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A second passed, then another and he released her hand and motioned her forward Kara didn’t hesitate to seize her victory Her chin lifted and she started walking Blake pursued instantly, behind her, stalking her, the short walk to his passenger door and her driver’s door This s with lives on the line, and not her own She wasn’t worried about herself She’d learned years ago that to do what she did, you had to wake up ready to die, but she was never, ever; ready to let someone else die
She clicked her keychain so that her locks opened and reached for the handle Blake reached around her, the front of his thigh pressing down the length of hers starting at her hip, the feel of hi," he warned
Heat washed through her and over her at his touch, and she was shaken by the depth of need she felt for him She didn’t look at hi to run fro to lose if I do
Silence greeted her declaration, the seconds ticking by again, and she held her breath, waiting for his reaction Finally he stepped back, and instead of relief, ice slid over her where heat had been moments before She didn’t understand the sensation anythis man made her feel
Kara yanked open her door and he walked to the 4Runner She slid into the car and tried to tell herself everything was fine But it wasn’t fine Blake saw tooto hear it out loud She’d covered her bases, created her identity without flaw Except for Denver, she thought It had been a last-minute decision and she knew better than to make unplanned moves Her stomach knotted with the realization she’d screwed up If Blakefor Richter, Newport, or the cartel that night she’d stolen his files She’d be dead for sure, which et out of here She was out of ti about getting her naked again? And as he still feeling this ridiculous urge to save her when she’d thrown him under a bus in Denver?
Blake pulled the 4Runner out of the garage behind Kara’s car, cursing her for distracting hi a flashback of blood and loss and…more blood Damn it to hell, the acid burn of the past never faded and, no matter what he did, no matter what the momentary rush of pleasure or adrenaline rush he created, it always ca, like he was trying to wash away Whitney, when he’d have traded himself for her in a heartbeat Finally, he had the chance to do the only thing he had left…avenge her He wasn’t going to let anything, or anyone, stand in his way
His cell phone rang and a glance told hi to call and tell et you killed, or just drive the new 4Runner around town and break it in?"
"You knew Ialive the sa product and selling it on the side Mendez slidme as his head of security"
"What happened to the prior head of security?"
"He failed to solve this proble for you, but I’ht for sureyour Denver play on you, you were about to be ten feet under"
"According to Kara, the head of the Denver division was testingme to Mendez"