The Sheikh's Captive Bride (The Jawhara Sheikhs Book 3) by Leslie North

Author:Leslie North [North, Leslie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-05-04T16:00:00+00:00

14

PJ

“Rise and shine, you two,” came Carlos’s voice over the com unit.

PJ started to stir, only to realize that Talib had his arms banded around her tightly. As she became more aware of their positions, she could feel the solid evidence of his body’s reaction to her nearness against her buttocks.

“Talib?” she questioned softly.

“I heard,” came the mumbled reply. When she started to move once again, Talib tightened his arms around her, whispering in her ear, “Hold still unless you wish to start the morning by making your teammate wait for our response, which will make him worry and then send in the cavalry.”

PJ became as still as a statue. “I’d rather not, if you don’t mind. Exhibitionism was never my style.”

“Mine either.” Talib placed a tender kiss on her cheek and then hugged her close a moment before pushing her away from him and reaching for the radio. “We hear you, Carlos. Give me an update.”

“The target has started moving. From the pictures I’m getting, I think there might be a problem.”

“What kind of problem?” PJ inquired, not liking the sound of Carlos’s voice. She slipped her short-range com bud into her ear. Her hijab would cover it eventually, so she didn’t have to worry about the kidnapper spotting it. She just hoped the fabric wouldn’t muffle the mic too much.

“Our man seems to be a little agitated this morning.”

Talib looked at PJ as she slipped her boots back on before asking, “What aren’t you saying?”

“Man, stay calm, but it looks like he backhanded her pretty good.”

“What!” Talib roared, muttering under his breath in a flurry of Arabic that PJ had no chance of understanding.

She watched him as she spoke to Carlos. “He hit her?”

“Yeah. The bastard hit her hard enough to knock her off her feet.”

“Did she get back up?” PJ asked, wanting to know if they now had a seriously injured captive to rescue.

“Not right away. And when she did, she immediately doubled over again. He didn’t even try to help her, just threw something at her and walked off.”

“What did he throw at her?” Talib asked, his voice very quiet and calm.

“It must have been a veil, because she picked it up and pulled it on over her head.”

“He’s making her hide her face. Is everyone in place?” PJ could tell by Talib’s tone that he was more anxious than ever to get this guy and rescue Miss Malone.

“Slade and Blaine went in on foot and have a visual on them right now. Brock and Tim are a few hundred yards from your position. I’m ready to put everyone on com if you are.”

“Go ahead.”

“Slade? Brock?”

“Slade here. The target and his captive are heading in your direction, Talib. Slowly, but they are moving. Do you two have a plan in place?”

“Good morning to you too, Slade,” PJ said.

Slade chuckled through the line. “Same back at ya, darlin’. Now, a plan. You’ve got maybe twenty minutes at the rate they’re moving before they have a visual on you.

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