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memories of what Ricardo had almost done. But now, in the presence of another strange male, Sheridan couldn't help reliving the horror of the event. Her eyes welled with tears.
    “Shit. Okay, Doc, here we go.” His voice gentled as he scooped her into his arms and held her against his chest.
    But he didn't smell like vanilla, and she couldn't help missing her Circ. Jules Hawkins . The man who'd taken more than her precious ring when he'd gone. He'd taken her trust, her respect, and, she feared, her heart as well.

    * * *
    “ Holy shit . It's him. I thought it was going to be just another wild-goose chase.”
    “Easy. Don't move him yet.”
    “I'm not. But he seems okay. Just out of it.”
    Jules moaned at the loss of warmth that had cocooned him from the world. But instead of basking in peace, he blinked up into the faces of two of his teammates—
    Kisho Hayashi and Morgan Reynolds.
    The normally stoic Asian smiled with relief when he met Jules's gaze. “Damn, Jules. Where the hell have you been?”
    Hayashi's mate, Morgan, breathed out a sigh of relief. “Thank God. Now you can deal with Tersch. He's been driving everyone crazy while you've been gone.” Morgan's green eyes flashed with humor as he studied Jules. “And I have to say, for a man we imagined tortured for weeks, you look pretty damned good.”

    Jules groaned as he stretched. “Where am I?”
    “In a hotel in Trindade, off the coast of Brazil. I smell the scent of a rogue Circ in the air, but nothing more,” Hayashi answered. “What the hell happened to you, Jules? Where were you?”
    “Trindade?” Everything felt fuzzy, wrong somehow. Rogue Circ? What about the angel in white? “The woman. Where's the woman?” Morgan and Hayashi exchanged a glance before Morgan answered, “There's no woman, Jules. The manager saw a big dude drop you off yesterday. The man paid well to make sure no one fucked with the room. Other than that, no one's been here.”
    His beast snarled at him to wake up and find her. “I need to find her.”
    “Easy, Jules.” Hayashi helped him stand.
    To Jules's bewilderment, he wore cotton pants that fit, as well as a white T-shirt. But no shoes. On his ring finger sat an unfamiliar ring. It looked old and expensive. And it wasn't his.
    “You feel okay, hoss? How many fingers?” Morgan held up three fingers.
    “Three, and don't call me hoss.”
    “Yeah, he's back.” Morgan turned away to make a few phone calls on his cell.
    Hayashi waved Jules to a change of clothes. “I brought your stuff, and we have a plane on standby.”
    Jules studied his friend. “You saw this” Hayashi nodded. “I had a vision of the three of us in this very room, then on a plane back home. Nothing else. I had no idea when you'd arrive. As soon as I had the vision, I left with Morgan. We've been here for almost three weeks, scouring the nearby towns along the coast and inland. No one's seen anything of you, Jules. Then yesterday, the emergency number gets a call. Some guy says to come here to this seedy hotel. And bingo , here you are.”
    “No woman?” Where was she? Who was she? Was she even real? A mysterious beauty who'd healed him while in… Where the hell had he been? An image of Montaña rose to mind, but was it because he needed to find the man or because Jules had been held in the enemy's stronghold? More questions than answers, and his head began to pound.
    It would make sense if Montaña had been behind his kidnapping. But that some nymphet, who just happened to screw his brains out, had helped Jules escape?
    Yeah, right. A fantasy if he'd ever had one.
    He rubbed his chest and felt something hard brush him. The ring. Damned if he could place it.
    Hayashi shook his head. “I'm sorry, buddy. No woman. It's just you, me, and Morgan.”
    Morgan joined them. “The team can't wait to have you back. Even Mrs.
    Sharpe's ready to throw a party.”

    Jules frowned and tried to focus on the here and now, but his mind was still muzzy from