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yelped when Kade snatched her around the waist, taking her feet from the ground. Both were breathing hard. Lightning struck nearby, cracking open the sky with another downpour. Wynn jumped within his arms, pressing closer to him. His lips were pressed hot against her ear as though he wanted to savor the moment of connection.
    “Are you going to behave, or do I have to cuff you to my wrist to keep you safe?”
    She swallowed hard. The thought of being tangled with a man like Kade for personal reasons gave her pause. “Let go of me.”
    “So you can break your neck getting to your car two miles away? I don’t think so. We wait until the storm passes.”
    Wynn was settled onto her feet, and she took off again. She made it two steps before Kade spun her around and backed her up until she was pressed against the cliff. She looked away. A flash of something dangerous echoed in the erotic set of his dark-blue eyes. Tension shivered through her belly. His full lips were inches from hers. Kade ran his hand up the side of her neck and used his thumb to tilt her chin.
    “Why are you running?” he asked.
    “I don’t know.”
    “Are you frightened of me?”
    She was. Deep down she knew that there was something dangerous and forbidden happening between them. There were clear boundaries when working undercover. Right now, she couldn’t even remember what the rules were. This was something she knew she shouldn’t explore. It was searing hot, and in the end she knew she’d get burned. Lightning splintered across the sky. Wynn saw the hair on Kade’s forearm stand on end.
    “I’m not,” she said.
    “Good. We wait this out. Okay?”
    “Do I have a choice?” she asked.
    “Not today. You’re stuck with me.”
    He took her hand, and they rushed back to the alcove. Browynn went to the fire, where she warmed her hands. “I don’t like storms…I’m usually better about checking the forecast.”
    “It happens. I guess we’ll be here for a little while. I’m not so bad to hang with, am I?”
    She could hear the playful tone of his voice. “No. You’re not so bad.”
    Her teeth started to chatter, and she jumped when another crack of lightning struck nearby. Kade put his arm around her to warm her up. “You really are terrified.”
    She nodded, biting her lip. “Yeah.”
    Kade pulled her in closer. “It’s going to be okay. I’ve got you.”
    Thunder clashed with lightning, and she moaned. Rain beat the earth hard. “It sounds like the cliff is coming down on top of us.”
    He chuckled. “It won’t.”
    She whipped her head up. “This is not funny.”
    She went to move away, and Kade kept her body locked down tight next to his. “No running.”
    She groaned. “I can’t stay here. I’ve got to get out of here.”
    “Yes, you can. It’s safer,” he said.
    “You can’t make me.”
    “Yes I can,” he said.
    Wynn felt the shock of his hard-muscled legs pressing into her thighs as she was dragged across his lap. His arms locked around her body, putting his face a whisper away from hers.
    “Your heart is racing,” he said.
    “The storm…I’ve always been terrified of them.”
    “You need a distraction,” he whispered.
    She chuckled, and the low tone made her voice sound smoky. “What kind of distraction?”
    “The physical kind to distract your fear.”
    Thunder rumbled through the gorge, and her heart hammered wildly. She shivered. “I don’t know why I’m so frightened of storms.”
    “Were you ever caught in one as a child?”
    She looked away. She didn’t like feeling so vulnerable in front of someone she’d just met. She was stronger than that. “They were bad where we grew up.”
    “Look at me.”
    She did. He brushed her hair away from her face. He searched her eyes for things she couldn’t begin to confess to him.
    “I feel like I know you, or I’ve met you somewhere in passing,” he said.
    Guilt fluttered through her body, and she looked away. “We’ve never met.”
    “You feel