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“But we are.”
    Her tongue found his again and Nivea felt like she was drowning. He tasted like peppermint, probably because he always kept some type of mint on him.
    She moved her hands down to grip his shoulders, strong and rigid, which she’d already known from all the sparring they’d done in the last few weeks. Eli had a great body, all chiseled and muscled, glorious to look at and even more enticing to feel. Nivea pressed against him then, pushing her breasts into his chest, her pussy into his dick. He held her there, thrusting upward as the kiss deepened, their moans filling the interior of the truck.
    Then the gunshots sounded and they both jumped.
    Her face stayed poised just a couple of inches from his, her mouth still parted as she panted out her breath. His hands stayed on her ass but his gaze immediately went to the left, hers going in the opposite direction, their bodies taut. In the next second they were both out of the Jeep, weapons drawn as they made their way to the next sound of guns being discharged. Eli had yelled “shots fired” into his com link, the sound of his voice exploding in Nivea’s ear. Breaking out into a run, they stopped at the back entrance of the second cabin, backs plastered against the wooded walls, arms up, guns in hand.
    Every guard on duty would be patched in and would hear the call. They’d check with the controllers at Havenway for the location and head this way as soon as they confirmed. In the meantime, Eli nodded at Nivea. She took the sign and fell to her knees, coming up right beneath a back window. There was a light on so she could look inside. She held back a curse and held up two fingers indicating that there were two men, lying facedown on the floor, blood pooling from their heads.
    They were just about to move again, possibly to gain entrance through the back door when there was noise and voices. In seconds, three others joined the party. Agent Wilson entered with his gun drawn, along with the two men that had accompanied him out here. They entered the room of the cabin where the dead bodies lay.
    “Let’s go.”
    Nivea heard the words but still did not move.
    “Now, Cannon!” Eli said louder. “This isn’t our party.”
    “They’re dead,” she told him as she got to her feet. “Those men are dead and we’re just leaving them.”
    Eli stopped, turning so that he was now in her face. He grabbed the front of her shirt, pulling her up on tiptoe so that his nose was practically touching hers. “They’re humans. Let them take care of their own. We have to move before more of them arrive and question why we, ones that Wilson will already know are connected to Rome and Nick, are here in the first place.”
    He was right. She knew it. But those men were dead. They’d been killed and Nivea wanted to know by whom. She wanted to know why. Mostly, after seeing the familiar tattoo on one of the dead men’s wrists, she wanted to confirm that it had nothing to do with her father and the people he’d been working with for the last ten years.

CHAPTER 4
    Eli was pulling out of the driveway before Nivea had a chance to put her seat belt on. Whoever had been doing the shooting inside that cabin had come running out just seconds after they’d moved from the window. Their guns were immediately raised and even more shots fired.
    Did he want to pull his own weapon and shoot back? Hell yes! But Cannon was with him and if he pulled his weapon she was likely to do the same thing. Then they’d both be up against who knew how many flying bullets and if one hit her … he clenched his teeth at the thought.
    “Why are we the ones running? We have guns too!” she exclaimed about ten seconds after he’d pressed his foot so hard on the gas pedal he thought he might actually break it.
    “We’re also all the way out here with no backup!” Eli yelled back at her, simultaneously looking into the rearview mirror to see that not only had the guys shot at them, but they were now