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spooked. Everyone in the group looked to the others and wondered if there might be a mole among us.
    The only person I fully trusted anymore was Roc. He was my closest friend. Roc would never sell out.
    Because of this new danger, Roc called for an immediate blackout, which meant for all practical purposes, normal procedures went out the window. We were all on the highest alert possible. No one went unaccounted for for any length of time. Work continued under restricted conditions. Most of us carried on our individual tasks from our home base.
    Naturally, everyone was frustrated and on edge all the time, wondering if our cover had been compromised.
    Which was why tonight’s meeting was important. I could count on one hand the number of times we’d met as a group since the blackout.
    The computer repair shop off Nineteenth Street belonging to a friend of Mark’s had become the secure location for our group until it was safe to return to headquarters.
    I arrived a few minutes before being officially late and just in time to hear Lissa Peyton voice everyone’s concern over the situation we now faced.
    “It’s bad enough we have to meet in secret as if we’re the ones with something to hide. With everything going on right now, none of us are safe out there.” Lissa actually looked pleased. She lived for drama.
    I dropped my purse on one of the small desks and looked up in time to see Roc’s eyes fixed on me. He was smiling at Lissa’s comments.
    The sight of him stopped me dead in my tracks and literally knocked the breath from my body.
    Roc Branson possessed the power to make me ache for his touch. All it took was one look, one smile. Roc was the sexiest man I’d ever met in that tall, dark, handsome, and definitely dangerous way of his. At six feet four, Roc’s hundred-and-eighty-five pounds were well distributed. He possessed a lean, hard, sculpted body. I loved teasing him that he’d missed his calling—he should have been a model. The man could eat anything he wanted and never gain an ounce.
    I couldn’t imagine my life without him. The very thought of leaving him made me want to abandon all the cloak and dagger games we played with each other and beg him to run away with me right now, before something terrible happened to one of us.
    I saw the usual subtle change in his brown eyes as he read all of my uncertainties as clearly as if I’d said them aloud. Even though I never doubted his love for me, Roc could never abandon his first love—The Agency.
    How many times had I wished I could turn time, back to before I fell in love with Roc? If I’d known the heartache awaiting me back then, I would never have let him touch me the first time.
    At least that’s what I tried to tell myself. But the truth was, nothing would have stopped me from loving him. I wasn’t sure I possessed the strength to leave him. So where did that leave me? I couldn’t go on living in our dark world and yet I couldn’t get out without losing the man I loved.
    In the spy business, there was a name for what I wanted to do. It was called freefalling , and was as taboo as selling secrets to the enemy. It meant taking the coward’s way out. Leaving your post. Deserting your comrades.
    Getting out meant one thing—desertion. And it was virtually unheard of. No one left The Agency. It just didn’t happen. Once you were in, you were in for life. It became part of your very being.
    I closed my eyes and tried to be strong. Roc and I had to be careful at all times, even with the people we trusted the most. Especially now.
    Stevie was the last to arrive. “What’s this all about, Roc? I had plans with a very special lady tonight. This had better be important.”
    “It is. And I’m sure she’ll wait for you. Okay, now that Stevie’s here, let’s get started. We have a lot of new intel coming in so this could be a long night, folks.” Roc’s gaze lingered on mine,
    God, I loved that look. I knew exactly what it meant. He couldn’t