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laughter. And Dr. Kirk teased them back with a familiarity that spoke of how well-integrated she was into the community.
    Similar to how Lachlan was hoping to be received by his new team. Aye, Tony and the others had begun to tease and joke with him on occasion, but there was a certain hesitancy behind it. As if they weren’t yet certain how Lachlan would respond. Or if they really wanted to accept him as one of their own. After all, the Americans on the team had all previously served under Kris as members of the U.S. government’s black ops group Unit 3. Since Kris and the others had joined WAR roughly eighteen months ago, they’d mostly been working on ad hoc missions and training new recruits. These past six months had been the first time Kris had attempted to create discrete military units out of WAR’s volunteers.
    While Lachlan was flattered that Kris had chosen him, the newest recruit, to lead one of the primary teams, he wondered what it would take to fully earn the loyalty of his teammates.
    “Sleeping on the job?” Dr. Kirk asked, her voice tinged with amusement.
    “Nay, doctor, I heard you coming. But I recognized your walk and know you’re no threat.” He opened his eyes to find her glaring at him.
    “Really? What makes you think that after you’ve barged into my life and unearthed my secrets that I wouldn’t take an opportunity to rid myself of you?”
    Normally Lachlan wouldn’t allow himself to be vulnerable by remaining seated when faced with an opponent. But he found that he enjoyed having Dr. Kirk look down her nose at him while her green eyes sparked with temper. “You won’t hurt me, lass.” He pushed to his feet just for the pleasure of getting inside her personal space and was rewarded by her soft gasp and a glimpse of her tongue as it darted out to wet her lips.
    She stepped back and crossed her arms over her chest. “Is that so?”
    “Aye. I haven’t once seen you raise your hand in anger. Even when I’ve made you furious.” He gave her a smile. “I think you’re starting to like me, doctor.”
    Her eyes narrowed. “Don’t flatter yourself.”
    He laughed, which only seemed to annoy her further. But before he could follow up, one of the women called out to Dr. Kirk.
    “Come on, MacKay, it’s time to make yourself useful.” Dr. Kirk indicated that he should follow her over to the classroom where her student’s easels waited to be returned to the bus along with several hand-painted banners in both English and the local language.
    “They’re for the festival tomorrow,” Dr. Kirk explained. “The women have rented a table and will be passing out health brochures we’ve had printed up, along with free condoms.”
    “Perhaps I should grab a few,” he teased with a wink. Then immediately regretted his words as pictures of the two of them hot and sweaty, using condom after condom, filled his mind, causing his whole body to tighten with need.
    Dr. Kirk gaped at him, then shoved one of the displays into his arms. The poster board luckily hid the lower half of his body, giving him the few meters until the bus to get his body under control. Taken aback by how quickly his attitude toward Dr. Kirk had shifted into dangerously sensual territory, Lachlan refrained from further teasing while they packed up the rest of the equipment.
    Helen hugged her students good-bye, then they hit the road.
    “We’re not going back to the clinic?” Lachlan asked forty-five minutes later as they passed the clinic’s driveway.
    “Not yet. I want to drop off these displays at my bungalow and grab a quick bite to eat.”
    Lachlan glanced at the clock on the dash. He hoped Tony had finished with his search, because he had no way of warning his teammate they were coming. Given the security bars over the bungalow’s windows, the only avenue of escape was the main door.
    When they arrived, Dr. Kirk backed the SUV up to the courtyard’s gate, then Lachlan helped her carry the first load into her