Blind Ambition by Gwen Hernandez

Author:Gwen Hernandez [Hernandez, Gwen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, military romantic suspense, supsense
Publisher: Gwen Hernandez
Published: 2015-03-11T06:00:00+00:00

After his talk with Kurt, Dan returned to the galley. He made PBJs and put them on plates with potato chips and carrot sticks. Not a gourmet dinner, but he couldn’t care less. He was so hungry he could eat the white leather bench that ran the length of the salon.

Instead, he took his food up to the cockpit, polished it off, and went back for more, settling his weary body onto the plush seat with a heavy sigh. When Alexa walked out of the tiny bathroom, he nearly choked on a carrot stick. She was scrubbed clean, her face pink—aside from the bruises—and her wet hair shining under the cabin’s lights like liquid strands of gold and copper.

God, he wanted her. Even after the way she’d left him, he still couldn’t resist. Could he have her again and then walk away? Don’t be an idiot. But if he could, would it be worth it? Could he feel any worse than he did now?

Assuming she’d even let him get that close. A couple of kisses under extreme stress did not equal an invitation to bed.

He cleared his throat. “Feel better?”

“Immensely,” she said. “I know some women pay big bucks for a mud bath, but I’ll pass.”

Against his will he smiled. She amazed him. He’d seen her stay cool under pressure three years ago, but back then they hadn’t been working under life-threatening conditions. Not like this. Now, she was tired, dehydrated, starved, injured, and stuck with him. She’d been attacked, bound, chased, and shot at, but she hadn’t whined or complained to him even once.

And she’d begged him to stay and help her, putting the life of the children above her own.

Jesus, he was fucking mooning over her. He stood and gestured to the plate he’d prepared. “Sorry I don’t have a nicer spread. I wasn’t expecting us to stick around this long.”

She nodded and pushed a strand of hair behind her ears. It was starting to curl on the ends as it dried. “It’s perfect. I didn’t realize how hungry I was.” She scooted behind the dinette table and put the paper napkin he’d provided on her lap.

“Kurt’s working to get a plane at the airfield within a few hours. The biggest challenge will be getting the kids from the compound to the airstrip.”

And that was assuming he could take out the guards inside without alerting the rest of the goons.

“If we could count on them sticking with their original plan, it would be so much easier. We could land our own plane at the airfield and let them deliver the kids right to us,” she said.

“Unfortunately, we can’t count on it.” If only. “And even if that worked, we’d have to disable their plane and pilot and fight with the guys hauling the children.”

“Yeah.” She sighed and took a bite of her sandwich.

While she ate, he returned topside to check their course and look for threats. He also didn’t want to leave the helm unattended for too long and risk hitting another vessel.

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