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built to keep Grange out. He could finesse his way into any security set-up anywhere on the planet. The only factor was time. Most conventional locks were child’s play to him. He was through them almost without noticing they had even been there. Dash thought, not for the first time, that he was damn glad Grange had a conscience and a code because the world wasn’t ready for a criminal with that kind of eerie talent.
    “We have three agents in rotating shifts at the hotel now. We have three agents in Sara’s neighborhood.” Grange’s voice was cool as he detailed the arrangements he had made. Only someone who had walked with him into some dangerous missions and some seedy bars after those missions would hear the slight shift in tone that indicated the level of his anger. He had perfected his control long ago, but he was not the emotionless man he allowed the world to see. He needed that iron control precisely because he felt so deeply. And Sara was rousing all his protective instincts.
    Sara even resembled his younger sister a bit, which would hit Grange hard, Dash knew. Grange hadn’t seen his sister since he had been kicked out of the house as a teenager, and the only person who meant anything to him in that family was Lissa.
    Dash turned to Isaac. “What did the team find at Sara’s?”
    “Not a damn thing. Not a print of his, nothing but that bird.” Isaac seemed at a loss.
    Dash frowned. Any normal person should have left some trace, something. “Is it possible he has training? What do we know about his history?”
    Isaac spoke up. “We know everything on record, from the time he started school.”
    “Is there any chance he has sealed criminal records from his youth? Aliases?” Dash was grasping at straws and he knew it.
    “I’ll get somebody on it,” Grange said immediately. “You’re right, he seems too good for this to be his first time.”
    “It’s not legal to go snooping for that kind of info,” Isaac said facetiously. “Better get the Sheriff to do it for you.”
    “Ask Carolyn for her take,” Dash suggested. “She’s good with profiles.” Interesting how both Isaac and Grange came to attention when Carolyn’s name was mentioned. Dash thought maybe there was a chance...No, Grange and Isaac weren’t known for their patience. They didn’t need patience because when they expressed an interest, the women just fell at their feet. If there was enough chemistry there to draw them into an affair, there would have been an affair by now.
    “I’ll bring Carolyn in when the background is complete. But right now, you’d better get to the grill, Dash, or the steaks won’t be cooked in time for the dinner, and the ladies will roast us instead.” Grange made his statement and walked out, leaving the other men to follow.

Chapter 7

    Monday morning was explosive, simply because Sara insisted on going to work, even after Dash had asked her to take a few days off. She was so adamant that Dash finally gave in and took her in to the office with him, forgoing his morning run to keep her in sight. He also moved her from the central work area into a small, empty office right beside his, banging her last box of files down on the desk with visible ill will.
    “The whole office will be gossiping about me now,” Sara protested again. “Only here four months, and she gets her own office? I wonder what, no, who she did to get that?” She knew her imitation of Nina’s cool, malicious voice was accurate when Dash smiled even through his obvious irritation.
    “Sara, your work speaks for itself. You would have had this office already on the strength of that, if it hadn’t been too much temptation for one ordinary man to resist.” His blue eyes glinted down at her. “We do have a connecting door now, you’ll notice.”
    “I noticed,” she said crisply.
    “ I noticed, and what’s more to the point, I fantasized about it day and night,” he said through his teeth. “Ever since Carolyn suggested this