Page 44 of Rebellious River
“Kate, please wake up, honey. Did you see where they took Caroline and Celine?”
Kate mumbled, her words mostly incoherent, “Limo driver. Mr. J. Couldn't stop them.”
Every single cell in Ethan's blood iced over at Mr. J's name. The Task Force Scorpions ex-CIA Liaison turned traitor had not only betrayed his country, but tried to murder Ethan's entire Team. And now he had kidnapped the daughter of the senator in charge of the US Joint Special Operations Command.
Chapter 20
“I can't believethey're really gone.” Kate lay in the guest bedroom at Noni's house, snuggled with her cheek to Ethan's chest, his hand completely covering hers.
“They're not gone, just missing, and we'll get them back, I swear to you.” Ethan's chest vibrated as he spoke.
“I should've realized something was up. That limo driver—”
“We should have all realized it. Liam worked for Cotter for over a year. Grey vetted him. He fooled us all.”
The strong steady rhythm of Ethan's heartbeat beneath her cheek helped calm her frayed nerves. “I feel like a complete failure,” she whispered.
“Don't you dare say that. If Liam hadn't drugged you, you would've totally kicked his ass.”
“You're probably right,” Kate reluctantly admitted. Still, Ethan's confidence was only a Band-Aid to her constant worry the past two days as they scrambled to search for clues over her missing friends.
Ethan chuckled and traced his fingers down her spine. “That's better.”
Outwardly they all tried to put on a strong front, but every single one of them felt the loss straight down to their marrow. They'd been too confident, too at ease that this was a simple babysitting mission, and they’d been totally unprepared for thesurprise attack from within.
Kate tensed and Ethan pulled her tighter against him. “Hey, I told you, we will find them.”
“I'm going with you.”
Ethan snorted. “Over my dead body.”
Kate rose up over him, her eyes narrowed down at the man who held her heart. “That might be something I can arrange.”
“Come on, Kate, be reasonable. You were recently drugged and nearly kidnapped. You need time to recover.”
Kate dug a finger in his chest. “And you, Ethan Slade, need to realize a little poison isn't enough to keep me down. I'm going after my friends, whether you like it or not.”
Ethan groaned and fell back onto the mattress. “Is this what it's always going to be like between us? You not listening to me?”
Kate brushed a shaggy lock of dark hair out of Ethan's face and leaned down to press a soft kiss to his lips. “You can bet on it.”
THE END
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As a Special Forces operative, Aaron Speirs treated relationships like Tangos. He’d seen the wreckage of his Task Force brothers' attempts and had no desire to put any woman through the hardship. He had one purpose – serve his country and protect his teammates. Then Celine Latimer walked into his life and turned his world upside down.
Celine Latimer thought she’d hit the jackpot when hunky SF operative Aaron Speirs asked her to accompany him to the high-profile wedding of Senator Cotter’s daughter. They’d getto spend two weeks together while Aaron pulled guard duty for Caroline Cotter and Celine intended to use every spare minute, seducing the man she’d had a crush on for over a year.
The time and place proved to be more of a barrier than either of them realized. With his commander watching his every move, Aaron couldn’t afford to show any weakness. That meant ignoring Celine.
Rejected and hurt, Celine packed to leave only to be caught in a kidnapping plot against the Senator. Here she sat, in a hut in the Middle East, waiting on a rescue that may never come.
He'd sworn to protect and he'd failed. Now Aaron lived for one purpose- to rescue the woman he lost before she’s sold into slavery and spend the rest of his life making her see how much he loves her.
