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Her legs were wrapped around Nunez s hips, her teeth clamped into his shoulder to hold herself in place
even without her hands. God, she was amazing. And taking a serious chunk out of Nunez.
Jimmy vaulted to his feet and clasped Chloe around the waist. It s okay. You can let go. He s with us.
She sagged against Jimmy. He lowered her to her feet while Nunez backpedaled. The agent ground his
teeth through curses, gripping his shoulder on his way over to Kutros.
Chloe stared from him to Nunez, her hair a wild, wet tangle stuck to her face. What in God s name is
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going on?
Jimmy waved a hand in the air to Nunez for the cuff keys, his body still tensed from the fight. He wanted
to haul Chloe up close and shake her all at once.
He settled for sliding a hand along the nape of her neck, his thumb grazing the reassuring throb of her
pulse. We ll talk later.
Like hell, her chest pumped with gulping gasps, as he uncuffed her hands, we ll talk now.
Sirens wailed in the background, cutting her short and saving his ass for now, although Chloe s eyes
assured him the reprieve was only temporary. Her ire fired him up all the more at a time when his
emotions were already on a fast rise from simmer to boil.
A pair of police cars streaked their headlights over the clearing in a blinding flash that had Jimmy shielding
his eyes with his arm to his forehead. Both vehicles screeched to a halt by the roadside, spewing water
over Kutros, now cuffed and moaning in a puddle.
Nunez swiped his face off, approaching Jimmy and Chloe fast. We don t have much time. Play it cool.
Keep the answers minimal until we can get to the stationhouse and my credentials can be verified. With a
little luck and some diplomatic pressure, we should be back on base within two hours.
Despite Nunez s reassurance, this showed all the signs of turning into a tangle of governmental channels
that could land them in Turkish cells for an indeterminable amount of time when they needed to find that
farmhouse before Kutros s people disbanded. However, taking down four local police officers didn t
sound like a wise option, either.
Damn. Make that five. One of the cop cars had an extra passenger.
The back door swung open on the first squad car. Nunez had his attention focused on the well-dressed
man sporting a fedora and a high-end suit, climbing out of the cruiser with an umbrella. Jimmy searched
his mind to place the familiar face . . .
The doorman from the Oasis, Omar. Turkish police a step behind, he strode closer, his fine leather shoes
squishing in the mud. I understand from Mr. Carvalho s girlfriend that you are in need of assistance.
NINETEEN
A simple call to the police shouldn t have warranted this kind of attention. After phoning in her report
about seeing what looked like a kidnapping attempt, Anya had been picked up, forced into a police car.
And, most confusing of all, she d been transported to the local NATO air base.
Waiting alone in a small interrogation room, Anya eyed her coffee suspiciously. It had come from the
authorities, after all. Growing up, she d seen authorities take money from her father and later from her
aunt. She had even tried reporting her aunt to the police before leaving, only to have Aunt Marta threaten
her the second she got home. Of course the police were on her payroll.
Their track record made her wonder why she d reached out to them this time, but who else could she
have called? Her conscience wouldn t allow the incident to go unreported, even if the end result had her
trembling in fear. She slid her hands under the table to hide her nervousness.
Anya studied what looked to her like a two-way mirror and wondered who waited on the other side.
She d heard of women disappearing into the justice system here. Of course, those stories had been from
her family and their friends, so she hoped perhaps they were distorted out of their disdain for the law.
She rubbed her throat, already aching for outside air.
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