Lois Richer

A Time To Protect


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sir.” She grinned, saluted him.

      “Finally, some respect.” Chuckling, Doctor Fletcher left.

      “Excuse me.” Chloe half turned toward Brendan with her back to the other agent. Her voice dropped, softened. “I need to get my things and get out of here. But I want to thank you for helping me.”

      “I don’t think you needed much help. You seemed to handle the bad guy just fine.” He raised one eyebrow, hoping she’d explain.

      “I got a couple of kicks in. I’ve been practicing.”

      “Karate. I can testify to your capability.” Brendan smiled at the soft rose wash that flooded her face. “You’re okay to drive?”

      “I have a headache, but I’ll be fine. Thanks again. Good night.”

      “Good night.” He watched her leave, noted the careful look into the elevator before she got in. Chloe wasn’t quite as confident as she pretended.

      “You gonna stand there all night or do you want to fill us in on what’s been going on?”

      Brendan faced Fergus MacArthur, knowing neither of his co-workers had missed much about his too-obvious reaction to beautiful Chloe Tanner.

      “I’m going to tell you everything I know,” he promised. “Which isn’t much.”

      But while he recited the night’s events as they waited for another guard, even after he’d sent Fergus MacArthur to the lab with the needle and the drip bag—in fact the whole time he spent replaying what he knew in his mind so he could look for a thread that would lead him somewhere—that throbbing nerve in Brendan’s neck wouldn’t cease its rat-tatting.

      The attacker was brash, determined, and he knew his way around. Whoever he was, there was no doubt he would be back to finish the job. Brendan could only hope and pray Chloe would be far away the next time.

      If she wasn’t, she’d have to depend on more protection than her martial arts offered.

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