Cowgirl Up by Ali Spooner

Author:Ali Spooner
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781927328279
Publisher: Affinity eBook Press NZ LTD
Published: 2014-11-12T05:00:00+00:00

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Lunch for the crew was a great success and after cleaning up the mess in the kitchen and storing the leftovers for the crew’s dinner, Coal and Mary Leah started for home.

“I think a nap is in order,” Mary Leah announced as they arrived home.

“That’s not a bad idea at all. Later would you mind if Shadow and I go for a ride?”

Mary Leah turned to face her lover. “Of course not, but remember to take it easy so you don’t open up that wound.”

“Yes, ma’am,” she answered.

Mary Leah flipped the switch on the bedroom wall to turn on the ceiling fan as she and Coal began to undress. When they climbed into the bed, Coal spooned next to her lover and held her until she drifted off to sleep. Unable to follow her lover in a nap, Coal rolled onto her back and stared up at the ceiling. She closed her eyes willing herself to sleep to no avail.

The soft whirring sound of the ceiling fan grew louder and reminded her of the distant thrumming of helicopter blades. She felt her heartbeat begin to race as her skin broke out in a cold sweat. She squeezed her eyes tightly together in an effort to exorcise the visions from her memory, but the images remained. The thrumming grew louder as the helicopter approached, dust swirling through the scorching air, coating everything with a rust-colored film. The evacuation chopper had arrived, skids settling on the dirt with a groan as the metal door slung open with a loud bang and the medics rushed from within.

Coal ripped her eyes from the approaching medics to look down. Tessa’s lifeless face stared up at her, her brilliant blue eyes fading with the pallor of death.

“Move away, soldier, and let us tend to her,” she remembered a medic saying, but she refused to move.

Her arms cradled Tessa’s body to her. “It’s too late for her, you’re too late for her,” she remembered saying.

The medic’s fingertips reached down to Tessa’s neck, searching for signs of a pulse. Finding none, he looked into Coal’s eyes. “I’m sorry,” he said as tears flowed down her cheeks.

Cries for help from one of his team made him tear his eyes away from hers as he ran to help some of the wounded soldiers in the unit, leaving her cradling Tessa’s lifeless body in her arms as her body rocked back and forth in complete anguish.

The co-pilot and another soldier placed Mitch’s torn body into a body bag as the medics prepared the injured for transport, leaving she and Tessa the last to be loaded. When they were ready to depart, the medic returned to Coal.

“It’s time to take her home,” he gently said. “You have to let her go.” He carefully removed Tessa’s body from her arms and she watched in horror as they placed her in a black body bag, her still beautiful face disappearing from view as the zipper slowly closed.

The medic helped her to her feet, pain ripping through her side as her wounds became evident.

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