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kidnapped her in the first place.
    Galen sighed and rubbed the back of his neck. “My orders are to bring you in, no matter what.” He shook his head and looked off into the distance. “But I can’t. If you won’t go with me, I won’t have any choice but to take you home and stay there until I know you’re safe.”
    “Why would you do that for me?” She bit her lip. “Why would you go against your orders for a woman you just met?” Did he also feel that same attraction she felt? Was there something crawling deep in his insides that told him there was something about her?
    There was something deep inside Kendra telling her Galen was special. There was something about him drawing her closer. She wasn’t sure why. Maybe it was something about his scent, his good looks, or maybe, just maybe, he was the one her grandmother had always told her about.
    According to Isabella Mortensen, there was one man for every woman and one woman for every man. She always said that Kendra would know when she met her man.
    She rested her hand over her middle. Her heart rate increased and she couldn’t stop looking at him now. “And if I agree to go?” She wouldn’t agree if he wasn’t going with her. She needed to spend some time with him and see if the strange feelings roiling inside her developed into anything more. “Who would take me? You or someone else?”
    “I would take you. Some of the others will remain behind and search this lab before they destroy it while some would accompany us as protection.”
    “Would we drive or would we fly?”
    “We’ll have to drive. Otherwise, we have to leave the vehicles here.”
    “Ah.” She grinned. “Never get between a man and his truck.”
    “That’s not it, at all.” He shook his head with a chuckle. “It’s just that it would be unfair to send someone else out after them. Besides,” he said as he moved closer and lifted his hand to brush a lock of hair behind her ear. “It will give us a chance to get to know each other better.”
    “I—I think I want that.” Kendra tilted her head and Galen cupped her cheek in his palm. Reaching up, she covered his hand with hers. “I don’t know what it is, there’s just something about you.”
    Kendra wasn’t sure what it was, but something changed in his expression. He held her gaze with a look so intense Kendra was certain he would kiss her. He leaned closer, his gaze searching hers as his expression grew serious.
    Just as she closed her eyes and tilted her head back for his kiss, a horn honked and she heard the unmistakable sound of tires sliding across the sand-covered pavement.
    “Damn,” Galen whispered as he dropped his hand and moved away from her.
    I could say the same, mister. Kendra watched as Galen moved to the gate and ripped the padlock and chain off the latch without opening it.
    Eyes widening, Kendra’s mouth dropped open. “You just ripped the latch off that gate!”
    “Didn’t I tell you we have superior strength?”
    “Uh…no. I don’t believe you did.” She fought the urge to lift her hand to her heart. Not only is he handsome and strong, but he has a code of honor to rival that of a knight of old. Maybe she was dreaming after all. Men like Galen didn’t really exist…did they?
    Galen strode out to the large SUV. “Go inside and send out the MacDonald brothers and Jackson. Tell them I said to follow us back to Wolf Lake. They have my number. Tell them to call me when it gets dark if they haven’t already caught up to me and I’ll tell them where we’ve stopped for the night.”
    He wrapped his arm around her waist and guided her to the passenger side of the vehicle. “We’ll stop and get you something new to wear, as well.” He held the door while she climbed in, shutting it when she fastened her seatbelt.
    Kendra watched as he walked around the front of the SUV. What was it about the man that drew her the way he did? She couldn’t help but stare at the way his long-legged stride carried