Theo (Silver Team Book 1) by Riley Edwards

Author:Riley Edwards [Edwards, Riley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rebels Romance
Published: 2023-07-26T18:30:00+00:00

11

One. Two. Three. Four. Five.

Five knocks.

Then… “Bridget, I’m opening the door, don’t shoot.”

My heart had been pounding in my chest for what seemed like hours. My palms were sweaty to the point I was worried Theo’s gun was going to drop from my hands.

What if Theo wasn’t alone?

What if he’d been captured and someone was out there with him making him knock on the door so I wouldn’t shoot?

My mind whirled with different possibilities. All of them scarier than the last.

No.

Theo wouldn’t knock if someone was out there. He’d just open the door and let me start shooting.

Oh, God.

What if I accidentally shot Theo or Easton?

The door slowly opened and I held my breath. It opened farther and my heart thumped harder. Finally Theo’s big, beautiful body came into view. I dropped the gun and launched myself at him. He rocked back but easily caught me, wrapping his arms around my back and holding me close.

“Everything’s fine. You’re safe.”

“Easton?” I croaked.

“Getting our bags ready to go.”

I didn’t lift my head out of his neck when I asked, “We’re leaving?”

“Yeah, baby, someone was in the backyard.” I tensed and Theo kept right on giving it to me straight. “He got over the fence, the light came on, and he fled. Garrett caught it on camera but the guy was wearing a mask.”

“So how do you know it’s a man?”

“Don’t know for sure. But when I say fence I really mean a six-foot wall. A woman would have to be taller than average and strong to get herself over. And if the person was short and strong as fuck, Garrett would’ve noted the person could be a woman.”

That was kind of sexist. I was sure there were plenty of women who could easily hop a six-foot wall but right then facing another move, I didn’t have it in me to stand up for the sisterhood and protest.

Theo walked farther into the closet and in a show of his superior strength he squatted to pick up his gun I’d dropped while I was wrapped around his midsection like a deranged monkey. I couldn’t find it in me to be embarrassed. After another terrifying incident I needed him close. I needed his heat and the comfort he gave me and I didn’t care what that said about me.

I was over being strong.

I was over being stuck in fight or flight.

I was over preparing for a battle that would one day sneak up on me. I didn’t know when it was coming, I just knew it was.

Theo came out of his squat, shut the safe room door—a room I was grateful he didn’t make me get into because I wasn’t lying. I would’ve had a full-blown panic attack. I’d always hated small spaces. Hated the feel of being closed in. Nothing traumatic had happened to me, I just didn’t like it.

“Thank you for not making me go in there,” I mumbled.

“I’d never ask you to do something that would cause you harm.”

I believed that. But in this case, giving in to what I wanted put him at risk.

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