Bring Me to Life by Kira Sinclair

Author:Kira Sinclair
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-11-03T16:00:00+00:00

9

TATUM WATCHED THE hard edge that had cut across his features soften. His body followed, the tension slowly leaking out.

The backs of his fingers brushed across her skin, from collarbone to collarbone, sending a ripple of tingles rocketing through her.

“God, Tatum, I’m sorry. I didn’t think...” His words dwindled off to nothing, but she heard what went unsaid. He hadn’t considered how she would feel or react.

Tatum had no idea what to do with that. It definitely didn’t make her feel good. In fact, it made her spine crawl with restless uncertainty.

She waited for him to say more, but his mouth stayed stubbornly shut.

When she realized he wasn’t going to offer anything else up, she couldn’t stop herself from asking, “What happened? Where did you go?”

His jaw tightened, grinding his teeth together so tightly she feared a few might break.

He was going to tell her it was classified. She could see it in his eyes. If he did, she would tell him to leave.

And that would be the end of their marriage.

Pain ripped through Tatum’s chest, so strong and quick she nearly doubled over with the unexpected hit of it. But Evan’s strong body prevented her from giving in.

She was so preoccupied with her own spinning thoughts it took several moments before she realized he was speaking.

“I got a call. From...a contact. About the cartel in Colombia. There’s movement. Unexpected movement.”

It was almost as if the words, once said, had released a flood of information that had been dammed up behind them.

“The takedown was tightly coordinated, crushing the top twenty or thirty members of the group. They were spread across the country, some in Bogotá, some in Barranquilla, some peppered through several smaller communities and a few hidden deep in the jungle.”

Evan’s gaze dragged up, catching a spot on the wall inches above her head. Tatum realized he wasn’t seeing her bedroom, but another life she had nothing to do with. Even his voice had changed, taking on the faint hint of an accent, the melodic tones of the language he’d instinctively been speaking that first night in his sleep.

It was as if a part of him had slipped back into the person he’d been when he was gone.

“In the melee,” he continued, “we were able to keep my cover intact by letting the joint task force take me down, as well. For anyone who wants to look, there’s a paper trail leading back to my cover’s extradition to the U.S. on bogus drug charges I had fled from. The thought was that the few low-level thugs left to pick up the pieces would have too much on their plates to worry about tracking me down.”

A frown pulled his dark brows into a deep V over his ever-changing eyes. They were a pale green shot through with threads of golden brown.

Why was she focusing on that and not the meaning behind his words? Maybe because it was easier. And less frightening.

“Apparently, we were wrong. Someone’s been following up. Asking questions.

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