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“Oh yeah? Like what?”

Her cheeks took on a pretty flush. “One idea
was my stripping to my bra and panties, then screaming that I saw a
mouse in the bedroom. When you came rushing up, I might have a
chance of getting you into bed.”

“She said that?”

“Well, she was joking. I was considering
it.” She sobered. “The point is, I want you with me. Not just as my
guard. While you were arranging for our transportation here,
Overhouse asked me if I was still willing to testify. I said I’d
have to think about it. I’ll feel a lot better about it if you’re
with me.”

It was hard to refuse the request–and the
conviction in her voice. Still, he heard himself ask, “You’re
sure?”

She reached for him, pulling him close.
“Absolutely sure. And when this is over, I hope you’ll stay.”

When he didn’t speak, Elizabeth raised her
head, studying his face.

“You have that look in your eyes. The same
one you got in the stairwell when you told me you were sure one of
the terrorists was down there.”

“Do I?”

She nodded gravely.

“My sixth sense,” he said, hearing the
wonder in his own voice. “It usually warns me of something bad. Now
I think it’s telling me. . .” He stopped and dragged in a
breath.

She finished for him. “That taking a chance
on us is the right thing to do.”

She stroked his damp hair back from his
forehead. “I know this seems fast, but I had a lot of time to think
about what I wanted in a man. When I found him, I knew. And I was
so damn frustrated that you didn’t feel the same.”

He swallowed. “I felt the same, but I didn’t
think I’d be good for you.”

“You are. Don’t ever doubt that again.”

“I have flaws.”

“Everybody does.”

She settled down beside him, closing her
eyes, and he knew she had given him her total trust. He liked that.
Liked his own feeling of commitment.

For two years he had denied himself joy. Now
he felt it bubbling up inside him like a clear spring breaking
through desert rocks.

He hadn’t asked for it. But he knew he was
starting a whole new chapter of his life. With Elizabeth.

THE END

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ABOUT REBECCA YORK

A USA Today Best-Selling Author, Rebecca
York is a 2011 recipient of the Romance Writers of America
Centennial Award. Her career has focused on romantic suspense,
often with paranormal elements.

Her 16 Berkley books and novellas include
her nine-book werewolf “Moon” series. KILLING MOON was a launch
book for the Berkley Sensation imprint. She has written 50 books
for Harlequin Intrigue, many in her popular 43 Light Street series.
Her recent releases include DARK WARRIOR for Berkley and DARK MAGIC
for Carina Press. Two Harlequin Intrigues, SUDDEN INSIGHT and
SUDDEN ATTRACTION, will be published early in 2012.

She has written for Harlequin, Berkley,
Dell, Tor, Carina Press, and Pageant Books.

Her many awards include two Rita finalist
books. She has two Career Achievement awards from Romantic Times:
for Series Romantic Suspense and for Series Romantic Mystery. And
her Peregrine Connection series won a Lifetime Achievement Award
for Romantic Suspense Series.

Many of her novels have been nominated for
or won RT Reviewers Choice awards. In addition, she has won a Prism
Award, several New Jersey Romance Writers Golden Leaf awards and
numerous other chapter awards.

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