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now he’d been assigned to her, which meant getting closer instead of further .  What in the hell is wrong with me?   King wasn’t a stupid man.  He’d served his country and in some of the highest ranking capacities the military allowed, including the field of intelligence, but right now he felt like a fucking idiot.  His body tensed.  Monroe was toying with him, playing a game of chess that King hadn’t even realized they’d started.  If he was trying to put this King in check, he’d better be prepared for a fucking fight.
    “Since your now in charge of Lilly’s surveillance, you should know that there has been a man watching her.”
    Christ!  He couldn’t even get a second to get his fierce possession under control before Monroe hit him with the information.  Again, anger surged to the fore and his beasts stood, their attention seized.  “What man?”
    Monroe shrugged one shoulder, “Not sure yet.  He approached her at home a few days ago and she blew him off. We’re not sure what he’s after, but he’s after something.  He’s been watching her.  Staking out her place.”
    A frown tugged King’s brows lower as he asked with a look of distaste as if the mere word soured his mouth, “Ex?”
    “No.  He’s older.  Not really Lilly’s type.”
    “And how do you know her type?”  Damn green-eyed monster.  Wh y couldn’t King control himself?
    Monroe smiled.  “I don’t.  I’m just pretty sure what she wouldn’t be interested in.  This guy’s got a cattle ranch east of the city.  Don’t believe he’s Megalya either.”
    The mention of the Walker enemy had ice shooting through King’s veins.  He didn’t want those fucking monsters anywhere near Lilly.  “You’re sure?”
    “I’ll have the reports uploaded to your computer.  You can go over them once we return.  For now, let’s get this meeting with Tyce out of the way.”
    King couldn’t let it go.  “If he’s stalking her why haven’t you taken him out?”
    The CEO’s placating grin irked the hell out of King.  “If I did that then I’d never discover what it is he’s after.”
    Resolved to take care of it personally once they returned to StoneCrow, King changed directions.  “What is it exactly we’re supposed to be helping Tyce with?”
    “Not him.  Mason EnemyHunter has flown in from New York.  Apparently, he’s hiring Tyce’s team to assist in the search for his missing sister.”
    “And this involves us how?”
    “It doesn’t.  For now.  We’re going to collect samples from Mason, Tyce, and Tyce’s Walkers to add to our database at StoneCrow.”
    King snorted, “Still searching for the source huh?”
    Monroe didn’t respond.
    “Maybe you should hold off on attempting to mate all your Walkers to one another until you find out if we’re all related.”  The idea struck King as funny and had him smiling.
      “Perhaps you’re right.  Maybe I’ll concentrate my efforts on just getting my Sentries mated to human females for the time being.”
    King’s smile slid from place and he swallowed hard, knowing that if Monroe pushed him to claim a certain human female, he wouldn’t have to push too hard.  Even now, there was that odd sensation, a tingling at the back of King’s mind.  It almost felt like a warning.  A warning to not overlook Lilly Worthington.  But why?  Was she an enemy infiltrating StoneCrow?  If she were, his desire for her was clouding his ability to see it.  Perhaps it was something else.  Maybe he was supposed to grant her his undivided attention for a very different reason.

Chapter 9
    The meeting ran longer then King had hoped, and Monroe’s private helicopter didn’t return to StoneCrow until after five.  Lilly was already gone for the day.  Wanting nothing more than a hot shower and a hot steak, King forewent both, instead opting to travel immediately to the city to relieve Marko of his surveillance duties.  It was difficult to ignore the sharp bite of