The Grayce Walters Romantic Suspense Series by Jacki Delecki

Author:Jacki Delecki
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jacki Delecki
Published: 2016-03-31T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Brandon huddled next to Maddy on his sleeping bag. She smiled at him, and her soft, brown eyes twinkled. They were in the jungle on the west side of Beacon Hill above the freeway—a green belt of trees that the homeless and criminals had claimed as their own. Their group of misfits and losers hid among the homeless to prevent being tracked. Only one week before the big bang. He had started calling his mission, the big bang because it was going to be the beginning of a new and better world in which nature had equal rights with human beings, but he had to be careful not to slip.

“Brandon, what do you think?” The tight, clipped and miffed voice came from their leader Jason, the dude with the golden fleecy hair, and it rattled him back to the present.

Hell, he hadn’t been listening to Jason’s endless drone of “look how smart I am, look how handsome I am with my blond hair, blue eyes and seductive smile.” Maddy wasn’t here for the cause, she was here to sleep with Jason—as were half the women in their group. And didn’t Jason know it.

Always alert to his flock, did Jason recognize his distraction? Their leader was getting increasingly suspicious of him. Or was he only getting paranoid as the big day approached?

Jason’s light eyes examined his face, searching. It was important that he not let Jason see his anxiety. Did anyone else notice his nervousness? He needed to keep his shit together. Jason was no fool.

“Sorry, Jason. I spaced out.”

Maddy poked him. “Hey, this is important.”

Too bad Maddy had been attracted only to Jason, or he might have spared her.

He smiled at Maddy, giving her the full-watt smile. “Sorry, Mad. You’re right.”

“Okay, D-day is almost here. Let’s review everyone’s job. Fred, you’re in charge of buying the balloons. Remember, they’ve got to be heavy latex.”

“Like my condoms, heavy latex for a heavy workout.” Fred, who had terrible acne and greasy hair, was probably still a virgin. At least there was one guy in the group who was getting less than him.

“Maddy and Teresa laughed, but Erika, a hard-core feminist, rolled her eyes in disgust.

“I’ll get the vegetable oil,” Jason said in his usual commander-in-chief voice. He reminded Brandon of his CO in military school—always in charge, always the alpha male, and always beating the shit out of less than perfect cadets. Military school was just like home, the almighty male forcing his will on the powerless.

“I still think it’s going to be tricky getting the balloons into the meeting.” Erika continued to fight Jason’s position as the leader. Obviously, she wasn’t sleeping with him.

“Only four of us are carrying the balloons in our backpacks. Are you having trouble with my plan?”

Shit, he really wasn’t up for rehashing the whole discussion of who was willing to be arrested for the cause. He had a record from his DUI and his shoplifting. He used his criminal past as an excuse for not wanting an arrest now.

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