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“SEALs?”
    He was an observant guy, spotting the UDT belt buckle Thane wore.
    “Just Navy,” Thane replied, turning his topaz gaze on her, raising her
body temperature.
    “How you feeling, sweetheart?”
    Mace dug in his pocket and dropped a ten on the table. “My cue to
leave. See ya guys later.”
    “Thanks, Mace.” They fisted each other, and Mace dropped between their
heads, and gave her a big noisy kiss on the cheek.
    Thane burned a grin and shook his head. “She’s mine, ya know. That’s
not gonna change, Petty Officer Callahan.”
    “A guy can always hope. Later.”
    She finished the rest of her margarita. Bruce swept by picking up the
empty glass, steering clear of the mountain of man sitting beside her. Thane
tracked him as if studying a hit. “What’s with Romeo?”
    “He’s cute. I think he wants a date. Why don’t we make it a double, me
and him, and you and Miss Sweater-too-tight?” stirring the embers of the fight
they’d had in the weight room over the admin assistant.
    Thane coursed her with a look, and then his lips tightened into a
grin. Trying to read the meaning behind that grin had her brows coming
together. “Miss Sweater-too-tight have any more flat tires or is she all full
of hot air?” Thane folded his mighty arms across a taut chest, and leaned back
comfortably. “How many times did she rub her ass against you today?” He stared
at her, not letting his gaze veer, just a blink. “What the hell are you doing
here, anyway?”
    He gripped her arms, and yarded her to within an inch of him. “Fall
back, my sweet mermaid. That tongue of yours is especially sharp today, and
there’s no reason for it.” His hand threaded through her hair, and he came down
on her lips with a hard, disciplinary kiss, one that extinguished one fire, but
created another. Releasing her, but not enough for her to pull away more than a
couple inches, Thane kissed her gently on each cheek, and then placed a serene
kiss on her lips. “Who’d want a woman pumped up with Botox, when a guy could
have a beauty like you?”
    She sputtered. “Right.”
    “You were right. I sent the
request for an in-depth investigation into her roots. This afternoon
intelligence reported back saying they’ve found a few loose ends.”
    “So when’s your date with her? Let me guess, you’re going to screw it
out of her.”
    Her phone vibrated on the table, and they both
looked at it. The planes on Thane’s face darkened like the prairies under a
moving thunderstorm. “What the fuck does he want?”

 
 
 
 
    Chapter Four

 
    “ Bonjour , Greg.”
    “How’s my beautiful
expat?” Greg said with a cheery, familiar note.
    “ C’est bonne, et tu? ”
    “I miss you, but I tell
you that all the time, don’t I?”
    Her heart unfurled from
a corner with his comforting timbre. Thane’s brow creased tight, and so did his
fists as if trying to stop himself from swiping the phone from her hand. “ Oui, c’est vrai .”
    “Oh, I get it. The SEAL
is close by, isn’t he?”
    “ Oui .”
    “I called to let you
know I’m on a plane next Friday.”
    “Where?” Tension
tweaked her temples. In all the years they’d known each other, he’d taken the
role as a brother, in spite of his feelings. She missed him.
    “To San Diego. I’ve got
too much leave banked, and my captain wants me to chew some of it up. You and I
are going to Hawaii.”
    “Hawaii?” she echoed,
suddenly longing for a tropical westerly to sweep all the bleedin’ insanity
into a corner for a week or two.
    “Don’t worry about the
overbearing SEAL. He can survive without you.”
    “I don’t know, Greg.”
Silence on the phone indicated she’d hurt his feelings, and just like that she
caved. Greg was the last man on earth she ever wanted to hurt, and he knew it.
“I know you. You’re making an excuse for a working holiday. You’re not getting
involved with chasing down the Shark.”
    An honest growl
emanated from the SEAL sitting beside