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"Daood" Courtney sat back and looked at Alyssa in adrow up"
"You’ll never grow up," Alyssa shot back, her expression never shifting, as she flicked a look Courtney’s way "You’re frickin’ Peter Pan"
"Well, if I ever do" Courtney shrugged with a laugh "But I do believe you’ve pinpointed Marty’s problem"
"Of course I have," Alyssa responded archly, as she sat back and straightened her dress "She’s alatching and waiting Khalid’s always standing back and finding other things to distract him, simply because he’s ato have to stop worrying about getting hurt and throw herself into the ring"
Marty turned and found Khalid in the crowd once again He was at a table with two other men She knew those men Sebastian De-Lorents, a Spaniard and one of the newest members of the social set Marty had been raised in
If she wasn’t mistaken, he used to work for Interpol and was now the new er of Ian Sinclair’s club and had been a friend of Courtney’s for years However, it was theShayne Connor was an undercover CIA agent orked out of the Middle East and often infiltrated terrorist cells known to be ent, and a very dangerous one Awith hi in Alexandria with Khalid and Sebastian?
"Interesting," Alyssa murmured at her side "Nohatthe latest stock reports?"
Marty almost snorted at that one Each man’s expression was carefully composed as they spoke They appeared relaxed; they even s about their eyes, about the tense set of their bodies that told another story
"Shayne Connor," Courtney stated, her voice low "I haven’t seen hi to her friend
Courtney nodded "He and Bastian partied extensively in Europe and especially in Spain for a while Shayne’s fah a sizable inheritance frorandfather allowed him to maintain the lifestyle he had been raised in"
"Disowned him?" Marty’s brow arched This was a story she hadn’t yet heard on the ever elusive Shayne "Why?"
Courtney turned back to her, a hint of worry in her gaze now, before she breathed out roughly "For his suspected involve in Spain Bastian never believed he was involved, but his parents are very rigid They threw him out of their home and publicly disowned hi to exonerate himself before he simply disappeared"
He hadn’t disappeared; he had been recruited, instead She’d known he was born of a Spanish father and an American mother, and that they were considered wealthy She’d never heard he’d been disowned, however
"He and Sebastian are friends, then?" Alyssa asked, her nor with the barest hint of curiosity
"They were very close as boys, I know" Courtney shrugged as she and Alyssa sat back, their attention shifting between the threemen they were more like brothers before Shayne was sent away by his parents I saw him only a few times after that"
Marty kept the threeAn undercover FBI asset, a CIA operative, and a forent What did the three have in co, she thought Sebastian was friends with Shayne, just as he ith Khalid This was a very popular establishment It wouldn’t be a surprise that the three would coether Unless you knew for a fact that two of them had ties to information and resources that placed the her drink, Marty wiped her lips with her napkin before collecting her purse fro at her friends
"I’ day forwe could have a few ht" Marty shook her head "I’ a spoilsport, Aly" Courtney turned to Alyssa "Do soed at the corner of her lips "She’s not the only one who needs to ht of it," she said "I need to head hoive ht," Courtney stated ruefully "Iandown"
"I’ to her feet, Marty gave the other to along the wide hall to the stairs As she left the restaurant she noticed that Khalid was no longer at his table
She needed to get home to her computer, from which she could pull up the information she needed on the threethem; there had to be Despite appearances, those three should not be together, for the si people saw theents
Shayne Connor ent, but only a feithin the FBI knew that The operation that had brought her in contact with hi there a secret He was a valuable contact to have, and one she didn’t want to cross
Making her way fro lot, preferring to walk rather than use the valet
Shadows stretched along the area despite the lights that surrounded it Customers milled around as they chatted and moved to and fro other than their own concerns No one paid attention to the lone wo lot until she neared her car
"You didn’t , love" Khalid spoke froh to allow her to make out his dim outline as the darkness wrapped around hiainst the BMW she crossed her ar to tread into the darkness where he watched her like a dark, hungry predator
"I didn’t know that I should give youas hethe adrenaline coursing through her
"Perhaps you should," he stated, his voice low, deep, throbbing with a hidden power
She swore she could feel hi inside her as he stopped just before her