Guarding Lauren: Brotherhood Protectors World (Texas Guardians Book 1) by Barb Han & Brotherhood Protectors World

Author:Barb Han & Brotherhood Protectors World [Han, Barb]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Twisted Page Press LLC
Published: 2020-02-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Panic gripped Lauren as she glanced around. No. Thank God, Jaden was fine. She didn’t even want to think what she’d do if he was hit.

Pressing the gas pedal harder, the Jeep rocked back and forth. With a loud thump and a chug, the truck broke free, and she navigated it to the top of the hump.

Tap. Tap. Tap.

The sound of rapid gunfire nearly stopped her heart as she crested and then drove as fast as she could until she recognized nothing. Her pulse galloped. She had to remind herself that this was his job. This was what he did for a living.

He’d told her to keep driving, and that’s what she intended to do. He would turn up again. A few minutes passed when she saw a dark figure in front her waving his arms. Jaden?

God, she hoped.

If not, she was as good as dead out there with nothing to protect her. She slammed the brake, fishtailing. The figure, head down, came to the passenger side. Lauren’s foot shook on the pedal.

Relief fueled her when she got a good look at Jaden’s face. “You’re alive.”

He nodded as he climbed in.

“But how did you get that far ahead of me?” She realized that he must know the area.

“Winding roads,” he said, repositioning to take aim out the back of the Jeep.

“What about your forehead? You took a nasty crack before,” Lauren said, putting the Jeep in Drive and stomping the gas pedal.

“That explains the headache.” His fingers searched his face as if making sure he still had two eyes, a nose, and a mouth. “Just gimme a minute. I can take over when I’m sure we’re safe.”

“Are you kidding? Not with that gash.” Always the strong one who took care of himself and others around him, Lauren figured she and Jaden had more than a few things in common.

“You’re doing great driving in this,” Jaden said.

Her heart squeezed at the compliment.

He pulled off his shirt, balled it up, and used it to wipe clean the inside of the windshield. Did he catch her eyeing his bare chest? He must’ve because he cracked a devastating little grin as he shrugged into his shirt. He was all calm confidence while her heart pounded her ribs painfully.

“Are we lost?” she asked after winding along the path for what felt like half an hour.

“No. I think if we make a couple of good turns, we can find the old military barracks,” he reassured.

A solid wood door whisked through the air, spun around in front of the Jeep’s windshield, and then crashed down on top of the hood. Lauren let out a scream before she could clamp it down. The vehicle stopped.

Grabbing the balled up supplies from the back seat, Jaden shouted, “We better move out.”

He rolled out of the seat. Lauren scrambled after him, watching the Jeep disappear over a ledge.

Jaden turned and shouted, “Get down!”

Lauren dropped to her knees, and then fell flat on her stomach. Hugging the ground, mud squishing through her fingers, she followed Jaden as tightly as he could.

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