“And you’re leaner. Not skinnier, leaner with more muscle. Let me guess, training for Dillon?”
She nodded.
He slipped his arm around her waist and pulled her against him. “And me? Would you come and save me?”
There was a seriousness in his question, something beneath it that had her heart beating so hard she was amazed he didn’t hear it.
“Eden?”
“I would come for you and beat the hell out of whoever had the nerve to touch you.”
His mouth twitched. “Being known as an agent, or feeling like you are one, isn’t as important as that. Loyalty…true loyalty is a rare thing. Whether you felt like an agent then or now isn’t as important as that. Lots of people with training would balk at saving their partners. Most people would go with the CIA rules and say they couldn’t do it. When it counted, you rose to the moment. Don’t ever forget that.”
A lump rose in her throat, and she found it hard to swallow. Their affair had been intense, but Eden had never heard this kind of passion from Kap before. In fact, she wasn’t sure she had ever heard this kind of passion from another person. He meant every word, and her heart was singing as happiness trickled through her. The dread she was feeling was still there, but this helped alleviate it.
“Thank you.”
His mouth curved. “I will be happy to remind you whenever you need me to.”
She lay her head on his chest, soaking in his warmth and his acceptance. Three years ago, he had broken her, but now, she understood that she should have fought him. Bonked him in the head or something to prove to him that she was not the person he thought she was.
And he had been honest last night. He had made sure that she understood that his reasoning wasn’t sound, but he owned up to it. She had to give him the same explanation, but there was a knock at the door. Their discussion would have to wait.
“Come in,” Kap said, not letting go of her.
The door opened. “Hey, the dudes from Dillon want to talk to you,” Autumn said.
Eden peeked around Kap and found the Alpha Team member eating, of course. It was really sickening that the woman seemed to eat enough for a village but never appeared to gain any weight.
She nodded. “Thanks. I’ll be right out.”
When she left, she didn’t close the door, and Kap rolled his eyes.
“Don’t worry, Kap. But I promise, we will have a serious discussion about us after all of this is done.”
“I look forward to it.”
They walked out, and all the talking in the common room stopped. Again, Kap rolled his eyes, but Eden just laughed. She noticed her brother was in with Conner and Warner.
“I better go see what they want.”
“You need me, just let me know.”
“Always.” Then she rose to her toes and brushed her mouth over his. There were whispers behind her, but she didn’t acknowledge them. Instead, she just walked to the office.
She knocked, then opened the door when Del waved her in.
“Eden, we’ve been updating both Dillon and Warner.”
El stood. “Where were you?”
“Talking to Kap about something.”
“Is that a euphemism for sex?” he asked, disgust dripping from his voice, but there was a thread of humor in it. She knew he was trying to settle her nerves.
“Get bent.” She looked at the other men. “What have you told them so far?”
“We know that you two have been stalked across the world,” Conner said.
