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when he moved closer. The expected hate wasn’t there.
    But there was no mistaking Davis’s anger.
    “It meant more than that and you know it. I loved you! You were the one who walked away from us, Kara, not me.”
    “You told me you couldn’t be with me. What did you expect me to do? Hang around and wait for Ed to give us his permission to see each other again while becoming the laughingstock of DC? He couldn’t have been more thrilled when I left DC, because it took away any hint of affair from the public’s eye. I loved you, and needed you, and all you did was put your precious Bureau ahead of everything, including me.”
    “I thought you didn’t give a damn what the Bureau thought about you?” he said, his mouth twisting wryly.
    “I didn’t. But I cared about us. I cared about me. I left because of me, not your precious Bureau.”
    “I did what I thought was best for everyone involved, Kara. Including you.”
    Kara fought to control the raw pain once more. He was lying. For Davis, the only thing that mattered was the Bureau. “Don’t lie.”
    “It’s true,” he repeated more softly. His husky whisper still filled her with longing. “I thought about calling you a thousand times. But then I kept remembering the look in your eyes that day. I didn’t want to hurt you anymore.”
    “Very touching. But you’ll forgive me if I don’t believe you. If that was true, why are you here now? Let me guess… Rachel’s case?”
    “You think I came because of the case? Dammit, Kara, I came for my daughter.”
    They faced each other in a silent battle of wills, like so many times in the past, both completely unaware of the little girl who’d joined them until Ava spoke.
    “Mommie, she’s scared!” Ava’s frightened words brought Kara’s attention to her daughter in an instant. Tears streamed down her flushed cheeks. Ava’s eyes were glazed but not from sleep. Kara recognized that familiar look too well.
    Dear God—no!
    “Baby, it’s okay. You’re just having a bad dream.” Silently she pleaded for Davis not to say anything.
    “No, Mommie, she’s scared for real. She’s scared for real!” Ava began to cry earnestly out of fear. Kara knelt in front of her daughter, taking her by her arms. She could feel her daughter’s shivering running through her tiny body.
    “Who’s scared, Ava?”
    “Justine,” she said through hiccupping sobs. “She’s afraid of the man.”
    Kara’s breath lodged against her throat. From close behind, she registered Davis’s shocked reaction.
    “Oh God. She has the gift?” There was no denying the dread in that question.
    Kara threw him a warning look, but her thoughts were all for her assistant Justine.
    “What about Justine, baby? What is she afraid of?”
    “I told you, Mommie. The man. He’s coming to hurt her. She’s afraid of him.” Ava’s tiny voice broke into another round of sobbing. She clung to Kara, who picked her up in her arms, heading for the phone while praying this truly would turn out to be just a bad dream on Ava’s part.
    “Baby, it’s okay, Justine is fine. I’m going to call her right now so you can see.”
    It took Justine more than a dozen rings to pick up. “Hello?”
    Kara could tell from her voice she’d been sleeping.
    “Are you okay?”
    “Kara—is that you? What are you talking about? Of course, I’m okay. Do you know what time it is?”
    “Justine, I know and I’m sorry, but are you sure everything’s okay there?” Kara asked while trying to keep from alarming Ava as well as Justine.
    “I’m fine. Why wouldn’t I be? Is this about that man who stopped by the shop today? Jeez, Kara, couldn’t it wait until morning? I was sound asleep until you called.”
    “Good. I’m sorry—no, what man?” Kara glanced at Davis and saw the truth. “Never mind that now. Justine, don’t go back to sleep just yet, okay. I’ll call you right back.” Kara didn’t wait for Justine to argue before hanging up the phone.
    She