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him had wanted to break bones. Preferably of the men who’d manhandled him, looking for information on Mitchell.
    What bothered him most was, even though Mitchell was tough and could probably hold her own one-on-one with a man, she couldn’t defend herself against these two men if they decided to rough her up.
    What the hell had Mitchell gotten herself into?

Chapter Four
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    M itchell headed for the apartment she’d rented in the same rundown building where Dixie Lee lived. After a few blocks, she knew she was no longer being followed. Which meant Remy was. Her fingers tightened on the steering wheel. She worried about making him a target of Hatch’s thugs, and almost turned around to head back to the store to check on him.
    As she slowed to turn into a parking lot, she thought of Kelli. If Mitchell went back to help Remy, who most likely could take care of himself, she could blow her hard-earned cover and Kelli would be lost. Time was not on Kelli’s side. Strengthening her resolve, Mitchell reminded herself that Remy was a trained combatant. SEALs were not only strong, but smart. They knew how to get out of tight situations, using any means they had to. If he wasn’t at his apartment when she got there, she’d alert his team and they’d help her find him.
    Taking the longest possible route, checking and double-checking her rearview mirror, she eventually pulled onto a street two blocks from the apartment complex where Remy lived. The same place he’d shared with Derek until Derek’s death. She hadn’t been there when he’d cleared Derek’s personal effects. She supposed he’d shipped them all to Derek’s parents in Pennsylvania. At the funeral, they’d been devastated by his death and opened their arms to her in their grief.
    After sleeping with Remy, Mitchell had cut all ties with Derek’s folks, guilt driving her away.
    In the year since Derek’s passing, she’d driven by the apartment complex several times, tempted to break her vow to stay clear of Remy. Once, she’d actually stopped and climbed the stairs to his unit. His neighbor had been in the hallway and told her that Remy had been deployed. Then they’d started emailing and texting.
    Time and distance had done nothing to ease the ache in her heart or the desire she’d harbored all that time. Their conversations had been about nothing, but the communication had meant everything and they’d grown closer with each letter.
    Last month, she’d agreed to do an online video chat. Seeing him again resurrected all the same feelings she’d had before, if not more intensely. Remy had looked thinner, the lines around his eyes more pronounced, and the smudges beneath his eyes darker. But he was still the ruggedly handsome SEAL she remembered and had accidentally fallen in love with when she’d been his best friend’s girl.
    Parking her rental car in an empty lot, she climbed out and ducked into the shadows. She checked all directions before striking out for Remy’s apartment, taking the short cut through an alley and pushing through hedges to emerge in the apartment complex’s parking lot.
    Forty-five minutes after she’d dropped him off, she knocked softly on his door and waited. Her heart rate kicked up a notch and she glanced over her shoulder. The hallway was empty but she hated feeling exposed. Using the key Derek had given her so long ago, she inserted it into the lock and turned it. The door opened. She slipped inside and eased the door closed softly.
    The only light in the room shone through the front window from the security light in the apartment building’s parking lot.
    Just to be safe, Mitchell performed a quick search. Remy wasn’t there, nor was anyone else. And from the looks of the empty spare bedroom, he hadn’t taken another roommate since Derek.
    Crossing to the large picture window in the living room, she stood to the side and peered through the blinds at the lot below. Ten minutes passed and Mitchell paced the living