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Those circumstances hadn’t changed.
    His jaw clenched. “Sorry.” The word sounded rusty in his throat. Fallon couldn’t remember the last time he’d apologized to anyone.
    Dora gave him a bitter laugh. “Too late.”
    Fallon licked his lips. Dora’s gaze followed his tongue’s progress. He could still taste her sweetness. He did it again. To his surprise, her pupils flared.
    “You claim to hate me but your body weeps for my touch like mine weeps for yours,” he said.
    “Do not entwine sex with emotions. I don’t,” she said. “It’s a lesson I learned a long time ago.”
    “Will you at least let me explain what happened?” Once he did, Fallon would leave her in peace, though it would be hard to walk away.
    “No,” she said. “There is nothing you can say to make up for the past. Now get out. I’m not going to ask you again.”
    He growled in frustration and strode to the broken door.
    Dora snorted. “I see nothing’s changed,” she said. “The only thing you’ve ever been good at is leaving.”
    Fallon froze next to the door. “It’s not the only thing I’m good at,” he murmured. A smile ghosted his mouth as he ran his hand over the metal, then opened the door. “I’m not going anywhere, Dora. Not until you listen.” He slowly turned to face her. Fallon only had one regret in his life and he was looking at her.
    “You have no choice but to leave,” she said.
    “I have one choice,” Fallon said. “But you’re not going to like it.” He pulled out his blaster and pointed the weapon at her.
    Dora’s eyes widened and she took a step back. “What are you doing?”
    Fallon fired.
    She never got a chance to scream before he shot her, but her shocked expression said it all. Fallon caught Dora before she hit the floor. He lifted her easily, then settled her over his shoulder. Despite what she thought, their conversation was far from over.

Chapter 3
    R eaper stood at the end of the hall, waiting. Fallon wasn’t surprised to see him. The wraith seemed to have a sixth sense when it came to trouble. He arched a brow when he saw Dora hanging over Fallon’s shoulder.
    “I take it she’s coming with us?” Reaper asked.
    “For now,” Fallon said.
    Reaper grinned. “Can’t say that I’m surprised,” he said. “Wouldn’t want to be you when she wakes up.”
    The door opened beside them and a man they didn’t recognize stepped out of the room. He took one look at them, then his curious gaze slid to Dora. When he saw her, his eyes widened.
    “What are you doing with our healer?” he asked.
    Fallon pulled his blaster out and shot the man. He fell to the floor with a thud.
    “You can’t stun everybody you encounter,” Reaper said.
    Fallon ignored him. “Where are the others?” he asked. “We have to leave. They won’t be out long.”
    “I’ll notify them to meet us at the shuttles,” Reaper said. “Do you want me to carry her? I can conceal her better than you can.”
    Fallon’s grip on Dora tightened. “That won’t be necessary.”
    Reaper chuckled. “Figured as much.”
    “Just round everyone up,” Fallon said. “We have to get out of here before someone notifies the Authority.”
    “Her ship is going to come after us, you know,” Reaper said.
    “Let them come,” Fallon said. “It won’t be the first vessel that we needed to evade.”
    “True,” Reaper said. “But it might be the most important.”
    “Go!” Fallon said.
    It didn’t take Reaper long to locate the rest of Hawk’s crew and get them back to the shuttles. Fallon waited impatiently for everyone to get strapped in. Only when the engines roared to life, did he relax a little. When they arrived on the ship, Fallon headed toward the transport cylinders.
    “Where are you going?” Mars asked.
    “To my quarters.” Fallon ignored his crews’ shocked expressions. So what if he’d never brought a woman to his room. It didn’t make Dora special.
    “Don't you want to put her in one of the holding