Dangerous Territory: An Alpha Ops novella by Emmy Curtis

Author:Emmy Curtis [Curtis, Emmy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction / Romance / Suspense, Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction / Romance / Erotica, Fiction / Contemporary Women
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2014-08-05T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

It felt like an hour, but Grace was sure they had been walking only ten minutes or so when Josh stopped dead on the trail. He held up his fist, and she’d seen enough movies to know he wanted her to stop.

He pointed at his eyes with two fingers and extended them to their eleven o’clock. She followed his line of sight and her heart dropped. There was a man with a rifle slung across his back, making his way slowly toward them. He was so far away, it didn’t look like they had been spotted.

Josh motioned her down, and as she crouched, he brought out his weapon and positioned himself directly between her and the man. He unlocked a piece of the gun and rested it on his shoulder as he took aim.

Oh my God. Please don’t kill him.

She had no idea where the thought had come from. He had a gun, and there was a very good chance he was a Taliban, or maybe a warlord’s drug runner. Not every person here had a gun, and those who did knew they might have to use it. But still, she hoped Josh wouldn’t just kill him on the spot. She kept silent, though.

Josh watched him through his scope and started cursing. He pulled the gun down and flopped on his back. “Shit.”

“What is it? How many of them are there?” she whispered, concerned that he’d just seen a platoon of insurgents looking for them.

He snapped off his gun’s scope and handed it to her. She lay down in the dirt and tried to find the man in the scope. It took her a few seconds, but she found him. And the kid from the cave. The kid was tugging at his sleeve and pointing away from where Josh and Grace were.

Oh my God. Please don’t let him hurt the kid. Her heart clenched. The kid was pointing away from them, like she’d told him to, but the man grabbed the boy and shook him by the shoulders. If the boy got hurt because of what she’d asked him to do, it would be her fault. She closed her eyes for a second and opened them again, not wanting to lose sight of them. Go home, she silently pleaded. Go home. The little boy was now shouting at the man, but with the slight breeze running in the opposite direction, she could hear only snatches and not enough to translate.

“What are we going to do? We can’t leave him with that man.”

Josh put his sunglasses back on. “We have to. My job is to rescue you, not every Afghan kid we come across.”

“I know. I really do. But please don’t do anything to endanger him. Don’t kill that man in front of him. Just… He’s probably seen enough already. Just… do no harm.” She couldn’t take her eyes off the scope.

“I’m an airman, not a doctor.” He gestured to the eyepiece. “I need it back.”

Reluctantly, she passed it back. “What’s the plan?” she asked.

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