Special Forces: Operation Alpha: Cowboy D-Force (Kindle Worlds Novella) (Brotherhood Protectors Book 4) by Elle James

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

6

Duke had been in the shower when Lena sneaked out of her room. If he hadn’t performed one last check before calling it a night, he wouldn’t have known until too late. He’d gone into her room with the intention of securing any unlatched windows and asking if she needed anything. When he’d found the bed empty and her missing, his pulse had quickened, and he’d run from the room.

Damn, the woman didn’t know what was good for her. She couldn’t just go traipsing around her huge house in the middle of the night. Whoever had left the message on her mirror had managed to get inside her security system. If he’d done it once, he could do it again.

Duke had been halfway down the stairs when he’d spotted her through the huge picture windows, swimming laps in the pool. As she’d turned to backstroke in the opposite direction, the moonlight had glinted off her naked breasts.

Duke had been captivated by the perfection of her body, the slim, sleek lines and tight muscles of her arms and legs cleaving through the water. He’d stood transfixed longer than he should have.

Then another figure had dived into the pool and swam toward Lena.

Duke had flown down the steps and across the living area to the back door.

The man had made it across the pool before Duke reached the edge.

Lena was struggling.

A red flush of rage washed over Duke as he launched himself into the water. Within seconds, he had the perpetrator by the ankle, pulling him under.

Unfortunately, he still had his hands on Lena, dragging her down with him.

Duke climbed up the man’s body and hooked his arm around the guy’s neck, squeezing hard enough to choke him.

Eventually, he released his hold on Lena. She pushed off the bottom and shot to the surface.

Duke swam backward, toward the shallow end where he set the attacker on his own feet and shoved him toward the side. “Get out. And get the hell off the property.”

The man who turned to face him was Brandt Lucas.

“Are you insane? You nearly killed me.” Brandt coughed, slogging his way through the shallow end to the steps leading out. “I wasn’t attacking her. I was trying to make love to her.”

Duke shot a glance toward Lena where she clung to the side of the pool, breathing hard. “Is that true?”

“Oh, he was trying, but I wasn’t buying.”

When Brandt stood on the deck, he pushed the wet hair off his forehead and sneered at Lena. “You are one crazy bitch. You promised me you’d get me into the movies. I’ve wasted my time working as your foreman when I could have been working in LA as a model.”

Lena shrugged. “Guess you’ll have to jumpstart your own career instead of flying on my coattails. Don’t let the gate hit you in the backside as you leave.”

Brandt grabbed his jeans, jammed his legs into them and dragged them up over his hips. “Should have listened to my agent,” he muttered. “Nothing to do out here but listen to the cows bellowing.

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