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away or move in for more.
Closing his eyes, he allowed himself a second to enjoy her essence. Then he
pulled away and opened his eyes.
    She smiled at him and he had no idea what she was thinking.
Her mind was still sealed as if it was a steel trap.
    “I don’t know why I did it. I couldn’t let you die. I’m
breaking about ten different laws taking you out of the country.”
    “Do you still plan to turn me in?”
    He shrugged. “It’s my job.”
    She frowned and turned away from him.
    The cabin door closed and announcements were being made as
they started to pull away from the gate. He didn’t know why he wanted to
protect Lena Cruz, but he could not have turned her over to an animal like
Banta. The thought of him touching her made Kane’s skin crawl.
    “Get some sleep, Lena. When we’re in the air, we can talk
and you can tell me why everyone is so keen on getting to you.”
    Her frown deepened, but she turned toward the window and
closed her eyes.

Chapter Two
     
    When she woke up, Lena’s ears pounded from the air pressure
and she had to clear them before she could face opening her eyes. An untouched
glass of water sat on the small tray between their two seats.
    “Is that for me?” she croaked.
    He turned and smiled. “Yup.”
    Her stomach did a flip-flop. Kane was devastatingly
good-looking. She would have thought he’d be a male model rather than a bounty
hunter when she noticed him in the bar back in Savannah. His height and broad
shoulders hadn’t looked so good when she was hanging over his back, but she had
to admit his ass had been outstanding from that vantage point. Then, when she’d
seen those sapphire-blue eyes, her heart had actually jumped in her chest. If
only he hadn’t been the source of her immediate trouble, she wouldn’t have
minded a quick tumble in the hotel room with a man who looked like him.
    As it was, he was an enigma. He captured her, but then saved
her, and now she wasn’t sure what he was doing.
    “How do you feel?” he asked.
    It was distracting having him so close. It had been a long
time since she’d been with a man and even longer since she’d wanted someone.
“As if I’ve been tossed around like a beanbag.”
    He laughed, but never took his gaze away from her. “It’s a
strange thing about being a telepath. Some people are harder to read than
others. You have a strong, complicated mind, but still I get a sense of what
you’re thinking. You understand, don’t you?”
    “Yes.” She could not help wanting him. He was all hard male
lines and warm musky scent. Everything about him screamed sex.
    He leaned over the console between their seats. His lips
grazed her earlobe and his breath titillated her every nerve. “If you don’t
change your line of thinking, I’m going to take you right here in this plane
and I would much rather wait until we are in some nice beachside hotel with
crisp white sheets and vodka in the minibar.”
    She smiled. Her body hummed with wanting him, but still the
words that came out of her mouth were harsh. It was who she had become over the
past few years. She didn’t like it, but there it was. “Is that why you’re
helping me, Kane? Is it because you want to fuck me?”
    His tongue tickled her ear and he gave no reaction to her
words. “I haven’t even decided if I’m going to help you yet, Lena. At the
moment, I’m just protecting my mark.”
    He might have lied, but he didn’t. She liked the idea he
would have sex with her, but he wouldn’t pretend it would stop him from turning
her in. She chuckled.
    He leaned back in his own seat, but continued to watch her.
“Tell me what it is you took from Thorn and why all these various hunters are
after you.”
    “Do you have a last name?” she asked.
    His smile nearly had her spilling everything before she knew
if he could be trusted. How was a girl supposed to combat perfectly straight,
white teeth, full lips and a day and a half of dark beard?
    “Lakeland.” He didn’t say