Special Agent: Austin by Joni Hahn

Author:Joni Hahn [Hahn, Joni]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-01-18T18:30:00+00:00

Rolling onto his back, Austin pulled her against his side, his body lax along her length. A sob escaped despite her attempts to stifle it. He jolted awake, twisting to face her.

“Did I hurt you?”

Shaking her head, she shut her eyes, the magnitude of what had just happened hitting her like a blow to the chest. She’d waited until the end of her life to find him, to discover the beauty of human nature.

To love a man.

His thumb caressed her cheek. “Why are you crying?”

Sniffing away her melancholy, she lifted her chin. “I’m just being stupid.”

Frowning, he studied her a moment before laying back and pulling her on top of him. That hint of leather seemed to come with his body, a permanent scent on his skin. He rubbed her back with feather-light strokes, calming her.

“I want to go home and get my sisters’ DNA samples.”

Lazy undertones laced his voice. “Not happening.”

She looked up, her chin resting on his chest. His eyes remained closed.

“Now you think you can tell me what to do?”

He shook his head against the pillow. “No, I’m trying to inject some common sense into the situation. You already said she, whoever she is, will kill you. It’s suicide.”

She turned her cheek back to his chest. “My death is inevitable. I’ve accepted that.”

He bolted upright, her heart racing in genuine panic.

“Well, I haven’t, Belle. I’m not going to let you die. You might as well get that through your thick head.”

His brown eyes glittered with an anger she hadn’t seen in him before. His shoulders seemed to grow before her eyes, his lip curled in hostile derision.

Yet, despite his threat, she knew he based it in an honest truth, an honest intent.

An honest bravery.

She had seen too many fall against the Madam and her timeless arsenal to risk him. Somehow, she had to confiscate the samples without Austin finding out. She had to know he would live in safety after she was gone.

“If I can get them to you, you can ensure my sisters know the truth.”

His dark eyes subsided, his shoulders relaxing. “You owe me answers. Tell me how to find them and I’ll go in.”

Shaking her head, she gave a patronizing laugh. “Now, you think you’re a D.I.R.E. super agent? You’ll get killed, Austin. I won’t allow that to happen. Besides, I was going to ask my sisters to take out all of your old girlfriends. I wouldn’t want you to interfere.”

He shook her by the arms. “This isn’t funny, Belle. You promised me answers and I’m going to get them. We’re going to Mitchell and we’re going to figure out how to do this right.”

The weight of her death hit her like a slap to the cheek. If she died, who would protect him? Once the Madam found out she’d slept with him, had fallen in love with him, he would be a target.

So, where did her loyalties lie? Her sisters deserved a better life, deserved to know the truth. They’d gone through all of the Matheson’s experiments together, all of the Madam’s training.

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