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    When they’d failed to supply the answers their captors were looking for, the man in charge of their interrogation had shot Pamela in an effort to get him to talk.
    But he couldn’t reveal what he didn’t know.
    As he’d watched the man who’d murdered his partner in cold blood drag her lifeless body away, a part of him had died with her.
    His captors had subjected him to another ruthlessly brutal round of torture, and he’d been certain he was going to meet the same fate as Pamela. He would have, had the police not arrived on the scene.
    His assailants had beaten him senseless, leaving him to burn in the blaze they’d set as they’d fled. He’d been fortunate the first responders had found him in time and dragged him from the inferno. He’d spent the next week in the hospital recovering from his injuries. He would have been there longer had he not insisted on being discharged so he could attend the funeral.
    The ordeal had left scars—scars that were a constant reminder of his vow to track down the men who’d taken Pamela’s life and bring them to justice. Convincing Stephanie to let him accompany her to Damon Landers’s island would bring him one step closer to fulfilling that vow.
    “Aren’t you going to eat?” she asked, breaking him out of his ruminations.
    “Yeah,” he replied, grabbing a piece of pizza. “So before we were interrupted you were telling me that work is keeping you busy . . .”
    “Yes, but it’s a good kind of busy, you know? Challenging. And as much as I enjoyed my work as a research assistant for Sentinels, I love being on the front lines so much more.”
    “I wasn’t at all surprised when you became a librarian. You were always a bookworm. But I have to admit I was thrown for a loop when I came back to find you’re now also a covert bodyguard.”
    He was still trying to wrap his head around her metamorphosis from mild-mannered librarian to kick-ass bodyguard. It was second nature for him to don his protector cape around her, so her transformation would take some getting used to.
    “I wanted to make a bigger contribution.”
    “And so you opted for field work?”
    “I enjoyed working as a research assistant for Sentinels, but the siren call of adventure was too compelling to ignore. I wanted to do more than sit behind a desk and pull data. I love that I’m part of the action now, in a hands-on kind of way.”
    “I can tell. Your career choice may have shocked the hell out of me, but I have to admit the work suits you, Steph. You make a great covert agent. Your skills and your cool-headedness under fire are the reason I’m still here today.”
    She dipped her head, averting her gaze. “I didn’t do anything special.”
    “I beg to differ.”
    There was no doubt in hismind that she was the reason he was alive today. The ambush they’d been caught up in could have easily claimed his life.
    He and Stephanie had come under fire while guarding a Greek billionaire, Rafe Dimitiou. Rafe’s father, Philip Dimitriou, had gotten mixed up with the criminal element and become a target. Lawrence Mendacci, a reputed mobster, was using Philip’s daughter, Brianna, and his son, Rafe, as bargaining chips to get to him. Mendacci had promised that if Philip complied with his wishes, his children would come to no harm. If he didn’t cooperate, Rafe and Brianna would pay the price.
    To emphasize his message, Dimitriou had orchestrated an attack on Rafe’s new wife, Lauren—who fortunately was a covert Sentinels agent. Lauren had protected Rafe, but Frank and Stephanie had gotten caught up in the middle of that attack.
    Currently Philip Dimitriou and his children were being protected by two of the agency’s best operatives, Lauren and her brother Luke. The entire Sentinels team was committed to doing what other law enforcement agencies had thus far failed to do—build an airtight case against Lawrence Mendacci and bring him to justice for the crimes he’d committed.
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