HOT SOLDIER'S RESCUE by DEES CINDY

Author:DEES, CINDY [DEES, CINDY]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00

Ted ducked into the shadow of a palmetto bush and swore under his breath. Helpless rage tore through him as army soldiers streamed into the village, breaking down doors and shooting anything that moved. He couldn’t begin to stop them all. If Elise and the kids were still in Acuna, he was about to witness their grisly deaths.

He had to do something. Had to save them!

He muttered urgently, “I need infrared imaging ASAP. Any children inside any of these buildings?” He figured wherever the kids were, that would be where Elise was.

“Negative. Five adults in the fifth building on your left, but that’s it.”

Automatic weapon fire erupted from that very building just then. Make that five dead adults. Normally, he watched this sort of slaughter with cold detachment. It wasn’t that he was unaffected by death, particularly the death of innocents. But he had a job to do. And that required him maintaining the ability to think coolly and rationally in the face of violence. He’d feel bad about the dead people later.

For just a moment, he wondered how many orphans he’d created over the years. How many parents had he killed in the line of duty? He shoved the thought aside. He’d just been doing his job. That was all that mattered, right?

For a moment there, however, when he’d thought Elise might be gunned down before him, he’d nearly panicked. Only a decade’s worth of discipline, pounded into him by a hundred encounters like this one, saved him from doing something suicidally stupid. He was definitely losing the touch for this sort of stuff. A low-level hum of dismay started low in his gut. What was he supposed to do when he could no longer do this? Later. He’d think about that later. Right now he had an intensely irritating nun and her charges to track down.

His relief that Elise and the kids had apparently made it out of Acuna made him light-headed. He took a deep, steadying breath. She was okay. The kids were okay. Except he’d never even met her blasted orphans. Why was he so concerned about them, anyway? The answer came to him but tasted sour on his tongue. He cared about them because Elise cared about them. What was important to her was apparently important to him. And when had that unpleasant little development taken place?

Scowling, he snapped into his microphone, “Any idea where the inhabitants of the village have gone?”

“We picked up telemetry of some folks making their way west into the jungle. They’re probably hiding until the army and the rebels clear out.”

Abject relief flowed through him. It had to have been Elise. She’d gotten the children out to safety. Thank God. That being the case, his work here was done. He had no need to get into the middle of a firefight that didn’t involve him or his mission. “Roger, H.O.T. Watch. I’m out of here.”

“Be advised, it looks like your friend, Raoul, has just arrived. The tracking burr you put on him is working perfectly,” the H.

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