Blazing with Love by Jessica Gray

Author:Jessica Gray [Gray, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Damn,” Tyler cursed, digging out their beeper from under a heap of clothing. He glanced at his beeper and frowned. “Not mine.”

Jules checked hers and said, “Mine. We better hurry back.”

They put on their shed clothes in two minutes flat and two more minutes later he stored the remains of the picnic in the saddlebag and Jules climbed on the bike behind him.

Back on base, Jules dashed to the ready room, shedding her civilian clothes for the second time today. When she came out wearing the heavy Kevlar suit, he longed to kiss her goodbye, but since they hadn’t found the time to talk about the status of their relationship, or non-relationship, he opted for simply wishing her good luck.

Jules joined the team gathered at the truck and his heart squeezed when he saw the woman he loved drive away to fight another wildfire. He knew she could handle it, had all the training required to do the job and survive, but worry still crept into his heart watching the woman he loved drive away into the lurking danger.

The time dragged on and on and when the night settled, Tyler couldn’t wait any longer and walked over to operations hoping for news about Jules.

“Hey Armstrong, what’s up?” Chief Carted called out to him.

“Nothing. Just checking in about the other team. Any news?”

The chief eyed him curiously and said, “Not good news, unfortunately. Mike, who was on the first team is seriously injured and we sent a medevac. They’ve lost plenty of time with his rescue and meanwhile the fire has roared into gear. The reserve team couldn’t go in as planned, because the fire cut off the access route.”

“Anything we can do?” Tyler asked, his throat constricted. Jules was on the reserve team.

“Nothing but wait. Right now, we can’t send in relief, because we don’t know how. If worst comes to worst, we’ll ask for smokejumper support.” The chief saw Tyler’s frowned forehead. “Cooper is fine. She’s done this job for five years.”

“How do you know?”

“Everyone at base knows. It’s written across your forehead, and hers too.”

“And here I thought we were being so subtle.” Tyler chuckled sheepishly at being called out by his superior.

“Nothing subtle about the way you two look at each other.” The chief paused a moment and said, “None of my business, but she’s a great hotshot. It’s the first time in those five years I’ve seen her falling for a guy. She’s not easy to open up, so don’t hurt her.”

“I won’t. I’m serious about her, much more serious than I believed I could ever be.”

“Good. Now get out of my way. Get some sleep in case we need to send in another team early tomorrow morning.”

“Thanks, chief,” Tyler said and disappeared. It was still too early to go to bed, but since he was driving himself out of his mind with worry about Jules, he might as well hit the bed with a suspense novel.

But the book didn’t capture his attention. The print blurred every time thoughts of Jules crept inside his worried mind.

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