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PROLOGUE

SOME WOMEN A MAN knew to stay the hell away fro Survival instinct The lone wolf that reveled in its independence and sexual freedo in the eyes of a sensual trap A wo the male animal stand up, take notice, and tremble in his military boots

Mason “Macey” March was a h He was all about the challenge, the risk, the excitement, whether it was a mission or a woman, or a terrorist out to destroy the world He was a man who stared out at life with a defiant snarl and dared it to take first blood

He was a h sense to recognize it, and to be equally terrified and drawn to it Like a spectator to a train wreck It was going to be bloody It was going to be a mess But he couldn’t look away because she had hioing to take One touch and he was going to be a goner He was aching to touch

Hazel-green eyes twinkled htly freckled cheeks Lush lips curved enchantingly, and s that mouth could do even as it threatened the fit of his dress whites

Softly curved, te with this woman was the ulti sane

“You know, Lieutenant March,” she drawled in a seductive Southern accent “You could always slip out the back door I bet the adone”

He stared down at her, eating up the vision of her below the neck even as he kept his gaze steady on hers Wasn’t a chance in hell he was going to let the adhter’s a to them, held over the lusciouschestnut hair fell down her back in thick soft waves,his hands itch to touch it

“Sweetheart, the admiral would fry important portions of my anatomy if I dared” He atteue as he caught sight of those sweetly curved h If he wasn’ton his brow as he fought to control the hard-on threatening beneath his slacks This wasn’t the best place to prove to the ad after a pair of pretty tits, as the bastard had recently accused hi

He didn’t pant after tits He revered the over the

He watched Miss Emerson Delaney s in and of itself And beneath that silk was the faintest hint of nipples hardening

“You know, I could help you sneak away,” she whispered playfully “Adodfather I’llwell, you know” She was laughing at hi a kick out of the fact that he didn’t dare piss the admiral off at this point He’d already been busted down in rank for one ain because Emerson was in the mood to play

“Don’t do rowled

She pouted back at hi you a favor would just make my day complete Didn’t you know that?”

He snorted Likely story If he didn’t get the hell away from her the admiral would barbecue his ass

“Do me a favor then and find soh trouble”

He caught the narrowing of her eyes as he aze drop to those incredible breasts

Okay, so he was a tit man He couldn’t help it, and she had the most incredible set he’d ever seen

He drew in a quick, fortifying breath as he h the ballroom, the foyer, then quickly entered the silent, e these jackass parties his sister insisted on throwing in his na, to a nice shy little ho didn’t like parties instead of letting his sister run his social life

He stalked across the roolass from the shelf, and splashed in a healthy dose of whisky as he heard the door snick open behind him And he knew Hell, he kneas back there