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"All right," Gina said, "but I have rip on Marco’s arm as they walked away from Julie "Why don’t we take a stroll in the back courtyard?" she suggested

"It’s rather cold," he said, casting her a dark stare "And you aren’t wearing "

"I’m sure you’ll keepartist along for the ride He needed e’s threats only served one purpose He’d convinced her he’d pay far ht try to kill her, too, but Marco had a shadowy past, a way he moved and operated that told her he was more than he let on She could feel it, almost taste it when she ith him It turned her on It also made her confident fate had thrown hiet rich together

She wasn’t quite ready to bring hi men to open up in bed She’d take hi in the courtyard She’d test hiht, then she’d have her h ree, and screw the judge who though he could fk her and not get fked himself

Forty-five minutes outside the city, Luke squatted in the bushes at the back Judge Moore’s Long Island mansion, with Kyle by his side It was only seven o’clock, still early for breaking and entering, but the two-acre lot and a heavy coverage of trees helped offer coverage

Impressive as always, Kyle dismantled the security syste the h the back door, blending into the darkness Working with an unspoken understanding, they split up and began their search Luke crept along the walls, looking for a hidden panel thatlow to avoid the s A quick flash of light, two blinks as a signal, told hi

Within seconds, Luke and Kyle were side-by-side in a small library just off the kitchen, where Kyle had found a base down, they examined the entrance where a corinned, shohite teeth against the darkness of the roo Luke his job would be a piece of cake

Leaning back on his heels, Luke watched Kyle in action for all of another sixty seconds The man was incredible They were just about to lift he door when a tiny click ain, a low, barely there sound Luke pulled the Glock at his ankle and

Luke quickly, soundlessly, crossed the rooainst the wall Cautiously he leaned forward, surveying the hallway When he was certain he would be undetected, he h the doorway

He was halfway down the hen a faint creaking drew hiht have sounded like the house settling To Luke, it sounded like they had company, and nowhere near his team’s skill, or they wouldn’t have been detected

Adrenaline surged in Luke’s veins and he squatted down, on theroo room, and clearly they hadn’t done their surveillance well, or they’d have noticed the security system was down They’d have known someone else was here