An Officer and a Gentleman by Rachel Lee

Author:Rachel Lee
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2010-03-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Andrea crouched, keeping low, and moved swiftly across the tarmac to the right of the parked planes. She hadn’t gone a dozen steps before a sense of déjà vu assailed her, reminding her of the night she’d been shot. Her neck and scalp prickled with unexpected fear, and her step faltered, but only for an instant. Nickerson was out there, depending on her to do her share, and he could be in serious danger without backup. There was no choice but to go on, and no point in thinking about what might happen.

Suddenly and unexpectedly, she was extremely grateful for Dare’s presence at her side. He moved stealthily, reminding her of a jungle cat, but when she inexplicably reached out for him, he paused and caught her hand in his.

What the hell am I doing in this business? The thought came out of nowhere, stunning her with its ferocity. She’d lied when she told Dare she’d never considered anything else, lied to him and to herself. Somewhere along the way all those other ideas had gotten lost in a burning desire to prove herself as an Air Force officer, but not even then had she imagined herself in this situation. Law Enforcement had never been her goal; it had been thrust on her, and she’d been making the best of it ever since.

Now here she was in the dead of night, stalking a killer with an M-16 in her hands. If she had an ounce of sense, she would be back in the guard shack directing this operation, the way a commander should. No, she had to get into it up to her neck. She always had and wondered if she always would.

“Andrea?” Dare’s whisper was barely audible, although he’d turned so that his mouth was only several inches from her ear. “Something wrong?”

Andrea drew a deep breath and managed to shake her head. An instant later she released his hand and crept forward again. A faint rustle told her that he was following her.

Approaching the third plane, she slowed up and crouched lower. With her teeth, she pulled the mitten off her right hand and let it fall to the tarmac. The liner glove wasn’t nearly as warm, but she had to be able to wrap her finger around the trigger. As quietly as she could, she released the safety and crept forward. The dog wouldn’t be able to smell anyone under the planes, not when the wind was blowing at a stinging thirty-five miles an hour, and the same wind would carry away any reasonably quiet sounds. Andrea didn’t want to chance it, though, for fear of scaring away their quarry. Those dogs were squirreled away on the sealed-up planes, but she had no idea whether their barking might be audible to someone on the tarmac below.

Seeing nothing around the undercarriage of the third plane, she edged forward to the fourth. Her heart was beating wildly now, and adrenaline soured and dried her mouth. Pausing, she pushed back her snorkel to widen her field of view.

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