Hot SEAL

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her in the field, but of course that’s where she wanted to be.
    And he hadn’t been there for most of it. Hadn’t actively seen her in danger before now.
    He didn’t fucking like it. He holstered his gun and stood there waiting for her to say something.
    “I shouldn’t have missed,” she said angrily.
    “It could happen to anyone,” he told her. “Your hands were wet and you were startled.”
    Her eyes met his in the mirror. She was pissed. “ You wouldn’t miss. You’re trained to do nearly everything while soaking wet, I imagine.”
    “Yes.” He said it simply because it was true. As a SEAL, he was expected to spend a lot of time in the water. He was as comfortable there as he was anywhere. “But you aren’t a SEAL, Ivy.”
    She sniffed. “Did you find where he broke in?”
    “The back door’s open, but it doesn’t look forced. Did you check it when you came inside?”
    He could see the color creeping into her face. “No. I had a lot on my mind and I… didn’t.”
    He knew that admission galled her. Ivy was proud and—usually—thorough. In school, she’d been the one who wrote her papers weeks before they were due while he was usually floundering on the last day.  
    “You can’t stay here. It’s not safe.”
    Ivy spun to face him. “And what do you propose I do? Go home? Not happening, mister.”
    “That’s not what I said,” he grated, his voice rough. “You need to move bungalows. And you shouldn’t be alone.”
    Her mouth fell open a little. “In spite of what just happened, I can take care of myself. I was caught off guard this time, but it won’t happen again. No resort Peeping Tom is going to scare me a second time.”
    Dane wanted to grab her and shake her. “And what if it wasn’t a Peeping Tom? What if this is related to that threat you got back in DC?”
    Ivy blinked. “How could it be? Unless someone is following me everywhere, or they’ve tapped my phone—which they have not , by the way—how could it be related? And why? It’s not like I’ve discovered the holy grail to taking down the Ruizes and they need to stop me. I’m a thorn in their side, but no deeper or more annoying than I’ve ever been.”
    He knew that had to pain her to admit. Fighting drugs was often like playing Whac-A-Mole. Stop one conduit and others sprang up in their place. Ivy, being the meticulous sort, wouldn’t like that one bit.
    “You can’t ignore the possibility. You need to move. And you need backup.”
    Before he could say anything more, voices he recognized came from inside the bungalow. He gave Ivy a hard look and then left her alone so she could get dressed. Some of his new teammates clustered in the living area, weapons drawn, while others still came in from the rear door.
    “It’s okay, guys,” Dane said. “The area is clear.”
    Ace shot toward him, looking about as pissed off as a fighting rooster. “Where’s Ivy?” he demanded. “And what the fuck happened here?”
    Dane resisted the urge to wrap his hands around the little fucker’s throat, but only barely. He didn’t like the guy, no matter that he seemed to care about Ivy’s welfare. Probably because he had what Dane didn’t, which was a relationship with Ivy that wasn’t combative. He got to be with her and see her smile, hear her laugh. Dane hadn’t heard her laugh in years.
    And he damn sure hadn’t been the recipient of one of her smiles in ages.
    “Ivy’s fine. Someone busted in here and startled her while she was showering. No sign of the intruder.”
    Ace puffed up. “Are you sure it wasn’t you, asshole? Trying to get a peep at the ex? Get your jollies for old times’ sake?”
    Dane growled and took a step toward Ace, but Flash was there, wrapping a hand around Dane’s arm and squeezing. He hadn’t had a lot of time to get to know these guys, but they’d absorbed his presence like he was one of them. They had his back, and that meant a lot.
    “Not helpful,” Flash said in a low voice.

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