Done a Runner (Wanted Men of Bison Bluffs Book 1) by Cynthia Knoble

Author:Cynthia Knoble [Knoble, Cynthia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2018-04-24T16:00:00+00:00

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That night, Zoë snuggled against Ethan’s side after yet another incredible love-making session. His prowess and endurance were admirable and, as always, she was completely satisfied. With her head on his chest, she stroked her hand over his thigh, her fingertips tracing the deep scars there.

“You can ask about them,” he told her. “I don’t mind.”

Keeping her hand on his thigh, she shifted onto her belly to see his face. “Okay, how did you get them?”

“It happened on the worst day of my life. Turns out it was also the luckiest.” Intrigued, she waited for more but received nothing more than a slight twitch of the corner of his mouth. Then he shook his head. “I said I didn’t mind talking about it, but I guess I do.”

“Then don’t, really, it’s okay.”

“No, it isn’t. Truth is, I want you to know about me. I want to share things with you.” He chuckled. There was zero humour in it. “You know, the one-sidedness of this—whatever this is between us—is hard to deal with, but I meant it when I said I wouldn’t press you to confide in me.”

A lump strained her throat. He wanted to confide in her, even when she refused to do the same, when she’d rebuked his interest, disregarded his offer of help. Feeling about as low as she ever had, she examined his face carefully, looking for signs of—what, exactly? Indications he was falling for her? It was a ridiculous notion. He was too shrewd to trust a woman who wouldn’t trust him back, something made painfully clear the first night they shared.

“Did it happen during an international policing mission?” she asked, certain it had, but eager to divert attention from his mention of how unfair their union was to him.

“Yeah, it did. Boone was with me, and our unit was supporting a police force during a transition in government. We were on border checkpoint that day, something we’d done before. Really it was a normal day there. A teenager approached the gate and, well, there was something odd about the way he walked but I couldn’t figure out what. He got closer and, shit, he was just a kid, twelve, or thirteen at the most. I thought I saw a vest under his clothes but wasn’t sure and then Boone yelled ‘Get down!’ I tried to turn to dive but didn’t have enough time before the bomb went off.”

He issued a stiff shrug that pulled at her heart. How difficult it was for him to relate the story was visually apparent, and she wanted him to stop. “I got hit. Hard. I hit the ground and I was certain my leg was on fire. It burned so bad. Boone grabbed me and was yelling at me not to move but my leg burned so bad I wanted nothing but to put it out. I tried to roll, I remember that part so clearly, trying to roll to put my leg out even though I knew it wasn’t actually on fire.

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