Secret Allies by Max Hudson

Author:Max Hudson [Hudson, Max]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-08-20T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“EMMERICH!”

Martin jolted, eyes snapping open and heart lodging itself into his throat.

“OPEN THE DOOR!” a woman yelled from…somewhere.

Don’t panic, Martin told himself as his gaze dashed all over the unfamiliar setting—morning light seeping through the closed curtains. When his eyes landed on Emmerich, snoring and drooling peacefully beside him, Martin blanched.

He had stayed the night at Emmerich’s.

“Emmerich!” And that was Auta yelling outside the front door. “I know you’re in there!”

Martin leaped out of bed and ran over to each of his discarded articles of clothing. He shoved his limbs in the proper sleeves, pant-legs—wobbling sometimes but never quite falling over. He snarled quiet curses to himself as Auta kept screaming.

Emmerich’s eyes fluttered open, his lips smacking together. He glanced around before he noticed Martin—shoving on his shoes after he had stuffed his socks in his pockets. He frowned. “What’s wrong? You look like you pissed yourself.”

Auta shouted Emmerich’s name again.

Emmerich stiffened. “Shit.”

Martin—fully dressed in wrinkled clothing—raced over to the front door and opened it.

Auta’s face fell, horror blooming in her eyes. “You’re here. I thought—you never came back, and I thought—but I didn’t think this—” She stepped away, bumping against the wall behind her. “You stayed here, didn’t you? You and Emmerich were…” She cringed. Shaking her head jaggedly, she started to hurry away.

But Martin grabbed her and yanked her into the apartment.

“Let me go!” she yelled, shoving herself off from his torso.

Martin closed the front door with one hand while reaching out toward her with the other. “Let me explain—”

“No,” she said, lips quivering. “No, no, you can’t keep lying to me about this and expect me to believe you. You’re sick, just like him. That’s why you—” She gagged, her hands flying to her mouth. “I can’t believe this.”

“Auta, there are much more important things than this.”

She snorted, voice high. “I’m well aware! My mother is upstairs wanting to talk to you about more wedding details. And she’s wondering why I don’t know where my husband ran off to!”

“Don’t yell.” He pressed his lips together and breathed deeply through his nose. “We can figure this out, but we have to stay calm.”

“Figure what out?! That you’re a homosexual?!”

“Quiet,” he hissed, grabbing her shoulder and crouching closer to her level. “You’ll get us all killed.”

“No, just you,” she growled shakily. She tried to push his arm off her, but his grip on her shoulder remained strong. “Stop touching me. Get away, you freak.”

Emmerich swaggered over to them, his torso bare but his lower half covered by pants. Small mercies, that. He smirked at Auta, his gaze hard. “What did I miss?”

Auta flinched and glanced away, murmuring fervently to herself.

“What?” Emmerich asked, moving a little closer to her. “He has to keep me pacified, otherwise I’ll rat you all out to the Nazis.”

Her eyebrows shot up.

Martin groaned, glaring at Emmerich. “Stop.” Then he glared at Auta. “And you need to stop, too. This line of work is dangerous, it’s crazy, it involves a lot of compromises and risks, and right now, I need you to be calm so that our covers don’t get blown.

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