13
IN LOVE
SYDNEY
Sydney needed to get eyes on the pics Tank had of the Haqazzii terror cell. She would be no help to him—or to anyone in BLACK OPS—if she didn’t know who she was dealing with.
As they made their way back to the residential section, she told Tank what she needed. Without hesitation, he agreed. Back in her suite, he opened his laptop, logged in with the longest password she’d ever seen, then he pulled up pics of the terrorists.
“Here’s the problem,” he explained. “They don’t look like this.”
He showed her photos of the terrorist Greystone had taken out months ago, and the three he’d eliminated outside Pittsburg.
“They’re great at disguising themselves,” she said.
“The one today looked more like his actual self,” Tank said.
Sydney grew quiet studying the photos.
“Show me King A,” he said.
She pulled up a picture of him at a party, surrounded by his minion of suck-ups. “He’s the one in the devil mask.”
“How apropos,” he said.
“How long have you been waiting to usethatword?”
He chuffed out a laugh.
She wanted to cling to his beauty for as long as she could, letting the joy on Tank’s face bathe her in everything good. But, in seconds, his gaze hardened. It was almost like she could see his brilliant brain churning away, eradicating evil at every turn.
“I want to run a plan by you,” he said.
But Sydney had a plan of her own that she wanted to execute.
Now.
Right now.
She closed her laptop, then his, and peered up at him. “Can it wait ‘til later?”
“You want me to get outta here?” He turned, she slipped her fingers around his massive biceps and pulled him toward her.
When she pressed herself against him, a gritty moan rumbled from his chest, and hit her between her legs.
“Don’t leave,” she murmured, her gaze drilling into his.
For a talkative man, he said nothing. Piercing dark eyes found hers, his breath hitched. Watching him morph from Tank the Hunter to Tank the Beast turned her panties damp. She needed him… in the absolute worst way.
Never before had she gone from a panic episode to desire, but Tank Santini was the new sheriff in town, and she was ready to unleash everything she had on him.
“Yes?” she whispered.
“Always, yes,” he replied. “You feeling better?”
“Yes, why?”
“Because I care about you.”
