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He was hard enough to burst through his pants to get to her He wanted to be inside her He wanted to feel every inch of her skin with his fingers, his lips, his tongue He wanted to kno she tasted everywhere and what sounds she made when he touched her in different ways

He wanted it all

But, at the sound of a throat being cleared, reality descended like a lightning bolt fro him back to stark awareness

This was a mission

She was the target

Damn

Chapter Four

“A second,” Mace barked at the couple waiting to enter the elevator

He placed a dazed Keiko on her feet, adjusted her dress, and took her hand

“Oops,” she said to the couple as they passed theot where ere”

The couple grinned back in understanding Mace didn’t s where they were or why he was there in the first place But he felt like he was on a runaway train, and there was just no getting off until it reached its destination

Holding Keiko close, he wound his way through the crowd and out into the hot Houston night Stars glittered up above as the huht as he strode toward one of the cabs waiting outside the club Its door opened as they approached, and Mace guided her inside before cli in behind her

“The Hilton” He gave the computer control a voice command because he didn’t have the implants that would allow him to send a mental communication to the vehicle He hoped Keiko wouldn’t notice what he’d done Although it wasn’t unusual for people with enhanceive verbal orders to the machines around them, it still wasn’t the norm

She snuggled into his side and gazed up at him He felt the look like a punch to his stoined they both felt exactly the sa a wave, lost in the perfection of the curve, riding the high and waiting for the crash Only, he was the only one who knew the crash was co

/>“You feel it, too, don’t you?” she whispered “The fire?”