Smoke Road by Toby Neal

Author:Toby Neal [Neal, Toby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-03-14T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Luca

Luca woke instantly to the sensation of her hand on his shoulder. “Luca.”

He wasn’t sure when she’d begun using his first name but sometime during the hellish hours it had taken his men to die, titles and even nicknames had become irrelevant, though he still wanted to find the right one for her, someday.

“Luca, I heard from Washington.” She’d removed her hand immediately after waking him, no doubt remembering how he’d grabbed her before. A feather touch of regret twisted his mouth as he rolled over and sat up. But, she was not to be trusted.

“What did they say?”

“They said...” Nani’s throat worked. Her haunted dark eyes skittered around the room, refusing to meet his. “They said they need us to go on, even without the men, and find Hillish’s compound and identify if he is there. They will call in a strike once they know he’s on the premises.”

Luca cursed and Peaches whined at his tone even as Nani retreated to the doorway. Her gaze was on the window, rosy with dawn light. She was looking anywhere but at his body, bare but for a pair of black boxers. It was hard to believe he’d ever had her coming unglued, her sexy sounds music echoing around them.

It seemed like another world, not just a few days ago.

He wanted to do that again and where they’d been headed, in his room before they were interrupted by the storm, would have been nice, too.

“I thought we could reorganize our supplies and just take the Humvee.” Nani didn’t look at him as she spoke.

“I’ll organize the weapons and supplies.”

By the time he stood, she was gone.

They repacked the Humvee in silence, but by then, Luca had a plan. “I think I should infiltrate the compound. Do recon. From where I’m standing it looks like most everyone is dying. If we are even able to call in a strike force they’ll need to know details.”

Nani was packing a bedroll into the back of the Humvee. Her butt was so spectacular, so big and round and firm; he hadn’t really got to explore just how it felt, only enough to imagine grabbing it in both hands from behind and just...

Nani turned.

She’d caught him looking. She probably even knew what he was thinking, as her eyes flared wide and her mouth tightened. He gazed at her deliberately, daring her to call him on it, to say something so he could unload all the grief and anger he was carrying but she flushed instead, turning away and biting her lip. “I don’t like that idea. Too dangerous.”

It almost sounded like she cared what happened to him.

“Just walking and breathing is dangerous right now. I found some clothes that will work as a disguise, but I need you to shave my head. I gotta blend in with those assholes.”

He’d found a gleaming cherry-red, brand-new Harley Davidson parked in one of the storage units. The owner had also owned the requisite worn jeans and Texas Rangers shirt that Luca needed for his costume.

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