Hot Intent (Hqn) by Dees Cindy

Author:Dees, Cindy [Dees, Cindy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-07-31T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

KATIE DIDN’T KNOW whether to sigh in relief or panic as Alex leaned against her side. He wasn’t sleeping—he was far too tense against her shoulder for that. Worse, he was growing more tense by the minute, which panicked her, in turn. What on earth had him so badly wired? What threat did he see that she was missing?

It had been pure luck that she’d overheard a couple of Marines griping about the slowness of the shuttle bus into town while she’d been prowling through the operations center in search of Alex. She’d absconded with a stack of files from a desk and had been carrying them around as if she were delivering them somewhere. She’d also stolen the woman’s purse she’d found under the desk. In addition to a wallet with a military ID in it, the purse held some cash. Thank God.

It had taken a while to walk around the building poking into offices and eavesdropping to get a bead on Alex. She’d been deeply alarmed to hear a guard talking about the batshit-crazy doctor they were about to drug upstairs. She’d known immediately that it had to be Alex.

Once she’d climbed the stairs and slipped through a locked door behind a woman dressed in medical scrubs, it had been surprisingly easy to find the break room, put on a pair of scrubs she found there and literally walk into Alex’s room. Taking the doorstop from the break room, a big, gray brick, and hiding it in a towel had been a spur-of-the-moment improvisation. Funny how inspiration could strike at the exact right time, now and then.

She could use a little more inspiration at the moment. They had to get off the base somehow and hole up until Alex slept off whatever they’d given him.

But at least the two of them were back together. It was better than nothing, but she really could use Alex’s input on how to proceed. She was without a clue as to what to do next. She needed him alert and operating on all cylinders as soon as possible.

And it wouldn’t hurt to get a hug from him or at least a reassurance that he would take care of her. She’d had quite enough of being an independent woman sneaking around a foreign land in spylike fashion. Although she did have to admit Alex made a surprisingly cute five-year-old.

The bus passed off the naval station and she watched in minor disbelief as the huge fence retreated behind her. Surely, it couldn’t be that easy. Shaking her head, she watched the countryside pass by and worried as Alex’s body grew more and more taut next to hers.

Finally, she muttered, “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing,” he muttered back.

Bull. He felt ready to explode at any second.

The bus passed through a couple of small villages before it pulled into a decent-size town that reminded her a lot of Baracoa. “End of the line,” the driver called in Spanish. “Guantánamo.”

Alex was practically vibrating with tension by the time they stepped off the bus.

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