Ace by Kim Faulks

Author:Kim Faulks [Faulks, Kim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-16T06:00:00+00:00

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Ace

“I’m going to move up the backside of this mountain here,” I pointed to a mark on the Satellite imagery. “It’s gonna take two to three hours, depending on the gradient. The terrain doesn’t look too tough, except for that sheer shale face here. But that’ll give me the concealment, and give you the perfect place to set camp. This bank of trees will be your cover, and the river will lead you out. Just follow that…all the way up and you’ll be fine. Remember, no one knows I’m here, so that’s the only surprise we have.”

He stared at a spot on the map, but there was no focus. He heard nothing. I straightened, and lowered my voice. “Once you reach basecamp, fire that tracker up. I’ll be right behind you. We’ll get him back, brother. We’ll get him back and there’ll be no exchange of life.”

He lifted his head to meet my gaze. The empty stare was like I lost Stitch all over again.

“Promise me,” he whispered and then turned his head to find X moving through the trees in the distance. “Promise me you’ll take care of her if I don’t make this.”

And that icy touch bloomed inside me, wrapping claws around my heart. “That’s not going to happen—”

“Promise me,” he snarled, lips curled. Rage sparked like embers in the night. He reached out, gripped my collar, knocking my shoulder. Pain savaged flesh and blood. But it was nothing, nothing compared to the cruel desperation in his eyes. “Promise me. She needs…she fucking needs…” There was a flinch in the darkness. “I want you to move in, and not the half-there fucking shit you do. I want you there, all the fucking time. I want you to be me…you hear me? You hear what I’m saying?”

Black enveloped, taking me down into a hole I’d never get out of. He wanted me to be him, as though I could shed this skin and step into his flesh and bones.

If he only knew how many times I’d wished the same.

When the horrors of the past descended, I stared at Alpha with his square fucking jaw, and his perfect family. I would’ve given anything to be him—even just for a second.

But not like this. Never like this. I grabbed his collar drawing him in tight. “That’s not going to happen, you hear me? Are you fucking hearing me, Alpha? Cause so help me God, I’ll fucking punch these words into that thick, fucking skull of yours. That isn’t happening.”

Life flared. Hate and hurt. Still, it was fucking life. And that empty stare faded.

“So you make this waypoint as fast as you can, and fire that thing up. I’ll be waiting…I’ll be fucking waiting. If the op goes bad, grab Clark and get the Hell out of here. I’ll find you, you hear me? I’ll fucking find you.”

He gave a slow nod. But at least he was listening. I released his shirt and gripped his shoulder.

He was the closest thing I’d ever had to family.

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