Silverback Wolf (Return to Bear Creek Book 17) by Harmony Raines

Author:Harmony Raines [Raines, Harmony]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Published: 2018-04-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven – Monica

“Are we safe here?” Monica asked as Liam entered the room behind her.

Trent nodded. “For now.” He put the gun back in the holster at his hip. “They gave me this. It doesn’t feel right though. Guns don’t belong here.”

“These men don’t belong here, either,” Monica reminded him. “But sometimes you have to deal with crap that doesn’t belong.”

“I’ve missed you.” Trent stood up and wrapped his arms around her, hugging her close.

“We’re here to help.” Monica hugged him back. His body trembled in her arms, he was a man on the verge of a breakdown. After all he had seen, all he had done in the service of his country, it was his family that would break him.

Family is weakness. Isn’t that what her father once told her?

He also taught us family is strength, her bear reminded her.

He was right. They were the people who gave you strength to tackle whatever life threw your way, but they could also cut you down and wound you with words.

“Come on, I don’t know how much time we have.” Behind Trent, Wyatt had shifted back to his human form, a look bordering on jealousy in his eyes. “We need to know exactly what is going on here.”

“What’s going on?” Trent asked bitterly. “What’s going on is some piece of lowlife scum kidnapped my wife and the only way I’m going to get her back is if I free a terrorist who will likely go out and murder other women and children.”

“Not if we can help it,” Liam said, coming to join them now that their hellos were over.

“Who are you?” Trent asked suspiciously.

“He’s a good guy, he helped us track you.” Wyatt was evasive with the details, not even giving Liam’s full name. Monica glanced at Wyatt quickly. Did he fear Trent had been compromised? No, but he might be in the near future. The less Trent knew, the better.

Monica closed her mind to that train of thought. There was no use worrying what might be, it only messed with your head and influenced decisions. Decisions that were tough, even for the strongest of soldiers.

“Trent, what can you tell us about the people who are holding Yolanda?” Wyatt steered the conversation back to where it needed to be.

“Nothing. They came to the house three days ago while I was out. They must have been watching because I’d only gone to the local store for milk.” He raked a hand through his hair, which was no longer cut in a military style. “I got a phone call telling me they had her as I walked home. They told me they would be in touch.”

“Where was Jack at that time?” Wyatt asked.

“On a play date at the local park. When I got home and found Yolanda gone, I ran there to check that he was okay. He was playing on the swings...” A sob escaped him. “The relief of finding him there.” He took a deep, shuddering breath. “I picked him up and took him home, grabbed his backpack and drove to Monica’s place.

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