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“Do you ever give a straight answer?” Brenda asked.

“Not if I can help it.” Kyle understood she wanted to know what made him tick, what made him qualified to protect her, what made him who he was.

But he needed her to trust him without knowing the answers. “I’m not going to let anything happen to you. Trust me. I promise.”

Her mouth twisted in a wry grimace. “What choice do I have?”

He grinned again. “Now, that’s the spirit.” He sobered as he approached the next subject, prepared to do battle. “We need to figure out a more secure location for you.”

Dark eyebrows shot up almost to her hairline. “Excuse me?”

He gestured toward the covered window. “Too many places a sniper could take a shot from. The outside hallway’s too tight. A perfect place for an ambush. If we needed to escape, all anyone would have to do is pick us off as we came out the door.”

A visible tremor worked over her. “I don’t know where we could go.”

“I do.”