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Lily guessed Mac was in no hurry to e was given this nment to start up Wild Riders after he caovernment property that couldn’t be retrieved under…iti was General Lee’s idea"

Mac grinned "Yup"

She pulled out a chair from the kitchen table and took a seat "How did he come up with it?"

"Frustration, mainly He was involved with JAG, and if you think the conventional judicial system is screwed up, the military justice system is even worse"

Lily frowned "What do you overnn countries or even crime on our own soil, and we know daoods, if the syste anyone can do about it"

She nodded "I’ve seen that happen all too often"

"And with theft, Grange had a genius idea We ht to justice, but we could sure as hell take back as stolen fro they could do about it"

She grinned "Because they stole it in the first place, so it’s not like they could report a theft"

"Exactly"

"You’re right It is genius"

"And the perfect career for a thief"

She laughed "You get to do what you loveas we don’t get caught" He polished off his soda and took her hand "Let’s goforward to it If they were anything like Mac, this should be interesting

He led her back to the elevators "You’ve seen thearea on this floor" He pushed the buttons The rode to the next level and exited "It’s going to get a little crazy

Prepare yourself, and really, you’ve gotta ignore anything they say"

"Youa zoo"

Mac snorted

In a matter of seconds she understood why She armed as soon as they stepped out the door Five men poured out of the open rooms upstairs and descended on her It was like an invasion of big, beefy testosterone

And she thought Mac was sexy She recognized Spence, who she’d ain, none of these guys were s woet theLily the once over

They drew closer, giving her a head to toe inspection

"Would you guys back up?" Mac rolled his eyes

"Jesus It’s not like you’ve never seen a woman before"

"We’ve never seen your woman," one of them said

"What’s up with that?"

"Yeah Introduce us"

Lily crossed her ar the least bit threatened She knehat this was about They were testing her, seeing if she was skittish or afraid, if she’d run or hide behind Mac And Mac was giving her enough space to take care of herself She appreciated that he atching out for her, but not i to her aid

She was no sissy She’d weathered a lot worse her first year on the police force Though lots of woood ole’ boy network

Especially in Dallas, where she’d started

"You can look all you want, guys," she said,eye contact as they walked around her "But if you touch, you’ll be sorry"

"She’s got a bark," one said behind her

"But does she bite?" This fro her lips

"I’ve got so you can bite, baby"

Someone whispered in her ear She didn’t knohich one, and honestly, it didn’toral for Mac"

That set the

"Yeah, she’ll do, Mac"

He slung his arm around her "Guys, this is Lily, and if you didn’t know it by now, let me make it real clear She’s mine"

Oh, she liked the sound of that

"Lily, these are the guys Biggest bunch of smartasses you’ll ever meet, but also my best friends My brothers"

She sobered as she heard the sincerity in his tone, and shook hands with each of them--AJ, as just as tall but not quite as broad as Spencer His hair was darker, with eyes that looked like the sky before a summer storm Paxton, lean, spiked dirty blond hair and chiseled features that belonged on the cover of a azine Rick, quiet, with bedroom eyes that were dark to match his tan, unruly, thick black hair and the kind of body a woet lost in And finally, Diaz, with dark good looks, perfect white teeth and lips s to a wo