The Fracturing: Book 2 (The Culling Series) by Tricia Wentworth

Author:Tricia Wentworth [Wentworth, Tricia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-08-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

I wake up feeling like crap even though it’s almost 0900 hours. I think I got maybe four hours of sleep after I finally fell asleep. And even then, I slept intermittently as I kept dreaming someone got hurt or worse, the whole team got captured by the drifters. Red Hawk is necessary but is really wearing on my nerves.

As if Gertie knew what she was walking into, she brings me hot tea when she comes to wake me.

“Feeling okay?” she asks.

“Just a little groggy,” I say honestly.

She smiles. “I don’t blame you, dear.” She knows something big is going on at DIA, but not all the specifics.

“What’s the plan today? What time do I need to be back from DIA?” I ask.

Lyncoln enters my room, without knocking, just as I am asking Gertie, interrupting us. “We aren’t going to DIA today. Taggert says today is just a waiting game, and we might as well be over here while we can be. Win or lose tonight, Sunday we will be over there all day along with the other couples,” he explains. He tucks his hands into his black gear pants front pockets, adding with a smile, “Your hair is cute, babe.”

I squint at him and reach up to fix it. I can only imagine what I look like right now.

“Don’t worry. Morning looks good on you, Regs,” he winks and smirks at me affectionately. His eyes trail along my body and I feel all of a sudden very self-conscious though my t-shirt and shorts cover more than what I was wearing last night.

“Will you leave me be so I can get dressed and brush my teeth, for crying out loud!” I scoff at him playfully, throwing a pillow his direction.

He easily catches it. “Actually, I’m beat and need a couple more hours of sleep. I just got off a call with Taggert and was hoping you were still sleeping, but since you aren’t, I was wondering if you wanted to go back to sleep and nap with me for the next two hours. As long as that is okay with Gertie and Frank.” He looks to her for approval.

She smiles, “Oh my good heavens, yes. You both look absolutely exhausted. We will have plenty of time to get you both ready if you will be here all day.” She moves to draw the curtains for us, making it darker, and says she will be back in two hours’ time.

We thank her as she goes.

“Well, this is a pleasant turn of events,” I yawn as Lyncoln takes off his boots and turns to get into the bed with me. As usual, he stays on top of the covers.

“Are you ever going to get in the sheets with me?” I joke with a yawn though I know he won’t.

He kisses me on the forehead. “Yes, but there’s not a chance I’ll behave if I do it now,” he whispers.

He looks at me full of affection as I curl up in his arms.

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