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muttered.
    Guess I need more makeup. Her hands latched onto his unyielding biceps. He was about the same height as Legian and similar in build. “I told you to come alone, Jax,” she hissed through clenched teeth.
    “Couldn’t risk it.”
    She lifted her brows. “You saying I’m a security risk?”
    His hands fell to her lower back, pulling her tighter against him. “Are you?”
    To others, they likely looked nothing more than dance partners. Their feet crunched on broken peanut shells littered across the hardwood floors. But inside, she was seething.
    “You’re on a Missing Persons poster in Hot Springs. Talk to me, Sienna.”
    Just like Jax to cut to the chase. Not that she could blame him. Hearing from his best friend’s widow for the first time in years had to set off a red flag. She’d never even thought what the police would have done when they found her cabin empty. “You said to contact you if I ever needed something.”
    “What’s happened?” he demanded, his voice cutting.
    “You know the improbable events your unit prepares for?”
    Silence.
    “Well, they’ve started.”
    He pulled back slightly, enough for her to see a look of knowing and disappointment all balled up in one tight expression. He already knew.
    “Whatever you know, it’s not what you think. That’s what I wanted to talk with you about,” she said in a rush.
    Jax tensed around her. “They got to you. Christ, I’m too late.”
    “ They don’t even know I’m here.”
    In response, Jax broke away, grabbed Sienna’s wrist, and led her toward Buzzcut. Pulling her hand free, she clenched and unclenched her fists, putting on her best fake smile. The man looked up from a barely touched beer when they stopped at his booth.
    The older man pivoted on his red bench seat, hopped to his feet, gave an overly generous smile, and held out a hand. “You must be Sienna Wolfe.”
    She ignored the offered hand and slid into the booth. “Yep. And I’m guessing you’re Jax’s CO.”
    A smirk crossed his face. “Major Sommers at your service.” He eyed her before sitting back down. He put both elbows on the table and leaned forward over his beer. “Jax mentioned that you might have run into trouble with some illegal aliens.”
    Sienna simply shrugged and glanced at Jax, who stood at the edge of the booth as though on guard. Not that she was an I-told-you-so kind of girl — okay, maybe a little bit — but she’d kept warning Legian that the U.S. military wasn’t half as dumb as he thought. If the Sephians had one flaw, it was that they thought they were smarter than everyone else. Not exactly an ego boost for the lone human in a bunker of five hundred-plus aliens. Then again, they earned their freedom the old-fashioned way. With blood, tears, and death. They deserved a little self-righteousness, no matter how annoying that could be at times.
    Even with radar dampeners installed on their ships and throughout their base, Sienna figured it was just a matter of time before someone started sniffing around and noticed that something wasn’t quite right. Heck, she was surprised it took as long as it did.
    Clasping her fingers, she leaned forward. “Let’s say I have friends in from out of town to help us with the problem of some unfavorables who’ve also decided to come for a visit.” She spoke as if her insides weren’t tied in knots. Breathe in. Out. In.
    Buzzcut raised a brow. “We believe your friends have been here for some time, before we found that interesting weapon in your cabin.”
    Her mouth dropped. “You searched my place?”
    Buzzcut continued. “Our country has a stand. We don’t put up with illegal aliens of any kind.”
    While anyone overhearing the conversation would assume they were talking about workers coming over from Mexico, they both understood the true meaning of his words. “The Sephians don’t want to raise a fuss. It’s the Draeken you have to worry about,” Sienna whispered.
    He gestured to her, or to