Double Vision by Hinze Vicki

Author:Hinze, Vicki [Hinze, Vicki]
Format: epub
Tags: Suspense
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2010-01-26T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Shortly after dawn, Kate and Nathan climbed into the jeep and headed for the shore. Not a word had been mentioned about their kiss last night, though Kate had had trouble holding two thoughts together about anything else ever since. What should she make of that?

Mulling it over, she was almost convinced it was best forgotten and definitely safer. Feeling a little pang of disappointment, she looked off toward the sandy horizon and allowed herself a wistful sigh. Some things should be mourned.

Nathan reached over, clasped her hand and brought it to his lips.

A warm glow lighted in her chest and spread to settle low in her belly. Her breathing hitched. Why would anyone choose to forget these tender moments? They were the jewels in life, all the more rare because she knew that, and she’d known so damn few of them. She couldn’t forget that or this moment, and neither could be best forgotten.

Acknowledged or not, rare moments are still treasures and a jewel still gleams.

“You okay?” Nathan asked.

“Yeah. Never better.” Meaning every word, Kate smiled.

When they pulled in at the docks, Riley had the boat ready and waiting, as promised. After another scan for bugging devices and explosives, Kate dumped in her gear, while Nathan removed the mooring ropes. She slipped behind the wheel, cranked the engine and, when Nathan was seated, headed out across the open water for the caves.

Looking for Douglas was dangerous and she wasn’t fooling herself about that. But the sun sparkling on the calm water, seeing Nathan in the seat beside her, his hair slicked back by the wind, his face lifted to the sun…well, there was a moment of joy here, too, that had nothing to do with premission anxiety. She didn’t have the slightest inclination to flirt, though she wouldn’t object to another kiss. Yet considering how her body had reacted to Nathan, maybe that was wisest left for after their mission—a reward for surviving.

“I’m going to give them a little space,” she warned Nathan. Best to see how GRID would react to their return away from the cave where they could have a stash to protect.

“You’re not going to lull them into complacency, Kate.”

“I know that,” she told Nathan. “But we need to explore the vicinity. What if all the mines were a diversionary tactic?”

Nathan thought for a second and then answered. “Doubtful, but better to know it than to suppose it.”

Her feelings exactly. She’d bet her next paycheck it’d be question three or four on Colonel Drake’s list.

Within an hour, they were in the water and meticulously exploring several caves. When they’d gone through half a dozen and run only into dead ends, Nathan tugged at her sleeve and pointed skyward.

Kate kicked upward, broke the surface and caught her breath. They’d found nothing. No gouges, no open passages, no signs of any type of inhabitation.

“Have we taken sufficient precautions to satisfy S.A.S.S.?”

Kate nodded.

“Then let’s press on and check out the compound cave.”

More than ready to do so, Kate swam for the boat.

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