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“You know me so well after two months as mates, don’t you?”
“Enough to know you need more than I’ve given you.”
She leaned forward and kissed him. “You’ve been wonderful. If I take the liaison job, I’ll return as a civilian, which means it will be a full-time desk job.”
“And you need action.”
“I need to make a difference. But I do have an idea.”
His fingers sifted through her hair. “Tell me, and I will make it happen.”
“Hold on there, cowboy, you haven’t heard my idea.”
“I am a commander, not a cowboy.”
Two agents walked toward them on the trail. McCarthy and Thomson. They’d only been with Earth Intelligence for a year. McCarthy’s lips thinned as he whispered to Thomson. When the men passed Maggie and Zirkov, McCarthy intentionally shoulder-slammed Maggie.
“Watch it,” she said.
“You don’t belong here, Walsh. Go spy somewhere else.”
Zirkov’s horns pitched forward, and he unfurled his arms and hands, flexing every muscle as he followed the agents. “You will not disrespect my female.”
The agents both turned, hands on their still-holstered guns. Maggie ran between the males, her back pressed against Zirkov. “No need to draw your weapons.”
“Call off your dog,” McCarthy replied.
“Do you really want to go there? I can easily step aside and let myhusbandteach you manners, or you guys can stop being asses.”
Thomson’s arm flung out, stopping McCarthy from charging forward. “Kesk is the one threatening us.”
“He’s protecting me. There’s a difference.”
“I accidentally bumped into you. It’s a narrow path.”
“Stop the bullshit, McCarthy. You’re not fooling anyone. If you have a problem with me, tell me to my face. Yes, I was the leak. I wasused. Og’dals kidnapped me, implanted an alien device in my brain, and drugged me. They made me their marionette and Assistant Director Sutherland helped them. In addition to being physically used, I was betrayed by the one person who was supposed to have my back. Imagine yourself in that position. Strike that. I pray for your sake you never have to watch yourself point a gun at the person you love because aliens control your brain and your body. And if you can’t understand any of what I went through, then remind yourselves that the higher-ups cleared me. Focus your hostilities on those who are trying to destroy Earth, not on innocent people who fight to save it.”
Thomson lifted a brow. “You’re right. It won’t happen again.” He shoved McCarthy forward.
“I still want to beat them,” Zirkov said as the agents disappeared down the trail.
Maggie grabbed his hand. “Come on. Let’s do something fun.”
“Beating them senseless would be fun.”
“I think I know what I want to do with my life, Z.”
His hand curved over her ass. “Make love to me nightandday?”
She poked him in the chest. “You are causing as much trouble as those agents.”
He replied by poking her between her breasts, though not as hard.
“Hey!”
“I’m following your example, Ms. Walsh. And you did tell me I may poke you anytime.”
“That wasn’t the type of poking I was talking about.” She flicked his hand away, but he resumed poking her. “This is annoying, Z.”
