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minute, then took it, dipped it in the water, wrung it out, and placed it back on her forehead again.
    Lucian found himself just gaping. He’d never seen anything like it. These two were hard, heartless hunters. What had gotten into them?
    The phone on the table beside him rang, and he reached over to pick it up. Relief coursed through him at the sound of Bastien’s voice.
    “You got lucky,” his nephew announced. “One of the directors was supposed to fly from Lincoln, Nebraska, to California today, but business is keeping him another day, so he doesn’t need the plane. It’s coming to pick you up in Kansas.”
    “Hmm,” Lucian murmured. “What time will it get here?”
    “If you leave for the airport now, you might just get there first.”
    Lucian sat up abruptly. “That quickly?”
    “It’s on the way now, and Lincoln’s a hell of a lot closer than Toronto,” Bastien pointed out.
    “Yes, but, I have to—”
    “I already ordered a limo for you,” Bastien interrupted soothingly. “It should be there any minute, and I arranged with the rental company to pick up your car from the hotel parking garage.”
    Lucian opened his mouth to say he’d still need it. He had no intention of getting on the plane. He was going to put Leigh on it, have Thomas pick her up at the airport and deliver her to Marguerite’s for his sister-in-law to look after. However, he changed his mind and let the order go. They didn’t need two vehicles. He could ride in the van with Mortimer and Bricker. They’d only ended up with both the car and truck because the boys had flown in the day before him. Since they were busy gathering information on Morgan, he’d rented a car rather than take a taxi to the hotel. Lucian hated taxis. As far as he was concerned, taxi drivers all drove as if they had a death wish... and they talked too much. How could they claim to be concentrating on traffic, traffic lights, and pedestrians with their mouths constantly flapping?
    “Is there anything else you needed?” Bastien asked.
    “No,” Lucian said abruptly. “That’s fine.”
    “Good, then you’d better get moving.”
    Lucian thought Bastien might have said good-bye, but wasn’t sure. He was already setting the phone down.

Three
    “No.”
    “What do you mean no?” Lucian stared with amazement at the pilot, Bob Whithead. They were standing on the tarmac between the limo and the waiting plane, a cool breeze and cold rain spitting down on them. Bob was the only one with an umbrella and wasn’t in the mood to share.
    “Just what I said. I’m a pilot, not a babysitter. I’ll be too damned busy to look after the girl. Either you arrange for someone to accompany her or she doesn’t go.”
    “The co-pilot can... ” Lucian’s words faded as the pilot firmly shook his head.
    “I need Ted in the cockpit. There’s a reason there are both a pilot and co-pilot, and it isn’t in case a passenger needs their blood bag changed or their hand held.”
    “Do you know who I am?” Lucian asked shortly. He wasn’t used to being told no, and didn’t like it.
    “I know who you are,” Bob assured him grimly. “And it doesn’t matter one damned bit. I am not taking an unattended woman who is in the middle of turning onto my plane. What if she attacks me or my co-pilot?” He shook his head. “No way.”
    “I’ll accompany her,” Mortimer offered. “It’s only two hours or so there, two hours back. I’ll be back before you two wake up.”
    “Fine,” Bob said abruptly. “As long as there’s someone with her.”
    Mortimer reached for Leigh as the pilot turned to walk back to the plane, but Bricker stepped forward in protest.
    “No, I want to go with her. I’ve never seen a turning before. It will be good experience.”
    “That’s the perfect reason why I should go,” Mortimer argued. “I have seen a turning. I know what to expect and how best to help her.”
    Lucian rolled his eyes as the two men began to argue. They’d come to