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dragging her through the last of the waves and onto the sandy beach. He needed to be on dry land, and think. Viper looked around. He’d lost his team. Up the beach, near the dark, squat structure that must’ve been the security house, a man ran from the tree-line to the house.
    “Get behind me,” he hissed at her, pulling his M4 from his back and pointing it.
    But the man was wearing heavy gear and carrying an automatic weapon. He moved like Rain.
    Viper followed his progress until he had climbed up some stairs and lowered his weapon. It had to be Rain. He shook himself and switched on his communicator.
    If anything was happening, he needed the radio operations in his ear. Just like always.
    Only this mission wasn’t just like always anymore. He had a bond with a woman that was lighting his mind up with her physical sensations and his memories, and he couldn’t focus.
    Yeah, what a fucking gift this was .
    “What’s wrong?” she whispered.
    “We got separated from the team when you…” He rolled his eyes and grabbed her arm. “Just follow me.” He moved them up to the edge of the cliff, so they weren’t in the open on the beach.
    It was dark enough, they probably couldn’t be seen anyway. But just in case.
    “I had to bond with you,” Hannah said in a soft, almost motherly tone.
    Why did it itch at him when she spoke like that? It was half-comfort and half-irritation.
    “That’s what happens when you both recognize your other half.”
    “I’m not half of anything,” he spat, glancing around and pinning his gaze on the boathouse. If Rain was up there, then they needed to move forward and find the rest of the team.
    What he should do was radio in and tell them that they’d been separated. But then they were going to ask questions. Or worse yet, make assumptions.
    He pressed his back against the rocks and tried to breathe in even gusts. Their plan had been to reconnoiter on the beach, somewhere out of sight.
    The island was four-fifths cliffs and one-fifth beach, just in the inlet. Viper stood at the very edge of the sand with his back against the beginnings of the cliffs, the water lapping at his feet.
    Around the rocks, the forest began at the edge of the beach in the inlet. They had to be somewhere just inside the forest. They’d have to come along the rocks until they ran into Rangers.
    Fucking horrible plan .
    He reached out with his senses. The only heartbeat he could hear was Hannah’s steady thrum. He couldn’t hear any of his buddies. They’d have to get a little closer.
    “What are you doing?” she asked.
    “I’m trying to figure out where the team is.”
    “Don’t you have a radio?” Sarcasm edged her tone and Viper found himself lifting one corner of his mouth.
    He appreciated sarcasm.
    “I can’t radio in and tell them that some chick just mated me.” He shook his head. “They’ll think I lost it.”
    “Well, I’m not sorry I did it. That’s what you do when you recognize your mate.”
    “Look, chick, I don’t care what kind of hoodoo shit your pack is into, but that’s not something you just do to a guy. Without his permission.”
    “Hannah.”
    “What?” he said, turning toward her.
    “My name is Hannah.”
    “I know what your name is.”
    “Good.” She touched his arm and heat sifted around inside him. “Then use it.”
    “Look, Hannah , I don’t care what kind of voodoo shit your pack is into—”
    “You said that already.” She sighed. “And my pack isn’t into voodoo. But as soon as you say that you recognize me, and I say that I recognize you, then we’ve acknowledged the bond anyway. So we bond. It’s how the process works.”
    “Holy Mother of God, woman.” Viper pressed his head into the rock. “You couldn’t have waited until we were… Shit. I mean, talk about the wrong time—”
    Crack . A gunshot.
    Viper jumped to attention and looked around the rock, down the beach. In his ear, Rain’s voice said, “Shots fired, return