“Stay safe.”
“Always.”
Kap pulled his SUV to a screeching stop when he reached the lookout entrance. His heart was still slamming against his ribs.
“Fuck, that was a hard stop, Hanson,” Rami said. Kap didn’t respond. He had been barely able to take a breath from the moment he’d heard that someone had taken a shot at Eden. He jumped out of the car and hurried over to the two vehicles parked there. He heard sirens in the distance.
He didn’t care if Rami kept up with him or not. The need to see that Eden was safe overrode every instinct he had. The moment he saw her brother draping a lightweight jacket over her shoulders, Kap could finally take a full breath. For the last fifteen minutes, he had been in terror, trying to keep himself from completely losing it. As he strode up to her, anger hit him hard. She was shivering, so he did the most dumbass, manly thing he could do. He got angry.
“What the hell, Eden?”
Her eyes widened slightly. “What are you doing here?”
“I called him, Ed. He’s investigating CIA agents being killed, including two here.”
She slanted a look at her brother. “You told him about O’Malley?”
“And now someone is taking shots at you. We needed to report it, Ed.”
“Who are you and what have you done with my twin brother?”
The sirens were getting closer.
“What is that?”
“Ambulance,” Rami said.
“Oh, I don’t really need that. I did get shot at, but it was no big deal.”
She was trying to brazen it out. Why would she do that? It was easy to see that she was probably going into shock. Still, the stubborn woman refused to admit anything was wrong.
“How many shots?” Kap asked.
She gave him a look of disapproval, probably because he fairly growled the words.
“Two. One hit my back window, the second hit my tire.”
He started counting backward from ten. If he didn’t, he would definitely start yelling again. And that was not what she needed. It wasn’t what any of them needed.
“Ed, I think you need to see a doctor.”
She glanced at her brother. “Fine. But just the EMT.” She motioned to her face. “This looks worse than it is.”
As the ambulance came to a screeching halt, another car parked behind it. He knew that car, and he ground his back teeth. He knew he shouldn’t be surprised that they’d called Ian. He was her partner, and Dillon wasn’t going to like that one of their people had been attacked.
The former spy strode forward, a savage look on his face. Not for the first time, he wondered about their history. Both had been spies, so had it always been platonic?
Dammit. He needed to beat that stupid jealousy down. She wasn’t his, not anymore. Eden had never really been his, not with the lies between them.
“Are you okay?” Ian asked her, but he thought there was more to that question. Kap knew he was letting his imagination go wild at the moment, but his nerves were already a mess.
She nodded.
“Rami, can you help Eden get to the ambulance?”
His teammate gave him a look, but he nodded.
“I can walk a few feet to the ambulance,” she groused.
