The Will to Love by Lindsay McKenna

Author:Lindsay McKenna [McKenna, Lindsay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, General
ISBN: 9781408945131
Publisher: Mills & Boon
Published: 2011-10-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

January 16: 0630

“I don’t want you to go with me,” Quinn said in a low voice outside the tent the next morning. Dawn was just crawling across the eastern horizon. Above him the last of the inky darkness was fleeing before the coming sun.

“Too bad. I’m going with you, Quinn, so stop being so protective, okay?” Kerry, too, kept her voice low. The morning was crisp and chilly. Today she was wearing her new marine cammo jacket and she felt much warmer—thanks to Quinn, who had radioed in for extra warm clothing for so many in Area Five. He had made sure she got a jacket, as well.

Pulling her away from the tent, where Petula and Sylvia were still sleeping, Quinn scowled. Yesterday, he’d tried to persuade Kerry not to come with him as he began to hunt for Diablo. She’d balked then, as she was doing now. After that soft, unexpected kiss, he found himself not wanting to put her in the line of fire for any reason. He had slept restlessly last night on his new cot, beneath several blankets. Kerry had asked him to stay with them. He knew Diablo was around and the new tents might draw their interest. The heater had warmed them all, and he’d noticed that Kerry, Petula and Sylvia all slept deeply and soundly. Usually, they were cold beneath their threadbare blankets and moved sporadically to keep warm.

“No one knows Diablo better than me,” Kerry told him with grim determination. She pulled the pistol she carried from the black holster at her right hip. Checking it to make sure a bullet was in the chamber, she replaced the safety and strapped it back in place. “And in your uniform, you’ll be a prime target for those guys. They hate authority.”

“Like they won’t spot you, too?”

She grinned as they stepped farther away from the tent. “Well, since I’m wearing this marine jacket, they’ll probably think I’m one of you. Either way, it doesn’t matter, Quinn. We’re both targets, because we represent authority. I’ve tangled three times with members of this group since the quake hit, and believe me, they take no prisoners. You’ve seen that from the reports I’ve made. I’ve attempted in every case to talk to witnesses who were there. We’ve gotten some names. After this disaster is over, I intend to hang these guys in a court of law. They’re not going to get away with these atrocities.”

“They’re already up on murder charges for two marine helo pilots.” Halting, Quinn slung his small knapsack, filled with water and food for a day’s worth of hunting, across his shoulders. Picking up the M-16, he switched the safety off, then kept the barrel pointed downward, the gun ready to fire in his hand.

“I know,” Kerry whispered sadly. “Can I help you carry anything?”

Giving her a dark look, he growled, “You aren’t going to stay behind, are you?”

“No.”

“Sometimes I wish you could be like other women,” he groused, his umber brows dipping.

“Ouch. That sounds so old-fashioned to me.

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