Line of Fire (30 page)

“Welcome to my war zone,” she murmured to him.

He smiled at her for the cameras and said through his teeth, “If you can stand beside me and face a rebel army, I can stand beside you and face the press.”

She smiled up at him, her heart shining in her eyes. “You’re a brave man.”

A reporter shouted out from the crowd, “Who’s the guy with you, Miss Stanton?”

Tex’s hand came to rest reassuringly over hers.

She answered proudly, “This is my hero. Tex Monroe.”

ISBN: 978-1-4268-8098-8

LINE OF FIRE

Copyright © 2003 by Cynthia Dees

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