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  Ryder started to laugh. “Well, if you are keeping the swallow, does that mean you’re not keeping Devlin?”

  She glanced over at him and frowned. “Sorry?” she asked in confusion.

  She didn’t understand when the giggles started between Tesla and Ice, or when Easton cracked up, laughing so hard he almost bent over double. Corey’s grin was so wide, she knew she’d become the butt of a joke.

  She put her hands on her hips and glared at them. “What’s so funny?”

  Tesla tried to explain in between the giggles. When Bristol finally understood, remembering the earlier conversation, she spun around and stared at Devlin. “You mentioned something about that before, but I hadn’t understood it was this big.”

  Devlin looked anywhere but at her. Especially when Ryder added, “Of course, Devlin wouldn’t have anything to do with the Keepers or its romance legend because he was afraid he’d end up in the same situation.”

  “You know,” she said to Devlin, “I should slap your face for that.”

  His eyebrows rose. “You should slap mine? What the hell did I do?” he asked in outrage.

  She smiled, walked closer and said, “Because, by denouncing the Keepers’ group and not believing in them”—she poked his chest—“you’re actually standing on the side of life that doesn’t believe in love or forever.” She poked his chest harder, forcing him to back up a step. “And I’ve got to tell you”—she poked him again—“that I love you. So I’m staying here, and I’m keeping you both.”

  The group around them cheered.

  He glared at everybody else, then looked down at her, giving her a lopsided grin. A smile that took away her breath—slow-dawning, so warm, caring, and so full of love.

  He caught her up and swung her around in the air before placing her back on the ground, still holding her within the circle of his arms. “I’m damn glad to hear that,” he said. “I was trying to finagle my way into your life on a permanent basis.”

  She laughed. “There’s only one way to do that—and that’s to become a Keeper.”

  He lowered his head. Just before his lips met hers, he whispered, “As long as I get to keep you, I’ll be anything you want.”

  And he kissed her, a passionate promise for a perfect tomorrow.

  Epilogue

  It’s a damn good thing Easton Fairchild was headed home for a few days before going up north for another training mission.

  He needed the time to adjust mentally and emotionally. He couldn’t have contemplated how seeing Devlin and Bristol’s romance would affect him. And he needed to get that under control before anyone noticed. He’d been down on relationships for a long time.

  The last thing he needed was to get sucked into that emotional quagmire. He’d had one love of his life, and she’d hated that he’d been in the military, said it wasn’t natural to ask her to wait for him to come home all the time. And if their positions were reversed, he wouldn’t wait for her either.

  She’d walked out during their engagement, a month shy of the wedding. She’d gone on to bigger and better things, including a marriage with a dot.com executive. And Easton? Well, he’d walked away from the whole long-term-relationship thing. Some rejections hurt more than others. He’d gone on to build a shell around his heart and to live his life to the fullest he could elsewhere.

  Until he watched fun-loving, never-looking-for-a-permanent-relationship Devlin fall in love—without a quibble or hesitation—with Bristol. She was well worth it, and if Easton had been more on the ball in Afghanistan, maybe he’d have hooked her first. But such a thing had never crossed his mind.

  Now he wondered, had he blocked all thoughts of a permanent relationship from his mind to the extent he wouldn’t see the “right” woman for him if she crossed his path?

  Talk about a disturbing thought. How did one become more open to the possibility and yet not attract the wrong person while doing it? He was patient and didn’t mind waiting for the right woman to show up, but he wasn’t sure he was the kind of guy to reach out and grab her when the opportunity arrived.

  Or like Devlin, did that perfect woman walk by, and your life was changed forever—ready or not?

  This concludes Book 12 of SEALs of Honor: Devlin.

  Book 13 is available here.

  Easton: SEALs of Honor, Book 13

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  SEALs of Honor Series

  Mason: SEALs of Honor, Book 1

  Hawk: SEALs of Honor, Book 2

  Dane: SEALs of Honor, Book 3

  Swede: SEALs of Honor, Book 4

  Shadow: SEALs of Honor, Book 5

  Cooper: SEALs of Honor, Book 6

  Markus: SEALs of Honor, Book 7

  Evan: SEALs of Honor, Book 8

  Mason’s Wish: SEALs of Honor, Book 9

  Chase: SEALs of Honor, Book 10

  Brett: SEALs of Honor, Book 11

  Devlin: SEALs of Honor, Book 12

  Easton: SEALs of Honor, Book 13

  SEALs of Honor, Books 1–3

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  Thank you for reading. I hope you enjoyed Devlin, and I look forward to hearing from you.

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  Just as it’s getting better, she’s tossed forward through time with her orange Persian cat, Charmin Marvin, clutched in her arms. They’re dropped into a few centuries into the future. There’s nothing she can do to stop it, and it’s impossible to go back.

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  A year of government regulation is easing, and Levi Blackburn is feeling back in control. If he can keep his reckless brother in check, everything will be perfect. But while he’s been protecting Milo from the government, Milo’s been busy working on a present for him…

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  Dale Mayer is a USA Today bestselling author best known for her Psychic Visions and Family Blood Ties series. Her contemporary romances are raw and full of passion and emotion (Second Chances, SKIN), her thrillers will keep you guessing (By Death series), and her romantic comedies will keep you giggling (It’s a Dog’s Life and Charmin Marvin Romantic Comedy series).

  She honors the stories that come to her – and some of them are crazy and break all the rules and cross multiple genres!

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  Swede: SEALs of Honor, Book 4

  Shadow: SEALs of Honor, Book 5

  Cooper: SEALs of Honor, Book 6

  Markus: SEALs of Honor, Book 7

  Evan: SEALs of Honor, Book 8

  Mason’s Wish: SEALs of Honor, Book 9

  Chase: SEALs of Honor, Book 10

  Brett: SEALs of Honor, Book 11

  Devlin: SEALs of Honor, Book 12

  Easton: SEALs of Honor, Book 13

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  Levi’s Legend: Heroes for Hire, Book 1

  Stone’s Surrender: Heroes for Hire, Book 2

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  Flynn’s Firecracker: Heroes for Hire, Book 5

  Logan’s Light: Heroes for Hire, Book 6

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  Saul’s Sweetheart: Heroes for Hire, Book 8

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