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"Of course you can. " His eyes finally narrowed on her as-sessingly. "I have a heli-jet waiting outside town. We can be out of here in half an hour. "
"I told you, I can't leave. " She gritted her teeth over the words as she felt her mind rebelling at the idea.
God, what was wrong with her? The mating heat was supposed to affect her body, not make her stupid. Of course she could leave; she just didn't want to. That was all. Freedom was a powerful lure.
"I just have to stick this out six months…"
"You won't make it six weeks before your enemies find you," he bit out. "The change in hair color is a nice touch. The makeup is nice. But you'll be found, Harmony. Eventually. "
"Not if I'm careful. " And she did know how to be careful.
Dane grunted as he watched her closely.
"We can get you out, Harmony. In a matter of months we can figure out how to hack the Bureau's computers and delete your files…"
"Jonas won't let me go that easily. It's better to play this game out and have it done with. "
"He's set you up to fail, sweetheart…"
As though she weren't very well aware of that.
"I don't have time for this. " She shook her head quickly. "I have to head back to the department and get that stupid GPS fixed. I can't run this time, Dane. If I stick it out, then he'll wipe the records. "
"You're fooling yourself, Harmony. " His smile was knowing. "He's trapped you. I can get you out of it. "
She took another step back. For years he had always been there, pulling her ass out of the fire. He had rescued her, saved her life more than once, and always seemed to know exactly where she was, and what she was doing at any given time. And she had never known why. She had never really questioned why until lately. Suddenly the haze of hormones, hunger for Lance and confusion cleared from her mind. She stared around the deserted area, the hairs at the back of her neck lifting before her gaze returned to him.
"You know I'm being watched," she said, certain of that fact.
"Of course. " His smile was supremely confident. "But not at the moment. Go on, little girl, run back to your sheriff. I'll hang around awhile and watch your back. Just like I always have. " It sounded like a threat.
"I'd prefer you leave. " She had a feeling things were about to get a hell of a lot more complicated.
"I'm sure you would, baby. " He smiled again as he swung into the SUV. "I'm sure you would. Unfortunately, I think my curiosity has been aroused. "
With that, he closed the door, engaged the engine and drove away.
Not for the first time in the past week, Harmony cursed.
CHAPTER 10
Davy wouldn't let her touch the Raider.
Harmony strode briskly from the department's garage, along the sidewalk that led to the Sheriff's Department, as irritation began to surge inside her.
The aging excuse for a mechanic was a prime candidate for an ass-kicking with his smarmy smart-assed comments and smug smiles. She had a feeling he was deliberately screwing with the GPS, and if she found out he was, she was going to clean that excuse for a garage with his ponytailed head.
Dumb twit.
She was at the edge of her patience for the day and she knew it. Dane's arrival was a complication she could ill afford, and the implications of it were worrisome. Dane could cause problems. And she couldn't figure out why he was there.
She turned the corner and strode quickly to the steps that led to the single-story adobe building that housed Lance's offices. She took the steps two at a time, ignoring the looks she received from several bystanders. It was the uniform. All black, with her holster lying low on her thigh and the Bureau of Breed Affairs insignia on the sleeve, it was guaranteed to draw attention. Attention she really didn't need.
She strode through the lobby, waving at Lenny Blanchard as he shot her a smile; then she moved purposefully for Lance's office.
She gripped the doorknob and pushed her way inside.
"Lance, that excuse for a mechanic of yours is going to get on my last nerve," she snapped as she directed a fierce glare across his desk at him. "And the next time he calls me kitty, he's going to be missing a ponytail. "
