A Friend in Need by Bianca D'Arc

Author:Bianca D'Arc [D'Arc, Bianca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: paranormal romance
Publisher: Bianca D'Arc
Published: 2021-06-20T16:00:00+00:00

They entered the building and found a small reception committee waiting for Hannah, consisting of Rose and Casey. They took her under their wings and cooed over her close call all the way to the mess hall, much to Carter’s amusement. Hal came up beside him, and they watched the women retreat toward the back of the building.

“Your Hannah’s made of stern stuff. I don’t think Casey understands her, but she likes her, nonetheless,” Hal reported.

Casey was a civilian all the way, like Rose, only without any sort of special ability of her own that made things with this unit a little easier to bear. Rose saw the future, like her fiancé, Jeff. Carter thought her extrasensory ability to know things had helped her settle into the group more easily than it would have been otherwise. Casey, on the other hand, had known Hal all her life. Hal had been her older brother’s best friend since they were kids. It was obvious she loved every little thing about Hal and trusted him with her life. She also knew his past and his motivations probably better than anyone else. That had to have helped her accept the strangeness that was their lives now.

By contrast, Carter and Hannah had only just met. They had no long history to draw on. She also didn’t have any sort of extrasensory ability, so there was no common ground on that score. How could things work out between them without some kind of basis? Carter just didn’t know, and it was a major stumbling block to any sort of future with her, as far as he was concerned.

“I’m glad Hannah’s made friends,” Carter answered his commanding officer and friend, noncommittally. Hal gave him a sharp look.

“I think we’re going to have to bring her more fully into our confidence,” Hal said in a serious tone.

Carter met his gaze. “Are you sure that’s wise?”

“Jeeves and Rose seem to think it’s a given,” Hal answered, surprising Carter. “I’ve been on the fence about letting anyone else know too much about what happened to us, but I’ve also been talking to the base commander. Kinkaid is a man who knows how to keep a secret, and he seems to think that if ours is shared only with select people, chosen for their loyalty and honor, then we’ll be okay. Our resident psychics agree.” Hal sighed and rubbed a tired hand over his eyes. “I never expected any of this when I was tapped to command this special forward operating unit, but you’re all adapting and overcoming, like good little soldiers, so I need to do the same. That includes the fact that I know you can’t all go solo for the rest of your lives. You need wives and girlfriends. I’m lucky. I have Casey. But the rest of you… Frankly, I worry about you guys like you were my kid brothers or something.”

“We appreciate that, Captain,” Carter told his slightly commanding officer.

Carter was uncomfortably aware of the fact that Hal was talking about wives.

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