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line formed on his mouth. Olivia wondered what Ben had set up.
    “Well, what the hell have you gotten into now?” One of the police officers came to stand beside Reed.
    He jerked his hand off of Olivia with such force that she nearly fell over from the lack of support. She stared openly at the police officer. Much like the others, it was apparent that this must be Kace. With a larger frame like Reed, he shared much of the same traits. Tall, muscled, with brown hair. Kace seemed in total control of the situation and himself.
    “Wasn’t me this time,” Reed said, raising his hands in defense.
    “Tell Mom that,” Kace said with narrowed eyes. “First Meg and now this. She’s going to blow a damned fuse.”
    “Let me worry about that,” Reed said through gritted teeth.
    “Oh I plan on it.” Kace turned to Olivia. “So how did you get mixed up in all this?”
    Olivia furrowed her brow in thought. “Well it seems I’m mixed up in more than one way here.”
    She proceeded to tell the officer about her new position, the day, her brother and their escape. Despite her brother’s position in the whole affair, she felt it would be safe to mention his link. Not only because it was the truth, but she worried that whoever had caused this mess would be looking for him. Better he be picked up by the police alive than found later riddled with bullets.
    “Listen,” Kace said and placed a hand on her shoulder. “You’ll need to stay at a friend’s for a few days until this blows over.”
    “She’s staying with me,” Reed cut in.
    Olivia turned to face him. Through her whole story he had remained quiet, listening to her tell their experience from her perspective. This was not what she expected.
    “Oh, well I’m sure I can stay with my friend Irene.” She smiled nicely at Reed, hoping he would get the point.
    “No, you will stay with me,” Reed stated again.
    Olivia balled up her fisted and counted in her head. It had been a long time since someone even tried to tell her what to do. He certainly wasn’t the man to do it.
    “No, really, Irene would be happy to have me,” she tried again.
    Reed leaned in close to her. The smell of his soap clung to his skin and made her feel slightly weak.
    “I don’t think you get it. This,” his big arm stretched around to indicate the room, “is only a fraction of what these people can do. Not only are you in serious danger, but your brother is as well. If you want any chance at saving him, you’ll stick with me and wait for him to contact you.”
    Olivia sucked in a breath and took in what was being said. Her only chance for saving Ben was this man, and he scared the crap out of her. Lovely.
     
    Reed turned to his brother in irritation. What he was going to tell Olivia Kace couldn’t hear. It was one thing to use his brother as a resource but another to put him on the wrong side of the law.
    “Give us a minute.”
    Kace nodded in understanding and walked the parameter around them.
    “Listen, you need to be vague on your official report to the police,” he said.
    “Vague?” Olivia’s doe eyes were drawing him in once again. This girl was about as far from trouble as you could get.
    “If you finger any of the shooters, you’ll be top of their list. One thing the Russian mob doesn’t like is loose ends.” Reed leaned in closer as he spoke.
    “Russian mob?” Olivia whispered on shaky breath.
    Reed nodded. “I’m not sure what part they play in this, but if they are involved, things just got serious.”
    He could see the worry working its way through her. There was no way her brother would come through this unscathed. Heck, the way things were going, he couldn’t be sure that she would make it through this safely.
    “Just follow my lead,” he said. With his hands planted firmly on her shoulders, he could feel the tremble of uncertainty slide through her. Despite this, she nodded her understanding and notched her chin up. He had to give it to her. The girl had