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Only in this case, it was the woman Jaren was protecting.
The thunder of tires on the gravel drive drilled into his mind as he ran through the house and threw on his jeans. With his weapon in hand, he stalked to the door, prepared to take down the person obviously sent to attack Trinny again.
How did they find her? Who the fuck wanted her dead?
He shot a peek out the side window at the driveway. A delivery truck.
Narrowing his eyes on the door, he waited for the visitor to make himself known.
A second later, a man appeared with a cardboard box in hand.
A package. A fucking bomb? Hell, Jaren was skilled but he couldn’t disarm a fuckingbomb.
The driver’s boots crunched on gravel. He climbed the front porch, set down the package and rapped a couple times on the door.
Jaren’s spine prickled, his senses going haywire. That box could be anything from a package Corrine was expecting and forgot to tell him about before she left to a hefty gift of C-4.
The driver ran down the porch steps and in long strides rushed to the truck. He jumped in and drove away.
The voice at Jaren’s back made him leap out of his skin. “Is that my package?”
Jaren’s neck muscles felt ready to snap as he turned his head and locked his stare on Trinny.
“You disobeyed me again,” he grated out.
“Yes. But only because I just received an alert that my purchase was delivered.” She stepped around him and reached for the door handle.
Jaren threw himself in front of her. “I will get the damn box.” His snarl made her lips twist, probably with some snarky comeback for his behavior.
He collected the box off the porch and gingerly carried it over to the table. He peered at the label. It was addressed to Jaren Abel.
“What the hell is this? What did you do, Trinny?” His question came out as a bark.
She moved to take the box, but he swiped her aside with an arm.
“I will open it.” He wondered if he should call for backup. He wondered if Lexis had any connections to a K-9 bomb unit.
“Jaren, it’s totally harmless. I just ordered…”
“What? What did you order, Trinny? Better yet, when?”
“Yesterday when we arrived. I really, really wanted…”
“What?” He stared down at her.
She planted a hand on her hip. He hadn’t managed to scoop up all her clothes before shoving her into the saferoom. And she wasn’t wearing her clothes at all—she had onhisshirt.
“Open it and see for yourself,” she said.
He pulled out a pocketknife and carefully slit the tape. When he opened the flaps, his heart gave a small lurch.
He expected wires and a detonator, but he was looking at cloth wrapped in plastic.
“It got here faster than I expected for such a rural area.” She reached around him and into the box. When she pulled out the item, she issued a little squeal of delight.
She tore into the plastic and let out another happy cry. “Oooh, itdoessmell like lavender! And it’s the right weight.”
“What the fuck?”
