Operation Cobalt by Susan Hayes

Author:Susan Hayes
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-988446-23-3
Publisher: Black Scroll Publications Ltd.

Chapter Eleven

Organizing a date while confined to the med-bay proved trickier than Dante expected. Not only was he rusty on the whole wine-and-dine concept, but he needed his team’s help to make it happen, since he couldn’t do it himself. Aria and Kurt were back on the planet with Cris, but they’d assisted in their own way. Everyone was happy to help – for a price. The bad jokes and non-stop teasing were worth it, though, because everything was ready. He even had a few surprises arranged, and it was time for him to reveal the first one to his date.

Tyra was seated at her usual workstation, her chin propped on one hand as she stared at the screen. She’d worked tirelessly, poring over the results of her tests of the cobalt sample. She barely slept, and the only reason she’d eaten was because he’d been around to remind her to. She needed someone in her life to take care of her, and he was starting to think he was the one to do it.

“Hey, warden. Is my sentence over yet?”

She looked up with a smile. “I think so. Your last scans came back clear. Just promise me you won’t overdo it for another day or so. I’d like to keep you on light duties for now. You’ve already had more than the recommended dosage of healing accelerant. If you get hurt again, I won’t be able to give you another dose.”

He rose from the bed and stretched. “You don’t have a lot of faith in my ability to avoid trouble, do you?”

“In the short time I’ve known you, you’ve been shot, stabbed, captured, and beaten up. In my experience, facts trump faith.”

“I had a bad week.”

She laughed. “I’ve read your medical file, remember? The number of times you’ve been hurt, you should probably just hire a doctor to be on stand-by.”

“You volunteering?”

Tyra’s mouth opened and then closed again without her saying a word. She was silent a few seconds, then finally spoke. “Working as a military doctor isn’t what I want to do with my life. I want to help those who don’t have anyone else to help them. I can’t do that in the IAF.”

He’d learned that and a lot more about her in the time they’d been thrown together. “I know, I was kidding…mostly. I’m not going to start talking about our future before we’ve had our first official date. A date I can’t take you on if you don’t clear me to leave medical.”

“Well, in that case, consider yourself cleared. You’re free to leave and get yourself organized for tonight. Do I get to know the plan, yet? I mean, apart from the fact we’re going to have dinner together and one of us will be severely underdressed.” She tugged at her too-large shirt.

“You won’t be underdressed. I called in some favors. If milady would like to return to her quarters, she should find some better selections for this evening. Also, Trinity and Blink would like me to inform you that you should have said something earlier.

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