They were all too busy dealing with the fear and the fire.
A fire that was still spreading. Still slowly destroying the historic building.
The gunmen had seemingly vanished.
They’d come for Cassidy.... Would they try to return for her?
His hand clenched as he remembered her walking toward the masked man.
Yes, he realized, they would come for her, but he would make absolutely sure that they’d find him standing in their way.
Cassidy looked up, then, and her gaze met his. So much emotion was in her eyes, blazing just as brightly as the flames. Anger, no, fury...and fear.
He forced his hands to unclench as he watched her. Soon, he would have her alone, and when he did, he would discover all of her secrets.
Every. Last. One.
He would find out just why armed men had stormed the party looking for her.
And he’d learn just how the rich debutante knew all about the most covert group of agents currently working for the U.S. government.
Cale was quickly realizing that there was a whole lot more to Cassidy Sherridan than he’d initially realized.
The woman could prove to be very, very dangerous.
Chapter Two
She wasn’t alone.
Cassidy had just taken a few steps into the darkened interior of her hotel bedroom when she realized that someone was waiting in the shadows.
She froze, her hands by her sides, as she tried to decide if she needed to flee—or fight.
“Relax,” came a rough voice from the darkness, a voice that she recognized instantly. Not many men sounded like danger and desire growling all at once. He did. “If I saved you before, would I really come back now to hurt you?”
Those weren’t reassuring words. “You never know,” she said softly. Her fingers lifted, and she tightened the belt of her robe, making sure that she was covered. Judging by his voice, he had to be on the left-hand side of the room. She turned her head, narrowing her eyes as she strained to find him in the dark.
“I was sent down here with strict orders.”
Her eyes adjusted a bit, and she could just see him, sitting in her heavy leather chair. She was in one of the bigger suites offered by the hotel. A suite that should have been secure, but the agent had certainly gotten entrance easily enough.
Now he was lounging in her bedroom. He’d just made himself comfortable. “Do your ‘orders’ include breaking into my bedroom?” Mercer wouldn’t have gone that far.
Would he?
“I’m supposed to keep an eye on you. Supposed to keep you safe.” He paused a beat. “But you already know that, just as you seem to know so very much about—”
“The EOD?” Cassidy supplied in what she thought was a rather helpful way.
Silence was her answer.
But silence was pretty much the norm when it came to the EOD.
She sighed. “Look, uh, Agent, I—”
“Cale.”
Cassidy frowned, not that he could see her frown in the dark.