Hard to Protect (Black Ops Heroes) by Black Incy

Author:Black, Incy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Entangled; Ignite; romance; suspense; mystery; Black Ops; special agent; British; Enemies to Lovers; Forbidden Love; Alpha hero; Tortured Heroine; Blackmail; Coercion; Modern fairytale; Snow Queen; Sleeping Beauty; fairytales; Fish out of Water; Office Romance; Orphan; Scars; Woman in jeopardy; Conspiracy; Espionage; Military; Law Enforcement; Protector; Stranded; kidnapped; Good Twin/Bad Twin
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2017-03-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

I’m fine… I’m fine… I’m fine. The echo of those words refused to quiet as they bounced across the space of his loft.

Or maybe that was just his memory playing cruel tricks. Diana laughing, using that same phrase while pushing him out the door of their apartment so he could go infiltrate a suspected terror cell operating out of Marseilles, not three weeks after their row when she’d confessed to cheating, and he’d calmed down enough to return to Diana, believe her words that she loved him, and give her a second chance.

Only she hadn’t been fine. She hadn’t yet moved on from the flaming row they’d had—during which he said awful things—after she’d confessed to having had a brief fling with another man. She’d taken the flowing, poppy-print silk scarf he’d given her—his piss-poor way of apologizing that he’d be away from her for God knows how long—tied it around her throat, and hanged herself.

Zac had been the one to find her. He’d also been the person to meet him at the airfield to break the news that Diana had killed herself—three fucking months after she’d done so—because the Service had deemed his undercover mission too critical to compromise by alerting him to the fact that his fiancée was dead.

Something tugged persistently on the back of his T-shirt.

“Will, I appreciate your need to play hero, but step aside and let me handle this,” she insisted.

He’d never stepped aside in his life. Funny thing about those eyes of Angel’s, though. Stare into them long enough, and you’d hand over your soul. “Okay,” he conceded. “On the condition your brother puts the gun down first.”

“Oh for God’s sake, he’s not going to shoot me or you for that matter,” she snapped, stepping clear to stand shoulder to shoulder with him. “Outside of throwing around nasty threats, he’s got no stomach for violence. Something, having known Rhys all my life, I can say with certainty. He—”

“Stuck a needle in you without hesitation, not a few moments ago,” Rhys interrupted. “And you might want to reconsider who you give your allegiance to, Angel. I’m family. He isn’t.”

Seriously? Rhys was going to try and pull the family card? What kind of brother shot his sister up with a deadly chemical? Will called him a foul name almost under his breath.

Angel’s spine locked. Which, given her casual familiarity with strong language, spoke volumes. “I’m aware of that, Rhys,” she retorted. “But I trust him.”

Will smirked at her brother.

Angel jabbed him in the ribs—again. He was probably grinning too widely at Rhys. “Stop doing that, Sunshine, it hurts.”

“I know,” she said. “And that persistent pain in your side? We need to have a little chat about that later.”

Excellent. He could just imagine how that little question and answer session would go.

“What now, Rhys?” she asked, turning back to her brother, her line of sight fixed on the barrel of the gun still pointing at them. She’d gone back to calm, for the moment, at least.

“I need you to come with me so I can keep you safe.

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