The sergeant immediately ordered his enforcers to release them. His color draining from his face, he turned back to Jinx. “Is there anything else I can do for you, Commander?”
Jinx didn’t break any of his brutal demeanor. “Make a note of theRemorselessand her crew, and ensure youneverbother them again.”
“Yes, sir!”
Eve didn’t say a word until the sergeant and all of his enforcers were out of earshot. “Nice. I’m working with The League now?”
One corner of his mouth lifted into an almost smile. “Prefer the alternative?”
“No.” She glanced to Jedi. “Hey, sweetie, why don’t you go and inspect that cargo your brother framed us with?”
“I’d rather . . .” His voice trailed off as he caught up to her line of thought. “Actually, I’ll go get a drink to settle down my shit-my-pants tremors. Be back in about an hour?”
She winked at him.
Jed took off so fast, he practically left a vapor trail.
She caught Jinx’s frown as she crooked her finger for him to follow her.
Jinx knew he should walk away. He’d done what he came to do and now . . .
I’m an idiot.
And he was about to become an even bigger one as he followed her into her ship.
She hit the release to call up her ramp, then grabbed him so fast that he was pinned to the wall as she kissed him senseless.
“Eve–”
“Shut-up and get naked.”
He hissed as she laved his throat. Unable to stand it, he picked her up until she was eye level with him. “You know this is suicide, right?”
She pulled his sunglasses off so that she could stare into his eyes. “Tell me, right now, that you don’t feel about me the way I feel about you and I’ll never see you again.”
Just the thought of those words made him sick to his stomach.
“But if you have felt the same lonely hurt that I have over the fact that you’ll never seen me again, then don’t push me away.”
He couldn’t deny she was right. That was exactly how he’d felt every second they’d been apart. “I don’t want to hurt you or cause you to be hurt.”
“The only way you could do that is tell me that you don’t care and leave me.”
He swallowed hard as fear and pain lodged in his throat. “They will kill you.”
She wrinkled her nose at him. “I’m hard to kill, baby cakes. Let them try.”
Closing his eyes, Jinx damned himself for his weakness. “I love you,mi amitaEvara.”
Eve had learned enough Euforian that she understood Evara was a pet form of her name. “Mi amita?”
“My dearest.”
She smiled up at him as she felt warmth spreading all through her body. “And I love you,mi amita.”
He laughed. “Mi amito.Amitais feminine.”
Returning his laugh, she bit softly at his bottom lip. “Look on the bright side, Jinx. You know I’m willing to die for you.”
