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“Says you”

He leaned just a centih his body was pressed against hers She felt theher skin Her chest rose and fell slowly…in time with his

Their eyes remained locked

In the far recesses of her mind, Nikki willed herself to look away To move away

She couldn’t

She was riveted

This man riveted her

He was darkly coed and razor-sharp as her own

Some of those barbed emotions had to be wrapped around the incident in Mexico City, she suspected He’d been undercover, trying to collect infor a co the Pro bono, she’d heard Then, when he’d feared soht be in the works, he’d stuck by those people He’d tried to ferret out the danger…while saving as many as he could from it

He was similar to Conner in that respect Both men would risk their own lives to rescue others

Nikki’s heart wrenched

She realized she was innately drawn to this type of man

And that made this situation an even more precarious one for her

She didn’t want to be a danger net…nor did she want to be attracted to one Let alone fall for one ever again

Yet, balancing on the tip of the sword had always provided an eleree of exhilaration When she and Conner were hopping froreater rush, no better sense of accomplishment