Act of Mercy (PSI-Ops Immortal Ops) by Roth Mandy M

Author:Roth, Mandy M. [Roth, Mandy M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-03-03T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Mercy sat practically glued to one of the hunks who had burst into her life from out of nowhere. Jimmy had talked about these men with her—telling her stories about each of them but never naming them. She’d stopped laughing at inappropriate times and about silly things, recognizing it as a sign of the stress she’d been under. She wanted to apologize but was too embarrassed to draw any more attention to her behavior.

Duke held her as if he’d known her forever and a day. She was thankful for that. She’d never seen herself as someone who required comforting. Especially since she’d never really been nurtured by anyone. Once she’d had a foster sibling hold her after she’d had a nightmare, but that was about it.

Sitting close to Duke, having him hold her against his powerful frame, made everything that was happening seem better. It gave her hope. And she’d thought she’d run out of anything to close to it.

She wasn’t sure where they were going or how long they’d been driving. All she knew was Duke felt safe. She knew something else beyond a shadow of a doubt—it was his DNA sequence she was obsessed with.

“Boomer,” said the captain, filling the long silence in the van. “Pull off up here in that abandoned parking lot.”

The guy driving did as instructed and Mercy nearly panicked as she dug her fingers into Duke’s thigh. She wasn’t ready to be alone. Not yet. Not after all that had just happened.

“Shh, Doc,” he said, his lips close to her ear. “I’m right here with you.”

“They were going to kill me,” she said. “I mean, I knew they’d try at some point. I just wasn’t prepared.”

“No one ever really is,” he responded, his lips finding her cheek.

She thought about their kiss. About how it had stolen her breath. Simply reflecting on it made her tingle with desire. She wanted his mouth on hers once more. Wanted him chasing away all the thoughts in her head.

Looking up at him, she locked gazes with him. He was amazingly handsome. She even liked the scruffy five o’clock shadow that she guessed was more than likely something he kept at all times. And his hair—the man had great hair. She wanted to run her hands through it. Gulping, she stared at his broad shoulders. Everything on him was big.

Her gaze rapidly went to his groin area.

She swallowed hard and then blinked up at him, blushing because of her dirty thoughts.

He hooked a finger under her chin and dipped his head, putting his face close to hers. “Keep looking at me like that and I don’t think I’ll be able to stop what I want to do to you.”

She almost asked what he wanted to do to her but realized she had a good idea already. Pink stained her cheeks even more.

Duke laughed softly and winked.

If she melted into a puddle of hormones, would anyone be able to blame her? What woman could resist a guy like him? There was no way she stood a chance against Duke.

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