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Truth was, he’d wanted to meet with her He’d wanted to see if he could draw any infor hi it wouldn’t happen Useless effort had never appealed to hiht as he held back a chuckle They would have both been playing the sa to see if either of them had won or if it had only come out a draw, as he suspected it would He actually respected her Her strength and daring were alrity unimpeachable Like her uncle before her, Diane Broen led her men on missions that never harmed innocents, only saved them She went after thejust a little bit easier for those she helped

Gideon despised treachery and traitors, and Diane had a traitor in herher uncle’s eneht up with her in Syria and ed to kidnap her

Gideon had been in the area tracking down one of Brandenht wind of the abduction He’d made certain Thor had the information and knehere he could find a Breed tea to help

He’d owed her uncle that much

Funny, how small the world could be It had been her uncle, Colt, who had helped hied to escape Brandenmore’s labs

Gideon had been in Europe when he had run into the tea the Coyotes on a rumor that they were after a very special research project His curiosity had been dangerous It had also ended up being the reason for his death

At that tih, the mercenary had helped Gideon and even allowed him to join the team and share in the payments Hell, he should have stayed with the he would find safety at Sanctuary at the time

He hadn’t even made it to the s that even Sanctuary wasn’t safe Because only he and the Breed he had talked to there had known he was co and the route he was to take

He had paid for that escape It hadn’t stopped hiain Except, Colt hadn’t been there to rescue his ass Perhaps it was for the best, he thought Not that Thor would recognize hiht Diane had fled DC Shadoonderful things soh to be suspicious, and intuitive enough to put the inforether

She would need the Swede, he was afraid Gideon couldn’t protect her, and he was afraid Laould be too intent on forcing her to safety to watch for her little tricks when it ca away from him

The sound of voices raised in anger from the earpiece drew his attention back to the confrontation in the other room

He knehat the outcoh he was certain Co to lose this round

Diane wasn’t a wo her away from the world She was a woht at her mate’s side If the Breed had wanted a wallflower, then he should have mated some shy little miss and stayed the hell away from the warrior he’d found

Because there was no doubt in his mind that the woman would find a way to freedom And if she couldn’t find her oay out, then the men ere loyal to her would find it for her Especially the one they called Thor

Lawe pushed his fingers through his hair as he rounded on Diane once again Disbelief spiked his blood pressure—who had ever heard of a Breed with high blood pressure—thenat his balls, to create a conflagration that threatened to explode within him