Jade (A Dark Assassins Novel Book Four) by Valerie Ullmer

Author:Valerie Ullmer [Ullmer, Valerie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Valerie Ullmer
Published: 2018-03-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Noah

Noah allowed himself to wallow for a bit, wanting to take his anger and helplessness out on the steering wheel, but instead laid his head down on his hands and took in deep breaths until he was calm. He had no idea how long he sat there, but when the cold seeped into the cab from the wind whipping outside, he was pulled him from his pathetic musings.

Knowing that the snow and clouds would insulate them, but not enough, he searched for the portable heaters and knew they had enough propane to heat the car for three more days. He didn’t want to set up the lights in case they were spotted. The last thing Noah wanted was to be trapped in an SUV and have shifters close in on both of them. He didn’t truly know if it would do much good since shifters mainly tracked by smell, but Noah wasn’t taking any chances of them being spotted in any case.

Noah had to wait for Jade to reawaken after her body healed itself. He understood how lucky they were that none of the shots had been headshots, not certain she would survive something as severe as that. He wasn’t certain how she’d survived after so many bullets hit her center mass.

He knew he should have asked more questions about their healing abilities when he had the chance, but even finding their hideout and trekking back to their cave and watching Jade dispatch those two shifters hadn’t allowed reality to set in. Jade had taken care of them so easily.

And because the shifters were so powerful without weapons, it was preposterous to him they would have heavy weaponry, enough to bring Jade to her knees.

But he took comfort in her words. She needed time to heal and now that they were stuck in a snowstorm, time was one thing they had an unlimited supply of.

Noah had checked to make sure Jade was breathing steadily before he decided to go through their supplies. He pulled out three canteens, twenty-two MREs, an extra propane tank for refilling the heaters, LED lights, ten magazines for his two .45s, two boxes of .308 cartridges, two combat knives, and several extra thermal layers, all his size.

He blinked when he realized she’d packed for his comfort and needs more than her own. She had even packed a new package of underwear for him. And for a reason he couldn’t understand right at that moment, tears filled his eyes. He couldn’t remember the last time he cried, but laying out their supplies and glancing over at Jade, helpless and pale from her injuries, hit Noah hard. He didn’t want to lose Jade and he wasn’t fast enough to protect her.

After everything had been laid out, he set about arranging those items they would need immediately, including a med kit that had a bottle of morphine. He would only give her a dose if she showed signs of pain. He put the non-essentials at the bottom of the pack.

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