Guarded (A Soldier's Heart Book 3) by Kimber Delaney

Author:Kimber Delaney [Delaney, Kimber]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: QQQQ Press, LLC
Published: 2022-12-05T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

“This better be good, Charlotte, to be up at the asscrack of dawn on a Saturday.” Tadhg tied his shoes and looked around at the group of people stretching and chatting around them.

“I still can’t believe you don’t know what a hash is,” Charlie said. “It’s fun.”

“Running is not fun. This might be one of those hobbies that we agree to not share.”

Charlie leaned closer. “I took up hiking because of you.”

Tadhg gave her a cocky smile. “Yeah, and being fucked up against a tree or eaten out against the rocks hurt your feelings a lot, didn’t it?”

Charlie flushed. “It certainly didn’t. We could try to sneak away, but I don’t think we’ll be able to.”

He shook his head. “No. What I want is for you to stay with me tonight. My place.”

Until that moment, Charlie had never questioned why he’d never asked her to stay at his place. Every weekend, they either went out of town or stayed out at her little house. “Took you long enough to ask,” she said.

Tadhg shrugged. “You never mentioned it. I also enjoy going to your place, out there in the sticks, with the thick walls no one can hear through.”

“And here I thought you were spending your precious little free time building the dungeon for me.”

Tadhg stood up and took a step toward her. As she backed up, he caught her arm and tugged her into his chest. “If you want to stay here and do this hashing thing, I suggest you stop taunting me, Charlotte. I will throw you over my shoulder and carry you off right now.”

Charlie looked up at him. He raised an eyebrow as if to dare her. The look in his eyes let her know he’d make good on his threat. She raised up on her toes and kissed him on the chin, then spun out of his arms, grinning.

“So, what do I need to do if we get separated?” he asked.

“We won’t. The hare—the person marking the trail—will mark the trail to keep people together. This isn’t a win/lose thing, it’s a social thing, and we go at the speed of the slowest so we can all have a good time.”

Despite all of his bitching, Tadhg had fun. He accepted a bottle of beer from someone and took a long swig.

“Hey, Killer!” A person, who Charlie had explained was the hare, came wandering up. “This your virgin? I can see why we haven’t seen you in a couple months.”

Charlie looked at Tadhg and laughed at his expression. “Sure is, Vibe.” She turned to him. “Tadhg, this is Vibe.”

Vibe stuck a hand out. “Good to meet you, Just Tadhg.”

“You’re going to have to explain all of this, Charlotte,” he said, taking Vibe’s hand.

Vibe grinned. “Simple stuff. We all have hash names, usually given after a few hashes. Unless you do something spectacularly noteworthy. If you don’t have a name, you’re a Just. As in Just Tadhg.”

Tadhg nodded. “Killer?”

“Pint-Sized Killer, PSK. One of our members went through her class a few years back and got his ass handed to him.

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