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There was now a Breed posted at the door and two on the balcony outside his bedroom. Styx was confirming their positions outside as they stepped into the house.
“Dawn.” Styx’s heavy brogue had her turning back. “We’ve had verification of an unauthorized transmission from the house while the two o’ you were in the meeting. Jonas is tracking it but he’s requesting that you remain indoors at all times.”
Dawn tensed. She nodded shortly and watched as Styx turned and closed the door behind them.
“Whoever it is won’t give up,” she murmured as she turned back to him. “It’s not over, Seth.”
“And they’ll be caught.” He shrugged as he slid the jacket from his shoulders and paced across the sitting room. “Men like this make mistakes eventually, Dawn. They’ve tried half a dozen times already and failed each one. They’ll slip up here.”
“Or put a bullet in you?” She whispered her worst fear.
“It won’t be the first bullet I’ve taken.” He shrugged again as he turned to her. “I don’t intend to cash out now, sweetheart. Not after all this. I’m careful, and I have a damned good security force. We’ll let them do their work.”
She nodded, slipping off the high heels she wore and moving to him as he sat on the loveseat facing her.
She moved into his lap, curling against his chest, feeling him surround her again. She lived for this.
Seth chuckled against her hair and she let a smile curl her lips.
“We killed ourselves this morning,” he reminded her as her lips found his neck.
Dawn licked delicately, tasting his flesh and feeling her juices preparing her. The heat was easing; it wasn’t as destructive to the senses, but the need for him was still there, a part of her soul. That would never change, she knew that. His touch, his presence, was integral to her happiness, her survival.
“Maybe I can wait until tonight,” she purred. “But only because I’m really hungry, and I know lunch is coming soon.”
“How do you know that?” He tilted his neck, allowing her tongue to run over it, her teeth to nip.
“I smell it,” she drawled, moving from his lap before he could catch her.
She paced across the room, wrapped her arms around her breasts and turned back to him. She was still nervous, unbalanced. The feeling had returned that morning. That vague sense of panic that rolled through her, that left her grasping for a reason for it.
The memories weren’t easy to deal with, but she had spent years under Dayan’s cruelty, watching those discs, over and over again, seeing them in her dreams even if she didn’t feel the pain of them. The memories were no surprise to her. They cut at her. There was no escaping that.
“What’s wrong, Dawn?” He leaned forward and watched her intently. “Are there more memories returning?”
She shook her head. She could see the concern in his eyes, the flicker of inner rage that the memories existed to begin with.
“I thought this feeling of panic would go away.” She tried to laugh, but knew the sound fell far short of the mark. “It hasn’t. I want to slide into bed with you and hide until it’s over. Until there’s no threat, no reason to fear for you.”
“We’d spend our lives beneath the covers,” he told her somberly. “Neither of us can do that, you know that.”
Of course she did. She had known that all along, but it didn’t make it any easier. It didn’t ease the fear welling inside her.
Seth sighed heavily as he rose to his feet and moved to her. “We’re going to be okay.”
“You suddenly have a crystal ball?” She sniped as his hands settled on her shoulders. “You don’t know that, Seth.”
“No, I don’t know that, Dawn.” Frustration flashed in his eyes. “I know we can only do the best we can. I’m careful. I can’t, and I won’t, do more than that.”
She shot him a glare as she moved from his embrace. “I’m not asking you to.” She rubbed at her arms, fighting the chill that seemed to move over her body. “Something feels off. It feels wrong, and I can’t put my finger on it. I hate that, and I hate not knowing what to do to combat it.”
“Your training didn’t cover emotions, huh? Damn, go figure.”
“I’m the smart-ass in this relationship, Seth.” She smirked. “Don’t take my place there and I won’t take yours in the boardroom.”
There was a bark of laughter before he moved, caught her up in his arms and planted a long, luscious kiss on her lips.
“My little smart-ass,” he murmured against her lips. “You’re definitely the expert there. But I still know how to spank.”
