Saved from Obsession (Police and Fire: Operation Alpha) (Blade and Arrow Security Book 2) by Gia Cobie & Operation Alpha

Author:Gia Cobie & Operation Alpha [Cobie, Gia & Alpha, Operation]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aces Press, LLC
Published: 2023-09-11T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

GEORGIA

I’m in the middle of a delicious dream about sex on a cruise ship when I’m woken by Leo moaning.

It’s low and pained, almost primal, like nothing I’ve heard come from him before. My heart seizes at the sound and I’m reaching for him instinctively, not sure if he’s hurt or having a nightmare. If he’s hurting, sick, I need to find out what’s wrong, get him help.

But if it’s a nightmare… I’m inches away from touching his shoulder when I stop, suddenly not sure if I should wake him.

I’ve never seen Leo have a nightmare before, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t had them. Maybe he never fell fully asleep when he was guarding me, always on alert. Is it possible that kept him from having nightmares all the nights he slept next to me?

If he’s having a nightmare… I’ve heard about men who experienced terrible things in the military waking up from a dream and becoming violent. Not that I’m scared of Leo, but if he accidentally hurt me, I don’t think he’d ever forgive himself.

Leo moans again and pushes at the sheets, dragging them off his chest. It’s dark in here, the only light from the cracked bathroom door, but I can still see his features pulled into a grimace. His jaw is clenched, a muscle ticking, and his brow is pulled down as if he’s in pain.

I can’t leave him like this—to suffer in his nightmare alone. After all the nights he held me when I woke up screaming or crying, now it’s my turn to be there for him. But I’m going to be careful. Scooting back another foot from him, I tentatively stretch my hand toward his shoulder again, hoping I’m not making a mistake.

“Leo,” I whisper his name, trying to find the right balance between commanding and soothing. Lightly touching his shoulder, I say his name again. “Leo, wake up. You’re having a nightmare.”

I repeat it once more, raising my voice close to a near-normal volume. This time, I give his shoulder a little shake and his eyes fly open, wide and panicked. He jerks up to a sitting position, sheet spilling around his waist to reveal the muscles in his bare chest and arms flexed and ready for battle.

For a second, fear slams into me—not of Leo, but of an unconscious reaction. If he thinks I’m someone from his nightmare, all that pent up tension could be directed at me.

But then Leo’s gaze shifts to mine, and all the panic and tension and confusion fall away in a blink. He sees me sitting several feet from him on the bed, my eyes wide with alarm, and his mouth pulls down into a grimace. “God, Georgia, I’m sorry. I didn’t—I didn’t hurt you, did I?”

Now I just feel guilty. How could I have thought for even a moment that Leo would hurt me? “No.“ I slide back over so I’m next to him and put my hand on his arm. “You didn’t even touch me.

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