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jealousy came over Kaleb. “Really focus; what did you sense in the water? Think past the fear you could sense coming off Ms. Davis.”
    “Nothing. I sensed there were some sharks, but no one else was close by.”
    “You will tell me immediately if you sense anything.”
    “Good goddess, Rekkus, you know I will.”
    “I know you better than most. That’s what I know.” Rekkus moved away from the couple. He paced, catlike, on the water’s edge.
    “What did I do this time?” Serena’s voice was small, and she seemed fragile.
    “What does anyone have to do right now to set him off?” Cyrus said with a shrug. “But as you already know, it isn’t in his nature to trust and you still have to make up for the concert you gave the last time you were here.”
    “It was one little song,”
    “Where you are concerned there is no little song about it.”
    She sighed looking at Rekkus before speaking again. “I did apologize.”
    “That might have been the world’s least heartfelt apology in history. But you came a long way today in making up for that escapade. I’m going to see what is going on in that cunning brain of his.”
    “Better you than me.”
    “You can say that again.”
    Serena tilted her head. “Better you than me.”
    Cyrus laughed, patting her shoulder before walking away. “It’s just a saying, Serena. You didn’t really have to repeat it.”
    “But…”
    Watching the lower lip protrude from her mouth in a beautiful pout, Kaleb felt his cock harden; he cursed the running pants that did nothing to conceal his present state. With the blood leaving his brain for parts far lower, he had a hard time focusing on the conversation that had just happened. Nothing about it made sense. But perhaps things were just off from what they seemed. She said she had not sensed anything in the water—perhaps she was in a small raft or just on shore with sonar working when the other woman was swimming. That could possibly explain her speed on the scene and the speed she had going back if she hadn’t fought the rip current to begin with.
    “Thank you for saving her.” Her voice floated over him like the ocean breeze.
    Obviously he wasn’t a very good spy. Stepping fully out of the doorway, Kaleb shrugged and gave his standard answer, uncomfortable with hero worship. “It’s what I do.”
    She cocked her head to the left, as if confused by his statement and trying to work it out in her head. Her voice held a hint of an accent, but he couldn’t place it. Not that he was an expert in dialects. Kaleb was lucky he could tell the difference from Alaskans and Texans, to tell the truth.
    “I rescue people for a living. I’m a rescue swimmer with the Coast Guard.”
    “Ah. You ride in one of the big white boats?”
    “No, actually I am assigned to a helicopter. Or was.”
    “Helicopter?”
    It was his turn to tilt his head to the side and look at her confused. “You know a helicopter, flies in the air, can hover above the land or water?”
    “Oh, right.” She smiled and laughed, making him almost forget their strange conversation. “Not every man would have helped her, so thank you.”
    “If I hadn’t been there, you would have managed on your own. I’ve never met a swimmer as fast as you.”
    “My mother would say I learned to swim before I could stand.”
    “Crawl…the saying is learned to swim before you learned to crawl.”
    “That too.” Again with the smile. Damn, this woman hit him right in the solar plexus.
    “So, what’s the verdict, Cyrus?” Sage asked, coming from the cabin with Ms. Davis. Dana smiled at them as she helped Sage escort the woman to the waiting golf cart.
    Cyrus said something else to Rekkus before turning to his sibling. “No one senses anything. Probably just a freak rip current. We’ll keep an eye on it.”
    “Well then, as long as everyone stays close to shore, we should be all set. Dinner is being served.” She turned to Kaleb and Serena. “Do you two want a ride