On The Run - The Elite Part Nine by KB Winters

Author:KB Winters [Winters, KB]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: military romance with hea, action adventure steamy romance, special forces romance, hot and steamy military romance, secret baby suspense, single mom romance
Publisher: BookBoyfriends Publishing LLC
Published: 2016-07-26T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Melissa

The details of Henry’s death spilled from Chase’s lips in slow motion as he relayed each line the TV news anchor was saying. I heard everything he said but most of it didn’t absorb. All I could hear was the echoing words in my mind.

He’s dead.

Henry’s dead. Over and over again.

My emotions were a frazzled blitz and none of them could be trusted to gauge how I was truly feeling. I could barely breathe as I listened to him speak. I felt like I’d been swimming and suddenly got sucked under, and was now fighting for the tide to release me again. I kicked and flailed, trying to reach the surface again, to breath, but all it did was pull me deeper underwater.

“Melissa? Melissa!” Chase’s voice finally broke through the chaos inside my head and I snapped to attention. “Talk to me. Say something. Are you going into shock?”

I started shaking, uncontrollably. My limbs felt numb and heavy. Then my stomach flipped and clenched and I stumbled from the couch, making it a few feet, before I collapsed to the floor and heaved up the remnants from my dinner all over the living room floor. I panted and tried to swallow the disgusting bile in the back of my throat.

Chase stooped beside me and I swatted at him, wishing he wasn’t there to see me as I shattered to pieces. “Melissa, stop fighting me. Let me help you.” He rubbed his hand along my back and tried to help me up, but I flopped to the ground as a sob broke loose from some primal place deep inside me. I cried harder than I could ever remember crying before. My vision was blurred by the tears streaking down my face. My throat closed up in between body wracking sobs. My chest burned as my lungs screamed for air. Before I could regain control, I started to hyperventilate.

“Melissa, breath. Focus on me. Breath in, slow, slow. There, yes, like that,” Chase coached me, his hand still running up and down my back and the ridged muscles that seized of their own accord.

“I—think—I’m—going to—” The thought became reality and I dry heaved again.

“It’s okay. I’ll get it. Breathe.”

I whimpered and rocked back and forth on the floor, curling in on myself. “Henry’s dead? He’s dead.”

“Shhh. Baby, come here.” Chase scooped me from the floor and wrapped me in his arms. “It’s okay. It’s all going to be okay.”

His words bounced off me. They couldn’t sink in.

He stroked my hair until my breathing returned to semi-normal, and I sagged against him, finally having spent all my energy. I leaned back against the couch and stared blankly ahead. My eyes dropped to the place I’d thrown up and a hot rush of embarrassment spread through me. “Oh my gosh…I have to…” I started to push up from the floor but Chase stopped me.

“No, no. Stay here. I’m going to get you some water.” He walked away and flicked the TV off as he passed by.

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