Navy SEAL Noel by Liz Johnson

Author:Liz Johnson
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2014-08-24T04:00:00+00:00

NINE

The weight of the wrench in her hand was too much, so Jess dropped it to the floor. She could barely hear the clatter for the ringing in her ears. Her entire body shook as she stared at the man sprawled on the floor. He was tall and lean, and smelled like a distillery explosion.

And he wasn’t moving. At all.

Oh, God. Please say I didn’t kill him.

But she couldn’t get her arms and legs to move in order to check for his pulse.

She’d hit him in the head with all she was worth, but now what?

Her legs shook so badly that she couldn’t keep herself upright any longer. She would have hit the floor if a strong arm hadn’t slid around her waist and pulled her against a wall of solid muscle.

Although her instinct to fight kicked in, she didn’t have the strength to do more than push at the hand on her hip. She couldn’t even muster a scream.

“Hey. It’s me. You’re okay.”

Will.

She sank against him, wedging her head beneath his chin and trying to soak up every ounce of his strength. His other arm twined around her waist, and she let him hold most of her weight, her legs still refusing to do their job. His shoulders lifted and fell in a steady rhythm, each exhalation fluttering her hair.

But her hands still trembled. The feeling of the wrench had been branded against every finger as it connected with the intruder’s skull.

Will rubbed her back, the heat of his palm slowly easing the tension there.

“Shhh.”

It wasn’t until he said something that she realized she’d been babbling. Incoherent gibberish at best. But in her mind, she heard the accusations as if they rang through a bullhorn.

You killed him. You killed him. You killed him.

“It’s all right.” Will’s hand moved from her back to her arm, soothing from shoulder to elbow. “Everything’s okay.”

But it wasn’t. Nothing was okay. She’d heard the crack as the wrench had landed. She’d watched the intruder fall to his knees, crashing against the unforgiving floor. He hadn’t moved since.

Even though she’d had no other choice but to defend herself, she’d killed him.

And she would have to live with that.

Will leaned away and looked into her face, his thumb brushing at the moisture pooling below her eyes. “I’m so sorry that you were scared. But he can’t hurt you now.”

A sudden sob caught her off guard and seemed to open the floodgates. “I—I think I k-killed him. He hasn’t moved since I hit him.”

Will’s grim expression broke with a hint of a smile. “You didn’t kill him.”

“Yes, I did.” Panic laced her words, and she wrapped her arms around her stomach to keep herself from flying apart, since Will wasn’t doing the job anymore.

He caught her eye and shook his head with deliberation. “He’s still alive.”

Was he right?

Peeking behind her, she looked at the prone form. With the toe of his shoe, Will gave the man’s leg a little shove. The intruder let out a

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