In the Likely Event by Rebecca Yarros
Author:Rebecca Yarros [Yarros, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Montlake
Published: 2023-07-31T18:30:00+00:00
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
NATHANIEL
Kabul, Afghanistan
August 2021
âYou going to hide in here all morning?â Torres asked, leaning against the door with one ankle crossed over the other.
âItâs only seven a.m., and Iâm not hiding.â I turned the page in my book and ignored him, leaning back against my headboard, my legs stretched out in front of me.
âLooks like hiding to me.â
I wasnât hiding. I was already dressed, armed, and ready. I just wasnât on shift. Graham was, and he was fully capable of handling a little shadowing while Izzy and Dickface ate breakfast.
âDonât you have something better to do?â I asked Torres, picking up the highlighter from my nightstand and marking a line, pausing halfway through. Not that I was ever going to give the book to Izzy. There were at least a few dozen of these already, all marked up and boxed. Old habits die hard and whatnot.
âHey, Iâm only in here because apparently you canât get your shit together.â He shrugged. âOtherwise, youâd already be out there, trying to talk her out of going to Kandahar.â
âMy shit is just fine.â I read the same paragraph twice before I gave up and closed the book. âAnd Iâm realizing that itâs not my job to talk her out of anything. She has someone for that.â
Dickface. She was marrying Dickface. After everything heâd put her through, sheâd still said yes to him, still put his ring on her left hand.
I rubbed my chest, right above my sternum, and felt my little good luck charm shift on the chain against my skin. It was far past time that I left it at home, that I recognized it for the bad omen it really was, but every time I took it off, I put the thing right back on.
âYeah. Looks like youâre squared away.â Torres rolled his eyes. âSwear to God, nothing fucks you up more than that woman.â
âSheâs not fucking me up.â I turned the page with more force than necessary.
âMaybe thatâs the problem, then.â He pushed away from the door and walked across the room. âWhenâs the last time you two were in the same space and didnât wind up in bed?â
I put my book down on the nightstand, since reading was futile when Torres got into my head like this. âNew York.â
âYeah, thatâs what I thought.â He rubbed the back of his neck. âDo you need to bring Jenkins in to take over?â
âNo.â As pissed as I was, as disappointed as I was that Izzy had settled, that didnât mean I wasnât going to see the mission through, or put her in a position where she could be hurt.
Someone pounded on my door.
I muttered a curse and swung my legs off the bed as I rose to answer it. When I pulled the door open, Graham stood on the other side.
Torres slid out, walking into the hallway. âGood, now he can deal with your moody ass.â
âThereâs new intel,â Graham said, his face tight. âWeâre briefing.â
âLetâs go.â I slung my rifle over my shoulder and closed the door behind me.
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