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right now.”
    “When are you planning to leave?” Vic asked.
    “Soon. The less you know, the better,” Kenzie stated.
    “I swear to God if you get yourself hurt, I’ll hunt you down,” Vic declared.
    “I’ll be fine,” Kenzie stated again as she crossed to her and surprised Vic by hugging her. “I swear.” She let go and walked back to the bed, grabbing a pillow and hugging it, instead. “Now, tell me why you’re not sure if you want to go to Oklahoma.”
    “Well, it’s Oklahoma for starters,” Vic said, and they both laughed.
    * * * *
    Vic stuck around until Kenzie shooed her from the room, claiming to be tired. They’d spent most of the time reminiscing about the past. There was no other woman who understood Vic as well as her Marine sister. And damn it that was exactly why Vic would do everything she could to make sure Kenzie took care of whatever she felt she needed to uninterrupted.
    Finn was the first person she saw as she made her way to the main floor.
    “You on duty?” she asked.
    “Nope,” he grunted. “Why? You need something?”
    “Sparring partner,” she said. “Feel like throwing some punches.”
    “Fuck,” he muttered. “I hate sparring with you.”
    “Why’s that? Don’t like getting your ass kicked?”
    “No, I don’t. My choices are either let you kick it until you’re satisfied or let the guys kick it for fighting back,” he stated sourly.
    Vic stopped and glared at him. “Are you fucking kidding me?”
    “Nope, sugar, I’m not,” he said. “So still want a sparring partner?”
    “Who kicked your ass for fighting with me?” she demanded.
    “Whoever found out first,” he said then gave her a grin. “And I was only kidding about them kicking my ass.”
    “Who found you first most often?” she asked, ignoring his grin and the Irish charm he was trying to connive her with.
    He shrugged, keeping his mouth shut for a change.
    She turned and walked away, heading toward Tah’s office again. Would he be pissed at her for barging in on him twice in one day? She really hoped so. Pissed enough to spar. Finn was right on her heels, suddenly not sounding so cocky.
    “What are you doing? Are you really going to tattle on me?” he whined.
    She twisted quickly, swiping her foot and knocking him on his ass. It helped he hadn’t been expecting it. That was his problem, though, not hers. And she didn’t waste time feeling guilty. She spun and kept going, changing her mind and heading past Tah’s office, through the house and out the back. Maybe fresh air would help.
    She plunged through the trees, feeling the need to do something to release all the energy trapped inside her. Hearing footsteps behind her, she paused and growled.
    “Get the fuck away from me, Finn, or I’m going to reconsider sparring with you.”
    “If you want to spar, I’m right here,” Gideon said.
    She turned and found her gaze captured by his.
    “What’s up with your eyes?” she said, anger spiking even higher as she remembered how easily he’d walked away from her earlier. “Sometimes they’re green. Sometimes blue. Is that a shifter thing?”
    “Yes,” he said and stalked toward her.
    She didn’t mean to retreat. It wasn’t in her nature. But there was something in the neon green of his eyes that made her catch her breath.
    “Are you scared?” he purred. The fucker actually purred at her.
    “No,” she said. Her back hit bark as he moved in, caging her between his bulk and the tree. It was déjà vu.
    “That’s your mistake then,” he whispered.
    She leaned her head to the side as his lips skimmed up her neck, sending electric volts through her that seemed to travel straight to her nipples and clitoris. She ached. No. She burned, and it was all his fault. She clenched her fingers in his lush locks and jerked his head.
    “I know just what I’m getting with you,” she told him.
    “Yeah?” he questioned.
    She thrust away from the tree, surging into him. He widened his stance,