Hunter: A One Night Stand, Military Romantic Suspense (Spartan Elite Book 1) by RJ Gray

Author:RJ Gray [Gray, RJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-04-26T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 8

HUNTER

Having carefully studied the video recording Amber provided, Hunter realized exactly when the two groups were going to meet again in the forest. They were certain, unless something changed, the meeting place would again be visited by the cartel leader and the MC club president at the same time as Amber had seen them before. Waking up with Amber in his bed had changed everything as far as Hunter was concerned. Even if Amber was acting like everything remained the same.

He couldn’t think about her now, he had to focus on the task at hand, making Amber’s family home safe, and keeping Grand Ridge free from drug trafficking. Hunter’s boots sank silently into the mossy forest floor, his gaze darting between the shadows cast by the towering pines. Beside him, Amber’s breaths came in steady, controlled bursts. Ghost, earning his nickname as the ever the silent predator, flanked their rear, eyes scanning for threats with deadly precision.

The world seemed to narrow down to the thrumming of Hunter's pulse in his ears—a pulsating reminder of the peril they were inching toward. The meeting place was not too far ahead.

“Stay sharp,” Hunter whispered, though he knew it was unnecessary. Amber could speak the language of danger fluently, more so than any of the foreign languages she conversed in casually.

He caught a glimpse of her profile, the determination set in her brown eyes, and felt a twinge of something more perilous than their mission stir within him. Protectiveness? No, it was more personal—more intimate. He pushed the thought aside, focusing instead on the task at hand, but the seed of realization had been planted. He liked her, damn it, far more than he was supposed to.

As they advanced, Hunter’s keen eyes picked up on the signs of recent activity. A rifle, a careless testament to the haste of its owner, laid propped against a tree. The muddy earth told tales of frequent passage with footprints stamped into its skin, fresh enough to speak of recent visitors or inhabitants.

Gunfire shattered the stillness, a cacophony of chaos erupting without warning. Bullets whizzed past Hunter's head, close enough to send a paralyzing shockwave through his body. Amber dove to the ground, rolling behind the girth of an ancient pine as splinters erupted where she had just stood.

“Contact right!” Ghost's voice cut through the disarray, calm and controlled despite the sudden onslaught.

Hunter's training kicked in, muscle memory guiding him more than thought as he dropped to one knee, using a thick tree trunk for cover. His heart hammered against his ribs like a frenzied drummer, but his hands were steady as he aimed his weapon and fired toward the shadowy figures darting between the trees.

Ghost was a silent wraith, moving with precision as he returned fire, coordinating their defense with tactical hand signals. They created a rhythm, a deadly dance of bullets and movement designed to keep their enemies guessing, to keep them alive.

Hunter’s gaze locked onto Amber for a fraction of a second, long enough

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