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“No more,” he said when he finally raised his head Keira kneas fighting hi to ain until they addressed the birth control issue, and she resolved to make an appointment with her doctor tostore just down the street

Cody whistled tunelessly to himself as he rode down in the elevator He couldn’t help but feel good about his life, despite Keira’s revelations earlier that day about the connection between the New World Militia and the Russian Brotherhood The agency had a long, tough job ahead of it putting together a prosecutable case And the ever-present threat of danger to anyone who had been involved in bringing down the o still lurked

But soht now All he cared about in this instant was Keira Life couldn’t be anything but good for a man when Keira loved him

He exited Keira’s building, his eyes autoh part of hi to worry about, but when he walked to where his truck was parked, he stopped dead in his tracks even before he clicked the electronic unlock button on the key fob Soht

He couldn’t have said what it was at first A cursory inspection under the streetlights indicated his truck didn’t appear to have been tampered with But then he realized it was too clean The thin film of dust that should have been on the hoodwasn’t

He slid his hand inside his jacket for his gun, drew it and backed away, hoping whatever explosive device had been wired inside his truck was ignition or accelerator detonated, and not re happened, and he breathed a sh of relief When he reached the entrance to Keira’s building, he buzzed her condo, his

Someone had followed him here

So, and rigged his truck with explosives Soh time to finish the job Someone who had followed him beforeand had seen him with Keira

“Cody?” Keira’s voice ca?”

He realized then that the building’s entrance ired for video as well as sound He glanced up, and sure enough, there was a camera in one corner “Buzz me in,” he said

When the buzzer went off, he opened the door and headed for the elevator, holstering his gun at the saed his mind and took the stairs Elevators can be death traps, he reminded himself as he opened the door to the stairwell

If they’d followed hih the building seemed to have decent security But he knew any security could he breached, and his face hardened as he jogged up the eight flights to Keira’s floor He rang her doorbell, only slightly winded, and when she opened the door to him he hustled her inside and locked the door behind them

“What is it?” she asked, her eyes wide

But she wasn’t frightened, Cody saw Just alert And her Glock was in her right hand A thrill of pride shot through him as he remembered his one-time wish for a woman ould kill to protect him, just as he’d kill to protect her He s to the phone in the living room

His voice was grim “Somebody tampered with ency It only took a couple of e for an explosives teaave theive out Keira’s number

When he hung up she asked him, “How do you know?”

Cody laughed without humor “You wouldn’t believe it if I told you” He looked at her, still clad in nothing but her Semper Fi T-shirt; but her hair was damp, so he knew she’d taken a shower after he left He said, “You’d better get dressed I’ to call Baker Street” He dialed a number from memory he’d already used once this month, and watched as Keira headed for the bedroom

The phone rang only a few times before it was answered “D’Arcy”