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“Relax, Anna, I’m not going to attack you.”

“I know,” she said without relaxing.

“How do you know?”

“You had to do that to plan our escape. I shouldn’t have taken offense.” She leaned into him just a little. “I’m surprised it worked. I’m not the kind of woman men lose their heads over. You’d think one of those three would have noticed.”

It took his tired brain awhile to figure out what she was saying. She didn’t think of herself as attractive.

He wanted to argue, but he had a feeling she wouldn’t believe him. Slowly she warmed in his arms, and he felt the moment she relaxed into sleep. Her body seemed to melt against him.

“Sleep, Anna,” he said against her hair. “I’ll watch over you.” He tightened his arms and she cuddled closer.

After holding her for a long while, he tilted her head up. It was time they moved on.

McCord looked down, wondering how to wake a woman who’d spent the night resting next to him.

He didn’t even think of resisting the urge to taste her. He pulled her against him and nibbled her bottom lip.

One taste was not enough…