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Tuesday flew by for Julie She stood in Luke’s bathroo her lipstick, and wondering where he’d gotten to They’d spent the afternoon at the gallery readying it for tonight, and Luke had used the excuse of helping her to plant some surveillance equip began at seven Fortunately there were volunteers the door, so she didn’t have to be there any longer than she had to be without Luke Her nerves were ju her crazy He and one of his e’s house while he was at the event and look for the safe Elizabeth mentioned in the journal And while she knew Luke was an ex-SEAL, she also knew exactly what she’d told him back at the airport SEALs could die, too

Voices carried frorabbed her s for Luke She found him and Blake both in all black, and there were two other, also very good looking, men – one with a short, ish blonde hair that curled at the ends

Good lord, she thought Their mothers must have taken some sort of hormone to breed hot men There was so much testosterone in the place she was afraid the aparto up in fla body war to him She didn’t want him to die

"I told you about the task force that’s in on tonight They’ll be nearby watching, but we have our own team in place, and they are the only ones you are to trust, ever I don’t care who shows you a badge, the people in this room are the people you listen to"

"Okay," Julie said "Do we think there’s a problee involved and the Dragonfly who has yet to be identified We aren’t taking any chances" Heto be driving the cab that is taking you to the gallery"

"He’s a forainst a counter, arnized at the event so he’ll stay out of sight He’ll be nearby if you need hier salute "Your chauffeur awaits, htened his grip on her, as if he sensed how tense she was She didn’t want hiht, and it was all she could not to turn to hi him not to

Luke motioned to the other man, the blonde "And this is Kyle He’s our tech expert and if there is a safe in the house, he can get in"

"He also removed the snake fro her a while back," Blake h that had led to her leaving the District Attorney’s office

"That would be me," Kyle said, and lifted the lid to a s it around for her to see what looked like some sort of tiny chip "This will be your mic Blake will be on the other end until I take over for him, at which time, you’ll have Luke back with you as well

"You so much as need an escort to the bathroom you just say the word and I’ll be there" Blake added

Julie nodded "Thank you, Blake"

"And he was serious about saying a word," Blake added "I need ‘a word’ So you can say discreetly that lets me know you need me"

For an attorney known to think on her feet, Julie’s mind was utterly blank "I don’t know"

"Apple," Blake said "Orange Oh what a beautiful day it is A spoon full of sugar"

Julie actually laughed at that "A spoonful of sugar?"