Angels: A Guardians Series Military Romance (The Guardians Book 1) by Beth Abbott

Author:Beth Abbott [Abbott, Beth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2018-07-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 38 – Niko

As Niko climbed into the back of the cab with her son, she winced at the pain in her side, the twisting doing nothing to help her breathe.

“Mama, can I watch one of my movies?” Roman scrambled up on the bed, already reaching to turn the TV set on.

Niko would normally have tried to get him to do something creative in the mornings, like crayoning or painting, but frankly, this morning she was in too much pain to argue.

“Sure, baby.” She smiled. “Which one do you want?”

She reached in her bag, and before he could get the words out, she pulled out his favourite film.

“Lego Batman!” He giggled, clapping his hands.

Niko removed the disc from the box and passed it to her son, watching as he carefully inserted it into the DVD player.

Roman carefully stacked up the pillows and lay down, his head propped up, so he could see the screen.

“Are you gonna watch with me, mama?” He patted the space on the bed next to him.

“In a little while, baby.” She smiled. “Mama just has to do a bit of work first.”

As she pulled out her phone, she felt the tears pool in her eyes.

How could a day go from perfect to perfectly horrible in less than thirty minutes?

She’d woken to an email from her contact, telling her that arrangements were in place for them to be intercepted when they arrived in Sofia, Bulgaria, meaning that in less than twenty-four hours, everything in her world would be infinitely better.

Then she’d gone into Ilya’s office this morning to say hello and see if her brother had straightened himself out, only to be told that Sofia was off their itinerary altogether.

In order to facilitate his drug deal, he’d decided that instead of heading across Bulgaria, they were going to turn off halfway to Sofia, and instead head up into Romania, to Bucharest to be precise.

As to her question of whether he was still high or not, she got her answer when she questioned his decision, and his temper exploded.

Ilya had picked up a chair and thrown it at her.

Ok, she doubted if he really meant to throw it at her. At least, not with any intention that it should actually hit her. But in his drug-fuelled rage, his aim had turned out to be remarkably accurate.

The leg of the chair had caught her straight in the ribs, leaving her grateful that it hadn’t actually punctured the skin and impaled her. In her attempt to avoid the worst of the impact, she’d turned and smacked her head straight into the door, so she not only had the pain in her ribs, but the throbbing from what she wouldn’t be surprised was a cracked cheekbone as well.

She glanced down and re-read the message that had filled her with so much hope this morning.

“Have arranged meeting for when you reach Sofia. Everything in place at the location you used last time. Will be ready when you arrive. Good luck.”

She couldn’t believe her bad luck that her brother would be such an asshole as to change the route at the last minute.

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