Honor 04 - Honor Guards by Radclyffe

Author:Radclyffe [Radclyffe]
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 2010-03-14T10:49:58.938000+00:00

'"Lo?"

"Hey, sleepyhead."

"Hey," Stark replied. "Did you just get in? I was worried."

"Yes, just a few minutes ago." Renee checked her watch. 0150. She sighed with exhaustion. "We sat on the ground at De Gaulle for a couple of hours while they checked over the electrical system. Finally we ended up changing planes. By the time we got to JFK, the incomings were so backed up we almost had to divert to Dulles."

"That might not have been so bad. We 're in DC."

"For how long?" Renee couldn't hide her disappointment. She'd been hoping to see Paula in the morning for just a few minutes before she reported for her new assignment.

"Not sure yet. The whole team is still here, and I guess we'll be briefed in the morning. What about you?"

"There was a letter waiting for me at my sister's." Renee propped her feet on the cluttered coffee table and lifted the single sheet of paper. "I've been temporarily assigned to the New York Bureau office. I'm to report tomorrow for limited duty."

"That's good, then, right? At least we'll be in the same city."

"That part's good," Renee agreed immediately. "The part I don't like is the term limited. I didn't join the Bureau to be a paper pusher."

"It's only been a few weeks since you were shot," Stark pointed out.

"Yeah, yeah. I know." Peevishly, Renee nudged a can of Coke around on the top of the coffee table with her toe. "One of the biggest branches of the counterintelligence division is located here in New York. If I'm lucky, that's where I'll be assigned."

"So, uh, are you going to stay with your sister?"

Renee was silent, staring around the tiny, crowded apartment. She'd been sleeping on the couch before she left for Paris. Her sister was a good sport, but the space wasn't designed for two. "Probably for a couple of days, then I'm going to need to find something else. Chloe hasn't complained, but I think her boyfriend will be glad to see me go."

"I...well...I'm hardly ever home. You know, with the split shifts and Egret traveling." Stark fidgeted beneath the sheets, her heart pounding as hard as it had the first time she'd realized that Renee was about to kiss her. In a rush, she blurted, "You could stay at my place."

This time the silence was heavy with the sound of unspoken words.

Inwardly, Stark cursed herself for being a clumsy, inappropriate dolt. "I'm sorry. That was dumb."

"No," Renee said softly. "That was nice. And it's tempting.,, and not just because it would solve my problems. I can't think of many things— anything, really-—that I would like more than being in the same space with you as much as possible. And because I feel that way, I need to be careful."

Stark plucked at the covers restlessly. They might have been flirting with a relationship for weeks, but they'd only been sleeping together a matter of days. "I understand. I didn't mean to put you on the spot." She intended to drop the matter, and then the next words popped out.

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