Okay everyone I've gotten plenty of reviews saying that everyone is loving the story and I've even had one person threaten me (jokingly of course) if I didn't finish the story. Well here is the new chapter and I'm really proud of it so R/R and look for more chapters. Peace.

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            She looked at him and sighed as she dropped her bag on the floor.

            "What do you want to know? You're a good looking guy, really good actually. I find you interesting, amusing, and fun to be around among other things. Yeah I wouldn't mind a roll in the sack with you but I won't allow myself too. I don't want to lose the good friendship we have together," she said as she slowly backed away.

            "And you don't want to love me because you think you'll lose me."

            She stopped in her tracks and watched with a close eye. Xander thought he imagined it but for a moment he saw fear in her eyes.

            "Maybe that's true. Everyone I've ever loved and felt close to have been killed, some in front of my own eyes. They died because of me and my job. I don't think I could handle it if you were killed because of me," she said softly looking into his eyes from across the room.

            She turned and started to walk away from him as he took a few steps towards her.

            "Samine wait."

            She stopped and turned her head a bit to look at Xander from the corner of her eye.

            "You know what's funny X? The truth is…I'm not scared of dieing, I'm scared of living. I'm scared of what you do to me every time I'm near you. And I'm scared of what I might do to you."

            Samine turned her head away and took a deep breath. She closed her eyes as she listened to Xander's footsteps behind her. When someone grabbed her arm she jumped in shock and found herself pinned against one of the stone columns. Xander had his hands planted on the column next to her shoulders blocking any easy escape.

            "You're not going to get me killed Samine. I've lived this long without your protection. We're in the same type of job where we could die at anytime. Which are you more scared of: Dieing? Or dieing without living?"

            He watched her eyes and saw the answer he was looking for. He moved his right hand slowly and ran it up her shoulder and wound to the back of her neck. With a bit of pressure she leaned towards him and slowly kissed him as his other hand slipped around her waist. The kiss was slow and simply before Samine pulled back and rested her head against Xander's broad chest.

            "So what now?" she asked as she listened to his calming heart beat.

            "Just see where it takes us," he said and softly kissed the top of her head.

            A minute later her cell phone rang from her back pocket and she sighed.

            "Damn cell phone," she muttered as she pulled it out and stepped away from Xander.

            He turned and walked towards his bedroom to pack his bags for the mission. Grabbing one of his duffel bags he tossed it on the bed and stopped for a moment. He heard a sound that didn't belong there. Slowly he stepped out of the room and looked around for Samine before finding her sitting on the floor against the wall. Her knees were pulled up to her chest and her head was buried in her arms.

            "What happened?" he asked kneeling in front of her.

            She held up her cell phone as she looked up at him slowly.

            "It was from my father, I know it. There were screams, several of them, and gun fire. Someone was laughing in the background when the gunfire and screams ended. Someone was yelling in Italian, he was somewhere in Italy," she said and slowly stood up from the floor.

            She sighed and pulled her hair back from her face. Xander watched quietly waiting for any kind of reaction from Samine.

            "Are you packed? We have to go to Rome, now. Before more people die," she said dropping her hands and straightening her shoulders.

            "Give me a few minutes," he replied slowly.

            Within the hour Xander and Samine were on the plane heading towards Rome. Samine reread all the information provided to them bout her father and all of his activities. A few hours into the flight Samine fell asleep with her head resting on Xander's shoulder. He carefully picked up the paper work from in front of her and looked through them.

            "Magnus Theodore Enclave. If Samine doesn't kill you, I will."