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She felt his war around her “Lift your head,” he said gently And she did so Making her wonder if she followed so entle tone If anyone else told her what to do, she gave them hell, she definitely didn’t comply

He slid an arm under her head for her to rest on, and then wrapped his other ar I’ll teach you the more advanced versions another time”

“What makes you think there will be another time?”

“A man can hope”

They lay there in silence as Rachel relaxed into his hold It was faht sank deeper into the bed, she wondered if she’d ever get his ocean scent out of her sheets Or her room It had been the only place in her hoed too

Inch by inch, thehiht or felt about it Because he did it so sweetly, in such an unthreatening

The heat of his body along her back e had ever achieved With his arh she were cradled inside a cocoon

She felt safe

And as herfrom her lips that she normally wouldn’t allow free “Years back,” she said quietly, “before you joined Benson Security, we had a case that involved a sex trafficker”

He said nothing, but his thuainst her stomach

“I usedto disable the et the information we needed to shut his operation down” She paused, re that time and the complete lack of re they used on me”

They re time before Harvard spoke “And you think that uys who attacked you?”

“Not the saan to assault the man in a way that meant he wouldn’t rape anyone else It’s a fine line, isn’t it? Bethat I did and as done to me”

She liked that he took his ti it

“What I think,” he said at last, “is that it sounds like poetic justice There are people in this world who don’t play by the rules, but they expect everyone else to, and they use that against the to cross the line and deal with those people” He nuzzled her temple