Dare To Love Series: Icy Dare (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Aliyah Burke

Author:Aliyah Burke [Burke, Aliyah]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2015-09-20T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Miami

Dorian drove along the busy streets, one eye on traffic and the other on the woman sitting beside him. She sat straight, unbending as rebar, while she stared out the window. No expression changes as she gazed out at the high-end cars, scantily dressed women, and tree-lined streets. All he had to do was take her to Louis’ house, and Tyler would speak with her later.

Guilt ate at Dorian’s gut. He should see it through, but all he’d been hired to do was find her and get her back. He did his job. Period. Stuff got messy when you went beyond what was required.

The car swerved as his memories took him back to Stan where his world had been so full of blood, gunfire, and death. He’d lost a best friend doing what he’d thought was best and not what had been required of him. Had he done his job—only his job—Ricky would still be alive. Or so Dorian told himself right before he buried himself in another bottle of beer.

And another. And another. Until he couldn’t remember anything other than what the insides of his lids looked like.

Turning on his blinker, he slowed for the left turn. She still hadn’t said a word. But then, since they’d left twenty hours ago, she’d not said anything, really. Muttered yes or no on the rare occasion. Her glares were soft as a porcupine, but he ignored all of it, for he was too busy convincing himself she would be better off away from the drunk he was.

Nice houses and he shook his head. This was the life for some, not him. He just needed to get back to Seattle, recover his bag, and get back to his quiet world. He’d done well staying away from the drink, other than the beer in the bar she’d worked at, but the urge was riding him hard. The urge to drink and forget. To lose the memories and the pain. To have it all be nothing but a blur.

PTSD, the doctors said. Yes, he wasn’t an idiot—he knew that. He also knew that alcohol worked just fine in keeping those memories at bay. A lot cheaper than therapy and paying for medication. Tasted better, too.

He pulled up a drive and parked the vehicle behind a shiny white Audi. Slanting his gaze to his passenger, he sighed when she merely opened the door and stepped free of the car’s interior. He killed the engine and got out. Together, they headed up to the front door.

The back of Dorian’s neck prickled, and he scoped the area. Nothing he could see, but the Ranger in him found a good deal of hiding places in the area where a tango could be hiding. He shook his head. They weren’t tangos; they would be considered perps, now. He was no longer in a war zone—technically.

They climbed the brick steps, and he reached out and pressed the doorbell. Tilting his head to Sakharre, he hated the look of resignation on her face.

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