Protecting Caroline by Susan Stoker

Author:Susan Stoker
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Suspense, Contemporary
Publisher: Susan Stoker
Published: 2014-09-02T07:00:00+00:00

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Wolf jerked awake. He could go from asleep to being one hundred percent awake, thanks to being a SEAL. He didn’t know what had woken him up until he heard a whimper. Caroline was jerking in his arms. It was obvious she was having a nightmare.

“Wake up, Ice.” Wolf tried to talk her out of her dream, but Caroline just whimpered louder at his words. “Caroline.” Wolf said loudly and firmly. “Wake up. You’re dreaming.”

Wolf wasn’t ready for her reaction. She fought against him as if she was back on the plane fighting the terrorist.

Caroline fought with all her might. The terrorist was going to hurt Matthew, she had to make sure he didn’t get to him. It was up to her to save Matthew. She batted at the hands that were grabbing at her, ignoring his words. She had to fight, if she didn’t, he’d kill her.

Her struggles had made them tumble off the couch—luckily he’d hit the floor first and prevented Caroline from landing on her back. Wolf’s heart hurt at the expression on her face. She was terrified and his hold on her wasn’t helping.

“Caroline!” Wolf yelled. She stilled, he was getting to her. He turned her over so she was lying on her back on the floor. He hovered over her, not putting his weight on her, but close enough he could still feel her body heat. “Wake up! You’re safe, you’re fine. You’re here in Virginia, not on the plane. Come back to me. It’s Matthew.”

“Matthew?” Caroline’s voice was soft, disbelieving.

“Yes, open your eyes.”

Caroline forced her eyes to open and saw that it was, indeed, Matthew. He was straddled over her, leaning down peering into her eyes intently.

“Oh shit,” Caroline whispered.

“Come on, let’s get you up off the floor.” Wolf helped her sit up and situated back on the couch. As soon as she was, he sat next to her and pulled her into his chest.

“You’re okay. It was just a dream.”

Caroline shook with the aftereffects of the images that had been flitting through her head. It had seemed so real.

“Want to talk about it?”

She shook her head against his chest, not looking up.

“Okay. I’m assuming it was about what happened on the plane?” At her nod he told her, “You need to talk to someone about it, Caroline. If you don’t, the dreams won’t stop. Believe me, I know.”

At that, Caroline looked up at Matthew. “You know?”

He looked grim, but met her eyes. “Yeah, in my line of work there’s no way I can keep it all bottled in. It’s true most men in the military don’t like to admit to weaknesses when it comes to nightmares and PTSD, but we’re required to debrief anytime we have a heavy mission. In fact, Abe, Mozart, and I are required to meet with someone here to talk about what happened on the plane.”

Caroline could only stare up at him in amazement. “Really?”

Wolf chuckled and brought her into his chest again. She tucked her head under his chin and wrapped her arms around his waist.

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