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for a damn minute. “I’d bet money on the fact that you’re acting a wee bit jealous.”
    His brow creased. “Do you take me for the type to be jealous of another man?”
    I considered that, then nodded. “Yes, I do.” He’d proven that a few times over.
    The corner of his mouth lifted. “Maybe I’m overprotective when it comes to you, but I can promise this is different.” He shrugged. “Besides we’re solid. I have nothing to worry about. There’s just something about him that rubs me wrong.”
    Warmth slid around me to hear Kipp so confident with things between us. At the same time, I tried to see what Kipp did in Dane. But I didn’t get anything that strong from him. Maybe I was too trusting or perhaps Kipp searched too deeply into something that wasn’t there. “Regardless of the fact that you don’t like him, he’s probably the best chance I have in understanding…” I waved over my body, “all of this.”
    “Exactly why I allowed it,” he replied.
    A man who said he wasn’t jealous just spoke like a possessive fool. “If you understand that, then you’re going to have to back off him a little bit. I need to spend time with him, talk to him, and I’m not at all interested in having you pissed off the entire time.”
    “I’ll try to be good,” was all he said.
    His gaze said otherwise.
    I sighed, examining him again, and didn’t like where my thoughts headed. He might believe we were solid, but somehow by the dark depths of his eyes, I doubted him. “You do know, though, that I have no interest in him, right?”
    “Of course I know.” He chuckled. Classic arrogant Kipp. “No worries about that. I know where your heart lies. But it doesn’t change the fact that it feels like he’s up to something.”
    Good. Settled. “I hear what you’re saying, but Max wouldn’t bring anyone in that wasn’t highly respected or recommended. I mean, geesh, the guy works for the F.B.I.. I think that shows he knows what he’s doing and has been around the ghost block a few times.”
    Kipp stared at me knowingly. “Max has one agenda, and that’s helping you, so that it will help him. Never forget that.”
    Max did have his reasons for doing what he did and calling Dane in. I doubt he’d only helped me for himself. The warmth in his gaze when he’d introduced Dane told me that he was doing it to help me too. But I wouldn’t argue that fact with Kipp. “All you’re saying is not to trust Dane completely, right?”
    “I don’t trust anything about him. From the second I saw him I got a real bad feeling and that warning is only increasing.” His jaw clenched. “I have a feeling he’s not only there to help you.”
    At my parted lips, he raised a hand and added, “I have no idea what he’s up to, so don’t ask. And no I don’t think Max is in on it. I’m just saying to watch yourself around him, that’s all.”
    I squirmed closer toward him. “Okay, Kipp, I’ll keep my defenses up.”
    “Thank you.” The relief showed heavy in his expression before he grinned. “Now, enough talk about Dane . I can think of something else to do that’s much more enjoyable.”
    I reacted in a second to the deep purr that hung off his tone, plus the sweltering heat in his gaze. “I’m interested in hearing what you have in mind.” I mirrored his husky tone and licked my lips, drawing his attention to my mouth.
    “Fuck, Tess.” His voice dipped to a low growl. “I—” He leaned in, and as the cold air touched my lips, a soft voice cut off the words I desperately wanted to hear.
    “You need to help us.”
     

Chapter Five
     
    I shot straight up in bed, holding the blankets to my chin. Kipp did his magical bit where his clothes reappeared on his body in an instant. Neat trick that I didn’t possess.
    The woman ghost with her pretty floral dress, long, wavy blonde hair, and sparkling blue eyes, stood at the foot of my bed.
    “What are you doing in here?” I snapped. “Haven’t you ever