The Omega Team: Furiously Mine (Kindle Worlds Novella) (Base Branch Series Book 12) by Megan Mitcham

Author:Megan Mitcham [Mitcham, Megan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-06-13T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

“We only have to sprint to the other side of those rocks. Trust me; Base Branch takes care of their own.” Natalie’s insides jumped up and down like a clown on a pogo stick. She needed to follow Renee and fast.

When McCabe didn’t leap to his feet, and Zeppelin remained under her jacket, she offered him a hand. “Come on.”

His warmth and security wrapped around her once more. It took an effort to stay upright and on point. The bouncing clown traded the pogo stick for a drumstick and whacked it against her heart like a gong. A lot of effort.

“Omega would’ve gotten me out of lockup.” He used her hand to jump to his feet.

“Yeah, when?”

Seemingly ignoring her question, he grabbed her jacket off the dog and called him to his side. Damn. The two were a sight. Broad. Beautiful. Majestic. And when all that muscle went to work? Shut up.

“You coming?” he called over his shoulder, running several yards ahead of her already.

“Wouldn’t take much,” she mumbled and tacked on a robust, “Yeah.”

Once their strides matched at a breakneck pace over the rocky earth, McCabe pinned her with a sideways stare. “It never did take much.”

Natalie didn’t think she could blush anymore, but even her feet warmed under his scrutiny.

“Omega would have come when I didn’t report in tomorrow. So don’t kidnap me.” He chuckled.

Son of a bitch. This man knew how to push her buttons. He knew her—too well—which was why he pushed her away. It was only a fraction of what she’d done to him, and it hurt like acid to old wounds—self-inflicted though they were.

They reached the car in a minute. Natalie removed the camo covering, stuffed it inside, and started the engine while McCabe settled Zeppelin into the back seat. She pulled onto the road but didn’t turn on the headlights. Soon, the compound’s illumination of the area died down, and darkness took hold.

“You’re going to run us into a sandpit or a rock if you don’t turn on the lights.” McCabe strained his neck, leaning over the dashboard in search of the road she’d memorized before the mission.

“Trust me.” She searched the desolation for red taillights. The delivery truck couldn’t drive that fast. So Renee should be just around the next curve, if not—

“I did once and look how well that turned out.”

The shot blindsided her, taking what air she’d restored to her lungs with it. Thank fuck for the early model car’s dimly lit dash and the dark outside. It camouflaged her wince. She pulled two long breaths, tried, and tried again until it actually worked. Small red taillights lit the horizon and died. What relief she should’ve experienced flitted out the open windows.

After all the years and their earlier interactions, when he’d feigned acceptance of their situation, he was mad at her. He had every right to be. Hell, she was mad at herself, but the least he could have done was show it, not bottle it up to spring on her now when she’d thought for a moment in the linen closet that maybe they’d had a chance.

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