Ashfall by Denise A. Agnew

Author:Denise A. Agnew [Agnew, Denise A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Liquid Silver Books
Published: 2014-08-16T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Mally ached with an exhaustion she hadn’t experienced in a long time. Water cascaded over her in a sweet warm shower. Feeling the water cleanse her of the day’s excesses was nirvana. Today had been a bitch. She’d learned a lot and had even more respect for the work Sentry Security performed. Not only were they bodyguards for specific clients, but now that the government used them to keep the peace, everything was on the line. In the back of her mind she’d understood how dangerous their work could be, but witnessing it firsthand made it all the more real.

She’d gathered from what very little she knew about these companies, that they’d made a lot of money during the last war. They were still making a sizable amount, although with the economy in the toilet, they didn’t make nearly the change they had during wartime.

Might as well be a war.

She moaned as she washed dirt and sweat from her hair. Today had taught her two things. She could do this job…sort of. Adam had been right. She wasn’t trained for it, but she’d performed well for a civilian. She shivered when she remembered how that ass at the restaurant had grabbed her around the neck. If her father hadn’t trained her in basic defense skills and the man attacking her had been trained like Adam, she might be dead right now. Reality sent a cold shiver straight down her spine.

Her shoulders were tight as hell and every muscle in her body felt as if she’d worked them long and hard. She rinsed her hair, then left the shower. She didn’t hog the water. If there was one thing she’d learned since Long Valley erupted, it was that you didn’t waste anything, including clean water. But while there still was some, she wasn’t going to sacrifice a shower.

It was only seven o’clock. She considered slipping into her red flannel pajamas and hitting the sack, but something told her to prepare for anything. She didn’t know what. So she dressed in an old navy blue sweat suit and slumped into a chair with her Glock on the table next to her.

Paranoid much?

It wasn’t that she didn’t trust Adam or Mark, or even the General. She did. No matter what disagreements or personality conflicts she had with Adam, she knew without a doubt he wouldn’t hurt her. No, it was the world outside she couldn’t trust. Part of her ached to return to the compound, yet the thought of venturing into that world again sent a spike of fear right up her spine. She rubbed her arms. She’d left her compound reluctantly, but now she’d found this place…well, the benefits were obvious. She had protection here in double layers. At the compound she’d had only herself to rely upon. Along with the protection, though, came complications. Namely one very sexy complication named Adam. She also understood that dealing with more people these days was taxing her brain—she’d spent so much time alone in the compound she felt out of practice.

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