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Expect us on the next plane we can get out of here.”
    He turned off the phone and glanced at her. “Gotta go.”
    She nodded. As the sister of a Seal, she understood. She knew there would be no discussion about where he was going, what he was doing. And he had no control over what would go down and when.
    She gave him a kiss. “I understand. Did he talk to Mal?”
    Kade studied her for a second. “Yes. So, more than likely, he’ll be looking for me.”
    Again, he was studying her, and she couldn’t stand it any longer. “What?”
    “I…I thought we might have more time.”
    She sighed. “You might want to have more time, but you know the military. You get what you can and be happy for that.”
    She couldn’t look at him, not right now. It hurt too much to think of him going away, of being in danger. Shannon had been through this before with both Mal and Kade, but this time was so much different. This time she had so much more to lose.
    He slipped his finger under her chin. “Don’t be mad.”
    She frowned. “I’m not mad. I just hate thinking of both of you in danger.”
    He nodded and gave her a soft, quick kiss. It was really innocent, but she felt the heat, the need behind it. It curled her toes and had her heart turning over. Then it turned hot, his tongue slipping between her lips and stealing into her mouth. Kade started to ease her back, but she stopped him. He pulled back just far enough to talk.
    “What?” he asked.
    “Don’t you have to find a flight?”
    “It can wait.” His lips curved. “I need one more taste of heaven.”
    The way he said it had her resistance crumbling. As she allowed him to ease her back onto the bed, she told herself to enjoy the moment. There was time enough to fall to pieces after he left.

Chapter Five
    Four months later
    “When did he say he was going to be here?” Verna asked as she settled against the barstool.
    Shannon looked at her. She saw the expectant look on her employee’s face and inwardly cringed. Damn Mal for flirting with her employees. Verna didn’t hold a torch for him, but since his last visit, Shannon could tell Verna had been itching to get her hands all over him. If he chased off another employee, she was going to shave his eyebrows off.
    “Not sure. He’s driving in.”
    “Kade’s not coming?” Verna asked.
    Shannon couldn’t help but feel the sharp slash at her heart. Verna didn’t mean anything because no one, as far as Shannon knew, had guessed she’d spent Kade’s last night in Hawaii with him. Almost every time Mal had come into town in the last few years, Kade had come with him.
    “Not that I know of.”
    She finished wiping down the counter and walked back to her office, not wanting to talk anymore about Mal’s visit. It was a slow night. Off-season in New Orleans and the weather sucked. A bad storm had hit just thirty minutes earlier, which meant they would probably be left with no customers. Seemed like everyone was staying in. She shut the office door and then collapsed into her desk chair. With a sigh, she indulged in a little pity.
    Four months and no word from Kade.
    When he had left, he had said he would get in touch. And he had. There had been a few texts, two calls, then nothing. She tried not to panic. After years of Mal in the Seals, she knew exactly how it went. This time was different. Her worry had kept her up at night and rode on her shoulder during the day. Probably because she had no one to talk to about it. She hadn’t even told her sister what had happened the night of Chris’s wedding.
    She had known they were back because Mal had called to tell her both of them had been injured. Mal had played it off, as usual, but she had sensed something had gone wrong. They had lost one member of the team. It had hit them all hard, she was sure. What she didn’t understand was why Kade had not called. It wasn’t like him at all. Even if it had just been a one-night stand, it wasn’t like them to stay away this