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stare down into his strong, fierce face and focus on not drooling. She had no control over her body’s reaction to their contact. It wasn’t until she saw the understanding of her predicament in his eyes that she began to panic. No way in hell was he to know her feelings. She had to do something fast.
    She punched him in the face.
    “What in the fuck are you doing?” Blaze bellowed, using his arms to push himself up with her still straddling him.
    “Oh, I, ah….” Katrina figured the words weren’t going to come so she shrugged.
    Blaze cursed a couple more times before lying back. “Katrina, do the arm bar.” His eyes narrowed. “ Without any contact to my face, that comes later. You need to get this down before you can move on.”
    Katrina nodded, wishing she could disappear. She knew she was being watched and laughed at, which she should be used to, but it still hurt. She had never been good at anything, and having the chance to maybe do something awesome, she instead was crushing on the man she had to count on to do that something special.
    “Grab his arm.” Jared knelt down beside them.
    She knew this, but she was such a klutz it didn’t matter if she knew it; she’d mess it up.
    “They might as well just let her go,” one of the guys grumbled. “She’s just holding us back.”
    Seeing the look on Blaze’s face daring her to make them see different, she grabbed his arm and in a fluid motion, had Blaze’s strong muscled arm in an arm bar that would make any MMA fighter proud.
    “There you go.” Jared gave her a gentle slap on the back before moving on to help others.
    Blaze tapped, then sat up when Katrina released his arm. “Good job.” He stood and nodded to John, who was heading toward them with Kleenex stuck up his nose. “Keep working on it with that confidence and you’ll be shutting up a lot of assholes in here.”
    Before Katrina could respond, Blaze had picked up his boot and headed toward the other one he had thrown. Not wanting him to see her staring at him, she looked away only to face John.
    “I’m really sorry.” She cringed, eyeing the tissue. She then grinned because John really did look funny.
    “I’m sure I’ll be bleeding more of my blood before this is all said and done.” He chuckled. “Now come and try that again, but this time watch the nose.”
    Katrina laughed then mounted John, her eyes meeting Blaze’s, who stood against the wall watching every move she made. Suddenly she became very worried about John’s well-being, because with Blaze watching her constantly, her klutziness was going to make many appearances.

Chapter 5
    Becky stored the last document with a sigh. There had been over three hundred files. The last set she’d organized were records related to deceased Warriors. She’d remembered seeing on the news about the Warriors who had been killed during a Warrior initiation not long ago. At the time, Becky had had no connection with the VC, but she’d still felt sad. After reading about the aftermath in the files, her sorrow had grown deeper.
    Picking up the files Sloan had asked for, she turned to see him sitting at his desk texting on his phone. She had never seen a busier man in her life. People constantly came in the office while his phone rang and dinged nonstop. Meanwhile, she’d filed all day. Though it was her first day, she was already trying to figure out what more she could do to help him.
    Jill and Caroline had invited her to lunch, but she’d waved them off and decided to work through. She had forgotten hers anyway at home in her rush not to be late. They had stayed for only a few minutes to see if she had any questions, but she really didn’t have any. She worked for Sloan Murphy and if she needed questions answered, she would ask him. Like, where her scooter keys were for one.
    Gathering her courage, she stood and headed toward his desk. “Here are the files you asked for.”
    Sloan looked up from his phone and reached out, taking