SEALs of Honor: Shadow by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer [Mayer, Dale]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Valley Publishing
Published: 2016-05-01T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Arianna lay down on the back of the truck, her leg throbbing. Shit. It was better then worse, with the worse part building. She still hadn’t gotten more pain medicine. And she was getting weepy. Was there anything worse?

She already felt so damn female when surrounded by all these macho men. And weepy just seemed to go along with being hurt. She wanted to be strong and capable beside them. Hated to think she was doing her sex an injustice. That all the women in the world were looking at her like she’d let them down. Everything had been good until she got hurt.

Cooper’s head popped over the back seat of the truck. She wasn’t even startled. There were so many men in and out and around always looking after her she never knew who it would be next.

“You okay?”

She nodded but didn’t open her eyes. “Yeah.”

“Liar. The leg is killing you, isn’t it?”

Her lips twisted and she stared up at him. He was seriously gorgeous. Friendly. An all–around nice guy. So why couldn’t she be hooked on him instead of Shadow. Shadow’s darkness called to her. Reached into the deepest part of her and wrapped her heart up in caring and warmth. If only she could do the same for him and wrap his heart up in a loving hug.

Cooper shook out two pills from a bottle and handed them to her, along with a sealed bottle of water. He popped the top as she sat up. She stared at the pills. “I really hate that these help.”

“No point in being in pain if you don’t have to be. Your body needs rest. It can’t heal if it’s fighting the pain. We got to do what we got to do. And healing that leg is important. I wish we had antibiotics for it.”

Shadow appeared at the truck. “We’ve got an antibiotic cream from the store for those scratches of yours though.” He held it up, adding, “It’s not much but it’s something and we need to change that dressing too.”

He disappeared then reappeared with a small medical kit. Cooper shifted back out of the front of the cab. “Let me know if you need any help.”

She stared at Shadow and then the kit and realized what he meant, and her whole body cringed at the thought. “Oh no, Shadow, please not.”

That stare of his didn’t change. Her lower lip trembled. She took a deep breath, feeling the shudder of fear ripple throughout her whole body and regardless of the pain killers she’d just taken her leg started to boom in earnest.

“Sorry, Arianna,” he said. “It’s got to be done.”

She sniffled back the pleas under her tongue. She knew it did. But she didn’t want it to happen at all, didn’t want them to think less of her.

She rolled onto her back, wincing as her leg was jarred, and crossed her arms over her chest. “Okay, I’m ready.”

His regretful sigh filled the truck. At least he wasn’t looking forward to this process either.

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