Ryland's Reach by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Military, Romance
ISBN: 9781773361949
Publisher: Valley Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2020-12-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

“While you’re out tonight,” Tabi said, in a sarcastic tone, “why don’t you just make sure to get hit over the head again?” He shot her a sharp look, and she shrugged her shoulders at him. “What? How do you expect your brain to heal when you haven’t given it a chance? It’s not like you’re giving it any time or rest for that matter. Look at you. You have more fractures and stitches in you than most of the surgical patients in the hospital … combined.”

“I don’t have time,” he said.

“I get that,” she said, softening her tone a little. “So have a little understanding when your body needs a little bit of time to bring back certain memories.”

He grimaced at her, as he stood, then looked at Cain. “You ready?”

Cain stepped away from the table, snagged his jacket from the back of his chair, and slipped it on. “Absolutely.”

As the two men walked toward the door, she felt something inside her shrinking. It was one thing to be here with them; it was another thing entirely to be alone. “How long will you be?” she asked, trying desperately to keep her voice on an even keel, but it didn’t work.

Ryland walked back to her, reached down, and gave her a quick hug and a kiss on the forehead, as if something more were between them than actually was. “We’ll be fine.”

She nodded, and her bottom lip trembled. Then he hooked her chin with his finger and gave her a hard kiss. “Honest, we’ll be fine.”

“Sure you will,” she said. “Your plane got blown up, and we all nearly drowned, and my place got destroyed, and, for the last twenty-four hours, we’ve been all over the planet.”

“Yeah, but look how far we’ve come,” he said with a chuckle. “You’ve got my number in your phone.”

“I do. However, I won’t call you, if you’re in the middle of interrogating somebody with your fists.”

“I’d appreciate it if you didn’t call us right away anyhow,” Cain said, from the doorway. “We don’t want our phones to alert anyone that we’re there.”

“Great,” she said. “So how do I order, like, a pot tea and a cookie or something to make me feel better?”

“Comfort eating?” Ryland asked.

“If it works,” she said with a sniff.

“We’ll order you up something as we leave,” he said. He turned and looked at her and said, “Don’t wait up for us. If you’re tired, you just need to sleep.” And, with that, he walked out.

His last remark enraged her. “Like I could sleep now,” she snapped. “How is that even possible?”

It’s one thing, if they were all flopped here, and she could have the peace and comfort of knowing that she wasn’t alone. But, as soon as that door closed, there was something insanely silent about the large space she was in. In a matter of moments, everything—the entire predicament of her world—all came crashing in on her. She was sharing a room in an unknown hotel—that didn’t

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