Road to the Sun: May-December Gay Romance by Keira Andrews

Author:Keira Andrews [Andrews, Keira]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Fiction, M/M
ISBN: 9781988260204
Publisher: KA Books
Published: 2017-05-22T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Heart thumping, Ben stared down at the body, cataloguing its features: greasy mess of brown hair, weak chin, bulky muscles and broad chest with a gaping, bloody hole torn through it.

Not Jason. Not Jason. Not Jason.

They’d heard the shots coming from the next search quadrant and had raced over, Ben running until his lungs burned even after the report on the radio said it was Brown. He just had to make sure.

“You’re trampling the scene. Move back,” an FBI agent ordered him, her tone brooking no argument.

Other agents spoke on radios, clipped voices buzzing around him. In the distance, the thumping of helicopter rotors drowned out the usual sounds of the forest—birds and insects and the scurrying of animals through the underbrush.

“We have to find him,” he said stupidly.

The woman nodded briskly, her short red hair falling over her forehead. “It’ll be easier now. Straight forward search and rescue. Don’t worry.”

Don’t worry.

His bark of laughter had her eyebrows shooting up. “Maybe you should head back. You’ve had a rough couple of days.” She called to someone, “Jones! Let’s see about—”

Through the trees, a flurry of voices exploded like a grenade. “Put the gun down. Now!”

Ben shook off the agent and pushed through the foliage, leaves slapping his face. In the space between two ancient pines, Jason stood, the rifle in his shaking hands, pointing forward.

Pointing toward at least four agents, who’d pulled their weapons and barked commands, shouting over each other as Jason blinked at them, eyes wide in his dirt-streaked face.

“What?” Jason rasped.

Ben was in-between the agents and Jason in a heartbeat, reaching out as voices cursed and ordered him to move. He ignored them. “Jason, it’s me. It’s okay. They’re FBI agents. No one’s going to hurt you. Give me that.”

“Ben? Are you okay?” Jason stared, lips trembling.

“Yes. I’m fine. Give me the rifle.” The tip of the barrel brushed his chest.

“What?” Jason looked down, shaking his head and exhaling sharply as if surprised to see the weapon in his hands. “I thought you were in trouble. I didn’t mean to…” He released the rifle, and Ben held it back behind him for an agent to take.

“It’s okay.” Ben cupped Jason’s face in his hands. There were dried tear tracks through the dirt, and Ben ached. He never wanted Jason to hurt again. “Maggie’s alive. Brown was lying, and he’s dead. He’ll never hurt anyone again. Maggie’s safe, Jason. Do you hear me?”

Jason panted, his chest heaving. “Maggie?”

The short, redheaded woman Ben had been speaking to pushed in. “He’s clearly in shock. Jason, I’m Agent Reardon. We’re going to—”

Ben ignored her. “Maggie’s alive, and she needs her father.”

“Maggie’s alive,” Jason repeated. His voice strengthened, and he grasped Ben’s shoulder. “She’s alive?”

Ben’s throat tightened, tears and a joyful smile battling. “She’s alive. She’s okay, Jason.”

Jason shuddered, clinging to him. Relief at having Jason in his arms again sang through Ben’s veins. “You’re both safe.”

“Thank you. Oh God. Maggie’s okay.” Jason repeated it a few times, as if it would make it more true.

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