Emma: Part Three by Lolita Lopez

Author:Lolita Lopez [Lopez, Lolita]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: scifi romance, scifi erotic romance
Publisher: Night Works Books, LLC
Published: 2015-11-19T05:00:00+00:00

5 Chapter Five

Filthy and haggard, Max stepped off the helicopter and kept his head low until he had cleared a safe range. Every muscle in his body ached, and he had to physically force each step, his boots feeling heavier and heavier with each passing moment. Torn between his desire to see Emma and his duty, he exhaled roughly and motioned for one of the soldiers to hold a spot in an idling transport vehicle. He jumped into the front passenger seat, leaned back and rested his eyes.

He wanted to block out the radio traffic banging around his head to get a few moments of peace, but he was on duty. Messages from command flashed across the lens implanted in his eye. General Adamson had been called away on urgent business, and Colonel Monroe had command of the post.

Damien Monroe was a stand-up soldier and had the respect and loyalty of every cyborg on the base, but Max had never warmed to the man. Monroe had earned his call-sign “Silver” as an interrogation specialist with a long-disbanded SICO squad. He used that silver tongue of his to get cyborgs to talk—and was a known and firm believer in enhanced interrogation techniques. Every time Max shook Monroe’s hand, he wondered how many cyborgs had been tortured by it.

Too soon, the vehicle slowed to a stop. Max thanked the driver for the ride and hauled himself out of the front seat and onto the pavement. A fine mist had started to fall and the temperature had dropped a few degrees, not enough to chill him but enough that it made him think about Emma and the coming winter.

The weather spurred his memory of Chloe’s description of the cold winter nights filled with hunger and fear. Had it been that way for Emma? He tried to imagine her alone and freezing in that house of hers. It would have been difficult to keep warm and the amount of work required to keep her small farm going would have kept her outdoors for long periods of time. There were so many ways she could have been hurt. He didn’t even want to think about how vulnerable she had been when ill.

She has us now. We’ll take care of her. He started compiling a mental list of all the cold weather gear she would need. He’d be damned if she spent one minute of the coming winter in anything but comfort. They had promised to keep her safe and provide for her, and he was determined to make good on those vows.

Two steps into his command post, Max halted and scowled when he spotted Rio Gomez Adamson perched on the desk of the logistical specialist who kept his office running smoothly. This little troublemaker had wreaked more havoc than Max had ever imagined possible. Hell, she’d even attempted to take a helicopter for a joyride once!

His clerk was nowhere to be seen. Undoubtedly, Rio had cooked up some errand for the young man who had probably scampered off like a puppy to complete it for her.

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