Her Chosen Protector: Navy SEAL Romance (Night Storm Book 3) by Caitlyn O'Leary

Author:Caitlyn O'Leary [O'Leary, Caitlyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Passionately Kind Publishing
Published: 2020-10-12T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 10

The sheen of tears in Eden’s eyes had damn near gutted him.

“Eden?”

“I’m staying,” she said fiercely. “You need my help.”

“Talk to me. We have thirty seconds, then you can be Wonder Woman, I promise.”

He couldn’t help himself, his fingers brushed at the soft, delicate skin of her tearstained cheek. “Just tell me, Baby.”

“People are starving, dying, being butchered. He was supposed to be their savior, but he’s profiting? He’s trying to make these conflicts last longer so he can make money?” There was such anguish in her green eyes.

Her hand whipped up and grabbed his. Her grip was strong. “Promise me we’ll get him. We’ll make him pay. Promise me we won’t ever let him do this again.”

Asher grinned slowly. She was like a diamond, so many facets that glittered brilliantly, they tantalized the imagination. Here he was in the middle of one of the worst ops of his life, because so many civilians were depending on them, and he’d found an extraordinary woman. How was that possible? Was he just reeling from Xavier’s death and looking for some kind of unique closeness to fill the void left by his big brother? Or was it something like what Kane and Cullen had found with their women?

“Do you promise, Asher? Do you promise me?” Her voice trembled.

He brought their clasped hands up to her cheek and pulled out his index finger so he could trace her trembling lower lip.

“It would take a man forever to figure you out, wouldn’t it?”

“What?” she blinked up at him. Confused.

“I promise, he’s going down.”

She gave a relieved smile. “Thank you.”

“You didn’t have to ask, Honey.”

Eden blinked slowly and then her eyes were dry. “Turn on your radio, I’m done with my meltdown. We’ve got civilians to rescue and bad guys to catch.”

Asher flipped the switch on his mic.

“Asher, you do that again, and it goes in your file.” Max was pissed off. “You got me?”

“Yes, sir.”

“Suzanne is on the way with Rafa to the hospital. Raiden, Cullen, and Nic are at the opening, coming back in. The plan is back in place, Ezio is hitting the lights in two minutes. He’s going to rappel over the side of the balustrade to take the people in Señora Azua’s office by surprise. When the rest of the team comes through the blast hole, they’ll clear out the people on the lobby floor—that includes guards and civilians. You’ll join them.”

“I can help gather everybody,” Eden chimed in.

Asher and Max said ‘No’ simultaneously.

“Yes,” she ground out. She stood up from where she’d been slumped against the side of the desk. “How many stupid-ass rescue operations go FUBAR because some civilian panics and doesn’t do what they’re told? I’m thinking a whole hell of a lot. The people know me, plus I’m a woman, I can help. Trust me, you don’t know Sharon Foster, she has a hissy fit if she gets a run in her hose. The lights going out are going to send her into orbit.”

“I said no, Eden.

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