25Lucy blew out a breath, stood up and paced after Eric left. “Holy crap, Lucille. The man locked you in a cage and you didn’t even bust his chops for it. Do you have f*****g Stockholm’s syndrome or something?” “Not really, Captain. It’s more like ya lost ya fecking mind over the lad. Oh… sorry. Perhaps that was in poor taste considering ya just had a brain operation. It’s just that ya used to like the giant men… more like Captain Elliott or that Kingston fellow that owns the restaurant. Aja and I figure Eric must be something very special between the sheets to have reeled ya in so hard.” Lucy turned, blinked, and closed her eyes. When she opened them again, two avenging angels stood smiling at her. She went back to the cot and dropped down on it to sit. “For a moment there, I thought I

