Homefront Defenders. Lisa Phillips

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      Locke shook his head. “It’s okay, Alana.” Her face softened at his use of her name. “It’s been a long day, and no one can keep their guard up forever.” Though he could see her still hanging on for dear life to her solid plan of proving herself, sooner or later she was going to have to admit that getting attacked that morning had rocked her.

      He’d thought she would do it at the airport, when she’d nearly collapsed. But she’d soldiered on. Locke admired her tenacity. Alana was determined to get everyone to see her as a capable Secret Service agent. But she also needed to know when to accept help. She wasn’t a one-woman task force—they had to be able to rely on each other, and not just as a backup plan.

      But this wasn’t about work. Today had changed them. He’d pulled her out of the ocean bleeding and not breathing. Locke had chased her attacker from the scene and then from Beatrice’s house after he’d successfully murdered the old lady.