Captivated by Lauren Dane

Author:Lauren Dane
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781101568873
Publisher: Heat
Published: 2012-04-30T22:00:00+00:00

The muscles in her legs burned as they kept up their brutal pace along the ridge. She hummed to herself as she tore apart the code in her head. Reorganizing it. Taking it apart again.

It made the time move faster and helped her ignore the way the two of them seemed to not even be sweating in the heat and she, on the other hand, was a sweaty mess. Of course Vincenz looked like a vid star, still so handsome with his hat and sunshades. He filled his trousers out just perfectly as he jogged.

Jogged.

She withheld a sigh. She’d agreed to come on this operation and there was no way she’d complain. Outside of her head.

They’d notice anyway. They seemed so in tune with each other they picked up on her moods. And pushed. Which was a novelty. She’d never been involved with a pushy man before. And now she had two.

It confounded her. And since she was already generally confounded, she’d decided not to poke at it because it didn’t matter why they were with her. She knew enough, felt enough to be secure in the knowledge that they truly cared about her. That was all she could handle just then.

She needed to buck up and handle it. So she dragged another breath into her lungs and kept moving.

They watched her, sometimes covertly, but usually openly. It made her smile, even as it frustrated her. Protecting. Shepherding. She knew they wanted to talk to her, wanted to call out to see how she was doing, but they’d been on radio silence, which had made her slightly nauseated at first. But it wasn’t then, Hannah knew that. So she got past those memories.

They continued on for what seemed like an eternity. So long she wondered if her legs would turn into jelly after she stopped moving. But finally they began to slow and Vincenz held his fist up to stay them.

Julian moved to a crouch, took out his field glasses and took a long look out over the valley below and up ahead.

Vincenz came over to where she leaned against a big boulder, muscles jumping. “You all right?” he asked her in a low voice, his gaze roving over her body to verify the answer himself.

“Yes, of course,” she lied valiantly.

He cracked a smile and leaned in to kiss her quickly. “Liar.”

“My legs won’t fall off.” Even if she wanted them to just so she wouldn’t have to feel them anymore.

“We’ll be setting up a camp soon. Kip for several hours and then we’ll hit the lab once the moon sets.”

Julian joined them. “We’re clear. There are a lot of what looks to be soldiers several klicks to the east. Shouldn’t be an issue here though.”

“I’m going to scout the plant. Let’s move up ahead a little. Andrei and Piper should meet us soon.” Vincenz put his hat into his back pocket.

Julian took her pack as though she’d asked him to, but she was too tired to argue. He put an arm around her waist and she leaned into his body, so warm and solid.

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