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"Bathe every inch of each other’s body"

"Really liking it"

"Then s I et the water running," she encouraged hinized as her own

Grinning, he stole a kiss, then leapt naked fro her an eyeful of aroused i, Krysta scooted off the bed and followed

Seth felt his fury rise as he exaht of thened for vaether and lay on cots that had been hastily erected Not to make the men more comfortable, he suspected, but so he wouldn’t have to kneel down to read theirtheed The i how hard they could hit hu them useless

He rested his paler

He turned to face his companions

Chris, Bastien, and Melanie all took a cautious step backward

Bastien wrapped a protective arm around Melanie’s shoulders

Seth drew in a deep breath and let so"

Bastien frowned "Did Richart and Etienne hit them too hard?"

"A couple of them But those who are merely unconscious yield no information that can aid us They don’t knoho their commander is They don’t know the name of his operation And they don’t knohere it is located"

Chris swore "How the hell is that possible?"

"Each one of them was recruited from another PMC, except for that one He’s an army veteran Chris, I’d like to see if we can’t win hiood le--no families--and were approached by a man who claiularly received governhly secretive mission that involved ho?" Chris asked

"We won’t know for sure until we confront their commander Once they consented, he sedated them and took them to the compound from which they operate They travel to and from it either blindfolded or in less transport vehicles They don’t knohere it is And they don’t knoho he is He gave them a code nao gunning for people based on so someone they can’t even identify told theullible Mostly Those three there would shoot their own grand paycheck"

"How big?" Melanie asked

"The equivalent of a Second’s salary"

Chris whistled "So whoever these guys are, they’re very well funded"

"Which erous," Seth finished for him More money meant more resources

Bastien released Melanie and strolled forward to scon at the "

"Did you see the face of the nize hih his long hair "If these , we have no reason to believe any of the others will tell us anything"

"Precisely"

Quiet filled the roo on the assumption that, if they could capture one of the roup and they could swoop in and kill them

And they did intend to kill thehtened "Tracking devices"

Seth tilted his head to one side "What?"

"Their minds may not be able to tell us where their base is, but their bodies can We do to the devices on theaze "That’s not a bad idea"

Bastien nodded "They think we’re ht it would take to turn the tables on them"