Explosive Encounter (Task Force 779 Book 2) by KL Donn

Author:KL Donn [Donn, KL]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-14T18:30:00+00:00

Everett

Trying to hold it together.

My chest aches. My lungs are working double time, and the tears won’t stop streaming in thick rivulets down my face. He’s barely out of my sight, and I miss him fiercely. I don’t know how Codie does this. The uncertainty. The fear of him never returning makes my stomach churn, and I can feel the bile rising up as I rush to the house in search of a bathroom.

With a hand over my mouth, Codie pales when she sees me and points to a closed door off the kitchen. Slamming through, I barely push it closed with my foot before I vomit into the toilet. The rush of air leaving my lungs in the form of dry heaves leaves me exhausted and wanting to curl up in the fetal position until Foster comes back to me.

I tried so hard to push him away. I tried to ignore him. Nothing worked, and he forged through my fragile walls and embedded himself in my heart, and now, all I feel is agony.

A knock sounds on the door before it’s opened a crack, and Codie’s standing there with a damp cloth. “Just something cool for your head.” Her quiet voice and understanding eyes have me nodding as she comes closer to place the rag on my forehead.

“Why am I in so many knots? We hardly know each other.” I groan as my stomach revolts again.

“Your heart obviously recognizes him.” I can hear the smile in her voice.

“Is it always like this?” I don’t know if I can handle that.

“Well, no. I missed Ryder fiercely when he left the first time and the second. Third, too. But I’ve learned to make sure I have plenty of things to keep me busy while he’s gone. The nights are the worst when he’s not there to warm me or chase away the lingering nightmares. Everything else I can handle.”

Feeling dizzy, I lean against the wall behind me. Codie fills a small cup in the sink and offers it to me. I drink it down in one gulp, the cooling liquid easing my now sore throat.

“How did you know you could handle it?” I wonder.

“I’m not sure I ever had that conscious thought. Ryder just kept coming back, and when Nix and Theo came to my door with the news he’d been injured, it was a sink or swim moment for me, and the decision was easy to make.”

“He was hurt because of me.” I still hate that. I remember very little of my time in captivity, but I know Ryder almost lost his life so I wasn’t hurt any further.

“Because of? Lord, no. For? Absolutely.” I groan. That’s not any better. “Don’t do that. He would take a thousand bullets for any innocent life if it meant sparing them. To him, it was an honor to make sure you were no longer harmed.”

And the tears are back. “Is that really how he views it?”

“It is. It’s how they all are. You won’t ever meet a more honorable group of men in your life.

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