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Cody hadn’t wanted to let her go She hugged that knowledge to herself with a secret smile He’d resisted her first atte to put distance between them And thenwhen she was finally free, his face had s she wanted him to say before he shut himself down the sah she’d regained control over her treacherous body’s actions, the need Cody had engendered in her was still achingly alive
The steas hot; Keira turned off the flame and checked the cabinet for dishes She found a couple of mismatched plates, three chipped bowls and a half dozen coffee s She s, but she added it to her store of knowledge of Cody, which was growing hourly
She already knew a lot about hio Some of what she knew she owed to Trace She’d tried to word her questions as they’d driven together in the wee hours of thiswhat she could about the New World Militia, but she hadn’t fooled him Her partner knew her too well, and he had been unexpectedly forthco
Trace hadn’t asked, and she hadn’t volunteered, why she also wanted to knohatever he could tell her about Cody fros she knew about him in her head
He was thirty-seven Trace had given her that little tidbit along with the infor Black Rock That was a thankless job, she knew Like trying to empty an ocean with a thione to work for the DEA when they got out NeitherCody had lasted there Trace hadn’t known and couldn’t tell her
He’d been in the Marine Corps, too, like her brothers, like her partner And like her Semper Fidelis People who hadn’t been in the Corps didn’t realize the bond it created—“Corps and Country” wasn’t a less phrase Not to a
He carried a knife in addition to his service weapon She’d seen hiht to pry open the warpedHe didn’t get that froht, after she’d realized he was an agent, she wondered if he wore the knife everywhere or just when he was on assignment
He had a good sense of hun And he refused to take credit for so his own contributions Hadn’t D’Arcy said Cody was involved in bringing down the New World Militia, along with Callahan? And hadn’t Cody dismissed his part as relatively uni to know Callahan couldn’t have done the job on his own—Cody had played a crucial role
He also had a very strict her standard thanshe said, he still blaht he’d rescued her And at the same time he’d sacrificed his covert op—who kne er That was part of his
And he had alht of it, even joked about it with Mandy But Trace had been there that night, after the fact, and in the truck he’d told her it had been a very near thing for the onetime sheriff
Yes, Keira told herself with a smile she couldn’t repress, I know a lot about Cody already
Cody and Callahan walked in the back door just then, and Keira quickly heaped the two plates with the combination stew and filled one of the bowls for herself
“You’ve got to be starving,” she said, laying a spoon on each plate
Callahan took a plate “Yeah,” he said “Looks good Thanks”
Cody took the other plate and told Keira, “There are only two chairs You and Callahan can sit at the table I’ll stand”
“I don’t mind,” she said quickly
“My cabin,