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know about you. If you ever tried to lose that someone, well, you would be deemed a rogue and killed.”
    Wonderful.
He wasn’t lying this time. There was too much dread in his tone.
    Gabby wasn’t sure what she wanted to do. She only knew she was tired of running, so tired, and that she’d been found—by two separate agencies, it seemed like—so all that running had been for nothing, anyway.
    She uttered another sigh. “I’m sorry. About your boss, I mean.”
    “Thank you. He was a good man.”
    They lapsed into silence, and a short while later they reached civilization again. There was a gasstation, a few drive-thrus, and two motels. Sean parked in front of the motel closer to the road.
    “This where we’re spending the night?” She eyed the brownstone that formed a half-moon around a crumbling parking lot.
    “Nope. We’re getting a room, yes. But all we’re doing in it is making a call and ditching the car.
Then
we’re finding someplace else to sleep.”

    Sean had chucked his cell phone the moment they reached the highway, allowing oncoming traffic to run over it. There was an activated GPS in it, so anyone at Rose Briar could access his location. Besides Rowan, he didn’t know who he could trust right now, so he hadn’t wanted that information so freely available.
    He procured a motel room, as promised, and while Gabby sat at the edge of the bed, he called Rowan. There was no answer, which wasn’t like the agent.
Shit!
Was Rowan on the run, too? Hurt?
    Sean left a message, telling his friend what had happened to Bill, that he had Gabby and would call again soon. Not for a moment did he doubt his friend’s loyalty. Rowan had known where he and Gabby had been “locked up”—hell, Rowan had driven Gabby there—and if Rowan had been the culprit, the man could have easily done the hit there.
    So . . . who did that leave?
    The scientist who’d operated on Gabby? Bill had considered that a possibility before the mission had ever begun. The government? But why wouldn’tthey have contacted Rose Briar directly? They always had before. A
foreign
government, perhaps?
    Whatever the answer, this was a bad deal.
    “All right. Let’s go,” he said, taking Gabby’s hand and helping her to her feet.
    She’d handled his admission better than he’d anticipated. He supposed to someone who’d been through as much shit as she had, being lied to and used was nothing. And that saddened him. Of course, he didn’t like that sadness and squashed it quickly. It meant he was emotionally involved, and that he couldn’t allow.
    Gabby didn’t protest as he led her back into the night, summoning shadows to hide them from view. They walked the few blocks needed to reach the other motel. He didn’t release the shadows from around them as they entered the building. He didn’t release the shadows as he stole a key and headed for their new room without ever signing in.
    Inside, he rigged his belt to the door lock. If anyone turned the handle, his buckle would rattle. Wasn’t top of the line in security, but it would have to do. His resources were limited—he hadn’t given himself much to work with at the safe house, not wanting Gabby to be suspicious—but he didn’t want to drag Gabby through the night, keeping her awake and nervous while he looked for the necessary tools. At least he had a gun. Finally, he shooed the shadows away.
    “What do we do now?” she asked, sighing and plopping down on one of the mattresses.
    If only he’d stolen a key to a room with a king, rather than two fulls, he could have suggested a snuggle. Snuggle: guy code for
I really plan to feelyou up.
“Tonight, we rest. Tomorrow, we start digging for information.”
    “Wow. An intricate plan I never could have come up with on my own,” she said dryly, massaging the back of her neck. “Only, I would have worked in a shower.”
    His cock instantly hardened.
Gabby, naked and wet . . . oh yeah.
“All right. Work in a shower.”
Please,