Lethal Protector by Kaylea Cross

Author:Kaylea Cross [Cross, Kaylea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Rifle Creek Series
Publisher: Kaylea Cross Inc.
Published: 2020-08-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Braxton was preoccupied by the deteriorating weather conditions and the possibility of a fugitive being nearby as he followed Tala back down the trail, but he hadn’t seen any more tracks, and the sight of her in that body-hugging Lycra suit was distracting. The light blue fabric clung to every inch of her, and made him think about slowly peeling it off her in the basement suite at Mason and Avery’s place.

Tearing his gaze from her firm, shapely ass and thighs, he glanced up at the sky through the goggles he’d put on, the snowflakes gathering on his face. Fat and fluffy now, and so thick their visibility had dropped to about fifty meters. The wind was picking up too, gusting hard and swirling the snow around.

He adjusted his goggles and stayed right behind Tala in the grooves cut by her skis. The storm had moved in a lot faster than anticipated, and they still had at least a thirty-minute ski to get back to where they’d left the snowmobiles. From there, it was easily another twenty minutes or so back to the building site. Maybe more, if the storm kept getting worse.

Tala stayed several strides ahead of him, her technique smooth and steady, showing no signs of tiring yet. While her outfit was sexy as hell on her, it also made him worried about her core temp in these conditions.

She would be plenty warm while they were skiing, but once they got to the snowmobiles he was going to wrap her in the extra layer he’d brought in his ruck for the ride back to the truck. In these conditions, even the base layer she had underneath her suit for added warmth wasn’t enough.

They rounded a bend in the trail, and ahead of them their previous tracks from the trek up were already disappearing beneath the heavy snowfall. Sheets of it dropped from drooping, snow-bound branches they passed on either side of the trail. A sharp gust of wind cut across the face of the mountain, sucking the breath from his lungs.

Then a faint, distinctive rumbling sound reached him.

Shit. “Tala, stop,” he ordered, racing to catch her.

She did, turning to look back at him questioningly as he got close. “What’s wr—” She froze as the sound intensified, her head whipping back around to face forward.

Braxton cut in front of her and stopped, angling his body and holding out an arm in front of her in case he suddenly needed to throw her out of the line of fire. The rumbling was louder now, getting closer, but he couldn’t tell where it was coming from.

About forty meters ahead, a wall of white appeared in their line of vision, kicking up snow and other debris as the small avalanche exploded over the trail and over the edge of the cliff to plunge down the mountainside on their right.

He pushed her off the trail, backed her up against the closest thick tree trunk he could find and froze, waiting. Listening. The

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