Special Forces: Operation Alpha: Rescuing Pandora (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Kori David

Author:Kori David [David, Kori]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2016-07-18T18:30:00+00:00

7

Cam woke with a start. What the hell was that? Grabbing his gun from the nightstand, he crept through the unfamiliar house. His body ached, but he didn’t take the pain pills any longer and he didn’t bother with a shirt, preferring to let the still healing wounds on his shoulder and hip get some air. He hadn’t even bothered with shoes, which didn’t help when his little toe found the edge of some ancient piece of furniture left in the house.

“Son of a—”

“Careful, you’re in the presence of ladies,” she whispered.

Her voice stroked over him like a healing balm, taking the edge off his caution. Lowering the gun, he turned toward the laundry room at the back of the house, to where he heard Pandora and some kind of godawful noise.

“What is that?” He stopped at the door but couldn’t see anything except her. Pandora wore a big gauzy nightgown that looked like something a Victorian lady might wear. It covered her down to her knees, which peeked out at him from where she sat on the floor. “And why are you in the laundry room sitting on the floor?”

He squatted down as the caterwauling started again. Now that his eyes had adjusted, he could see an enormous cat sitting in his laundry basket. He’d seen that cat out in the barn a couple times, but she always ran when he got close.

“She’s about to give birth,” Pandora said, reaching over to pet the kitty. “She came and got me.”

“What do you mean, she came and got you? And those are my pants she’s about to give birth on.”

Pandora chuckled softly. “She and I have been friends since I got here, so she sat by my bedroom window until I woke up and followed her over here. Mama cats will do that sometimes.”

Cam watched as she circled his clothes, mewing and sitting, only to get up and pace again. “I don’t know that my pants are up for the miracle of birth. Can we move her?”

“I don’t think so.” She looked at the gun he still held in one hand. “Unless you plan on shooting her, why don’t you put that away and grab a couple of towels.”

He looked down at the gun. It was just an extension of his hand after so many years in danger. “Be right back.”

It really didn’t matter that his favorite jeans were about to be destroyed; what mattered was that Pandora was in his home. Hopefully, her home too, at some point. It was dark in the room, but the harsh bare bulb seemed too much, so he lit some candles and grabbed a couple of towels out of the bathroom and headed back.

“I found some light,” he said, proud of himself for not kicking anything on the way back.

“Jesus, Cam. Look at you.”

She’d seen the ugly red wounds that actually felt better than they looked. He didn’t even bother to look. He didn’t dwell on it. “I’m a mess, but they missed all the vital spots.

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