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    She pinched the bridge of her nose. “I saw the guys in coats milling around and suddenly remembered that my friend Tamra is having a birthday in a week. I wanted to get her something cute. The rest you know.”
    Toyo asked, “One thing, why did he hit you?”
    She winced. “I told him that his plan wasn’t well thought out and bam, weapon to the face.”
    Loesh cackled. “You told him that?”
    “It was obvious. It was their first time; they were scared and aggressive. There was no way they were getting out without peacekeepers.”
    Rand snickered. “Why didn’t they simply grab what they could and get out?”
    Bebe looked at her feet and muttered so low that only Loesh could make it out.
    He laughed and translated. “She saw them come in, jumped the counter and hit the alarm. Things deteriorated after that.”
    Being on a skimmer filled with chortling Guardians was surreal, and as they landed in the street outside her apartment, she caught on to another fact. They all knew where she lived.
    She slumped back and wondered if she would ever have a normal day off again.
    Toyo rose to his feet and offered her his hand. “Come along, Beryl. It is time to put you back where you are safe.”
    She let him help her to her feet and rested against him for a moment when he pulled her close. She came to her senses quickly, but he switched from holding her hand to a wide hand on her back. The contact was comforting and gave her no choice but to head toward her apartment with her security guard smiling and snapping a short salute to the Guardian.
    They entered the lift and he kept his hand at her back.
    She had to ask, “Why were you guys there this afternoon? The meteor would have just ploughed up the field.”
    He grinned. “I was coming into the city to tell you about the resolution to the case when we got the notice about the meteor. Once Loesh determined that you were on a free day, we had a fairly good idea where you would be.”
    She covered her eyes for a moment and then stepped forward when the lift doors opened. “I despise being predictable.”
    He walked her to her door, and when she palmed the lock open, he followed her inside. “Beryl, you are the least predictable woman I have ever come across.”
    She trembled when he turned her and kissed her softly; the door wrapped them in silence and privacy as it shut.
    When he lifted his head, she whispered, “You said you would be at my door when the case was settled.”
    “I did say that.” He brushed his lips across hers as he slowly backed her to a wall.
    Bebe flattened her hands on his chest and deliberately slid her fingers upward into the hair at the base of his skull to hold his mouth to hers.
    He whispered against her lips. “Aren’t you scared?”
    “Petrified, but that hasn’t stopped me before.” She went up on her toes and met his mouth with hers.
    It was all the encouragement that he needed. His hands on her waist lifted her, and he held her at a more convenient height as he tasted her with no threat of an interruption.
    Her pulse pounded, his teeth lengthened and while that deadly warning scared her, she wanted more. Her body throbbed and she wrapped her legs around him out of reflex. She exhaled sharply when he pushed his hips against hers. Heat spiralled through her, inside and out.
    This time, she felt his fingers at the closure to her suit as he eased it open with slow deliberation. She felt the graze of his teeth on her lips and tongue and tasted blood. He shuddered and lifted his head. “Bedroom?”
    She pointed to the door on the left, and he wrapped an arm around her waist, holding her to him as he walked the few steps.
    He looked at her bed. “That is very small.”
    She looked between him and her bed and nodded. “It was for me, not for you.”
    “I suppose I will just have to improvise.”
    He settled her on the edge of the bed, peeled her suit down her arms and bared her upper torso. Toyo leaned in and caressed her nipples