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who fly under the radar. They kill humans and dragon-shifters. All they care about is money. And as you know firsthand, the DDA doesn’t always do what it promises. A good exposé might be the final thing we need to convince the public that the dragon hunters are much more than troublesome gangs we just shake our heads at. The dragon hunters are murderers and criminals that we should all demand be thrown into prison for life.”
    She waited to see if Kai believed her. As far as she knew, dragon-shifters weren’t walking lie detectors, but given his military training, he probably could tell she wasn’t lying.
    After another few seconds, Kai finally nodded. “I’ll believe you for the time being. However, the second you start lying to me, I will have you removed and kept out of trouble. Are we clear?”
    She raised an eyebrow. “If you’re expecting me to salute you as I say ‘Yes, sir,’ then you’ll be waiting a long time. You’re not my commanding officer or boss. We stand as equals. That’s my condition.”
    Kai crossed his arms over his chest, which made his biceps bulge. Jane forced herself to move her gaze back to Kai’s face as he answered, “I’ll consider it. But first, I need something to merit keeping you around.”
    “Keep me? Does anyone ever question you or tell you to stuff it?”
    He shrugged. “Patience ultimately wins. Those who let their emotions cloud their judgement and reactions always make mistakes. I simply pounce on the opening.”
    His words were a poorly veiled hint that Jane let her emotions get the better of her.
    It was on the tip of her tongue to throw a quip back, but her curiosity and drive to find the truth of the dragon hunters won out. “Fine. Fetch me a map of the area and I’ll give you something worth keeping me around for.”
    “Just tell me the location.”
    “I need a map.”
    After a beat of silence, Kai uncrossed his arms. “Follow me.”
    As he walked down the hallway, Jane let out the breath she’d been holding. Dealing with the dragonman was exhausting. She wondered if he ever relaxed.
    Since she wasn’t about to ask that question, Jane’s eyes fell to Kai’s shoulders. Even for a dragon-shifter, they were broad and powerful. As she had many times before, she could just imagine the muscles hidden beneath his shirt. How she’d love to trace his spine and make the alpha dragonman weak.
    Then she looked down to his round arse, an image of her gripping the firm mounds as he fucked her flashed into her mind. All of that power and reserve focused on her only made wetness rush between her legs.
    Kai turned into a room and Jane took a few deep breaths. Stop it, Jane. Dragon-shifters had a sensitive sense of smell. She couldn’t allow him to scent how attracted she was or he’d lord it over her. It wasn’t as if she would ever have the chance to see him naked anyway.
    So Jane thought of a past assignment, when she’d had to report on abuse in nursing homes, and her arousal cooled.
    Ready to face Kai again, she walked into the room. Kai was already unfolding a map on a table off to the side. Jane stopped and Kai tapped the map. “Point it out.”
    “You don’t say more than the absolute minimum, do you?”
    “No.” Kai tapped the map again. “Show me where the hunters are.”
    Jane shook her head and leaned forward. Without her glasses, she couldn’t read tiny print close-up very well.
    As she searched out the legend, she felt Kai’s eyes on her breasts. Unlike with the hunters back in the pub, her body warmed at the feeling and her nipples hardened.
    While the bloody dragonman had probably already noticed her body’s reactions, she would distract him with something else. Jane looked up to meet his unreadable eyes. “The blokes asked me back to their place. When I inquired about how long it would take to get there, they said about half an hour by car.” Jane looked down at the map and made a circle with her hand. “I calculated inside my head the