at her eyes atte to rub some of the bleariness away and remelanced at the clock and saw that it was just after eight At least she hadn’t slept the entirefor Paris