Hot Soldier Spy by Cindy Dees

Author:Cindy Dees
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cynthia M. Dees

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Swirling images of Julia’s face raced through Dutch’s head. A younger Julia with wavier hair. The same little-girl-grown-up beauty. Frightened eyes. A black night, with rain making little rivers across her upturned face--

An overpowering urge ripped through him, to hurt her. To wrap his hands around her throat and choke her. To kill her.

He staggered back, his hands shaking violently. The need rode him so hard, he could barely breathe. Get a grip! This was Julia. Sweet, innocent Julia who wouldn’t hurt a fly.

But something buried deep within him slavered, lusting for her blood. The jungle called, and the beast surged forward, tearing at its restraints. His head felt as if it was going to explode. He pressed his palms against his temples, trying physically to hold his skull together, stop it from bursting into a thousand pieces. He groaned in agony.

Her voice floated toward him from a long ways away. Saying his name. Coming closer.

“Get away from me,” he snarled. Please God, just make the ice picks in his eyeballs stop.

Strong, slender arms wrapped around him. Urged him out of the shower. He stumbled. Fell. Cold floor, but no pain. Then something rubbed all over his body. Warmer. The arms again, helping him to his feet, guiding him into a dark, cool place. Cushioning softness as he lay down, and blankets piled on top of him. Muffling the monster. Containing the claws of the beast.

He began to shiver. God, he was cold all the way to his bones. His teeth were even chattering. Eventually, sensation began to return to his skin. Awareness of a room around him. A flea-trap motel. Someone sitting beside him. Stroking his face gently. Taming the beast.

He squinted up at the shadowed figure. For a moment the flashback wavered into view like a mirage, but then it retreated. And only Julia remained.

“Hi, stranger,” she murmured down at him.

“Hey,” he mumbled back. If he wasn’t mistaken, he’d just made a colossal fool of himself.

“Feeling better?” she asked simply.

“Feeling human.” And he would bet she had no idea how monumental an achievement that was, either. He frowned up at her. “Are you okay?” He had a vague memory of terror blossoming on her face, of her fleeing from the beast.

“Me? I’m fine,” she answered lightly. But something else vibrated in her voice.

He freed a hand from the blankets to run it through his short hair. “God, I’m sorry. I scared you, didn’t I? Look, if you want to leave me, I’ll call in someone else from the Blackjacks. I have a buddy on the team who would help you, no questions asked in return for your father’s arrest.”

She looked long and hard at him, unfathomable thoughts flitting through her dark gaze. Finally she whispered, “I don’t want anybody else. Just you.”

He met her gaze candidly. And something passed between them. An understanding. An agreement of sorts. Recognition that there was something powerful between them, and if they both lived long enough they might explore it someday.

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