Lone Star Burn: Watching you (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Burke Aliyah

Author:Burke, Aliyah [Burke, Aliyah]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2016-08-28T04:00:00+00:00

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Patrick wanted to crawl in the bed with her and put his arms around her. He’d been on the other side of the cabin and the explosion had knocked him off his feet as well. Most took a spill as the house had gone up in blazing flames. He’d suffered a few cuts when the ball bearings tore by him.

The woman lying there on the bed, however, had been hit much worse. The only reason she hadn’t died was because she’d been behind the point man and his larger body had taken the projectiles in his vest that would have been in her head, given the height difference.

His gut churned with sourness at the thought of losing her. And in that way. Losing her would have been hell to begin with, but for her to have been killed in a raid, was unacceptable to him.

He scanned her body, lying in that damn bed. The white bandages slicing her darker skin only served as a reminder how close he’d come to losing her. His anger surged to the top all over again. Hell, if the ones responsible for setting that trap hadn’t been caught and in custody when he’d gotten to them, he would have killed them for what they’d done to Teena.

Still wanted to.

“What happened?”

“Didn’t he tell you?” He swallowed and did his best to calm down.

“I don’t mean about them being captured. I mean to me. I hurt like hell.”

“Trip wire set off was connected to explosives and those had been mixed with nails and ball bearings. Oh, some wood splinters as well. Didn’t help that when the building went up, there were even more.” He stared at her fingertips peeking out from the bandages on her left hand.

“Explains why I feel so crappy.”

“You were so close to the main point of the explosion, you suffered a concussion. When I got to you, you had blood coming from your ears, nose, mouth and even out of the corner of your eyes.”

“How long have I been in here? And where is here?”

“You’ve been in here for a week. This is Dallas.” He looked back at her face and found her eyes closed, breathing deeply. “Mason?” No answer. He checked closer and she was completely asleep. Not faking it.

He pushed to his feet and pulled the blanket up over her, tucking her in a bit more. Patrick wound a curl in his fingers and wished they were anywhere but here.

“You know she’ll be fine.”

Patrick turned to see Frank walking back into the room. He wanted to snarl at the man and tell him to get lost. “She’s sleeping,” he said, giving his back to the man who was Teena’s partner.

“I know. They gave her something for it, a bit before you came in. They want her resting as much as she can. Helps her to heal faster.” Frank moved across from him, Teena between them. He put the chair he’d carried down, then took a seat. “What are you looking for?”

Patrick met the inquisitive gaze with one of his own.

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