Soldier's Choice by Morgan Blaze

Author:Morgan Blaze [Blaze, Morgan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Military, Romantic Suspense, Mystery & Suspense, Suspense
Amazon: B00QVNYLA0
Published: 2014-12-10T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

For Luka, sleep didn’t come easy, or fast.

She laid there until the first light of dawn stained the windows, wondering if the pain would ever stop. Imagining the hell he’d been through—not just that night, but for years after with what must have been brutal training, and being shipped off to a war he never wanted to fight. Being separated from a family he needed to protect. All because of her.

Because she was trash, and everyone knew it.

At last she fell into a fitful doze, fragmented with unremembered nightmares that made her heart race and her breath freeze. When she woke fully, she was alone.

It stung to find him gone. She should’ve expected it, and it was probably easier for him this way. But she’d asked for this. She wanted to know the truth, and now she had it. Considering the circumstances, it was a miracle he’d even spoken to her when he got back.

Well, from now on she’d stay out of his life.

She got up and found her clothes, grateful that she’d driven here last night. She could have walked home, but it would be a good half-hour trek and she just didn’t have that much energy. She’d never felt this drained, this empty.

As she headed out of the bedroom, she heard a voice. Reese, speaking in low tones from what sounded like the kitchen.

And female laughter responded.

Dull weight settled in her gut. Had he really found someone else so soon? Or were they “just friends” because he was already involved?

No. He wouldn’t do that—not while she was still here. There had to be another explanation.

She peeked into the kitchen and immediately felt like a fool for ever thinking that. The girl at the table across from him had to be his little sister. She was twelve or thirteen, willowy and graceful with long, brown hair and blue eyes that were darker than his. Each of them had a mug, and there was a sketchpad between them with a half-finished pencil drawing that Luka couldn’t make out from here.

Reese stared at the drawing, and then looked at Georgia. “It’s a…giraffe.”

“No!” She giggled again and picked up the pencil beside the pad. “You’re terrible at this, you know.”

“You haven’t seen terrible yet. Wait until it’s my turn to draw.”

Laughing, she started to add to the picture. “Okay, you get two more guesses and then I win.”

Luka’s heart wrenched as she watched them together. She could feel the simple love between them, just as strong as her own relationship with her brothers. And they’d been kept apart for five years. It must’ve been awful for him, missing so much of her growing up.

She decided to leave. But as she turned to go, Reese said, “Hey, Luka. Want to join us?”

Georgia looked up in surprise, and a smile broke across her face. “I know you,” she said. “You work at Magic Mags, right?”

“Yes, I do.” Inwardly surrendering, Luka walked into the kitchen. “And you’re Georgia,” she said. “It’s nice to meet you.

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