Zone of Action (In the Zone) by Cathy Skendrovich

Author:Cathy Skendrovich
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romantic Suspense; Action & Adventure; Action & Adventure Romance; Road Trip Romance; Road Trip; Bodyguard & Protector Romance; Contemporary Romance; Contemporary Fiction; Military Hero; Alpha Hero; Military Romance; Afghanistan; Prison; Prisoner; Prison Escape; Terrorism; Terrorist; Soldier; Officer; Duty; Special Agent; California; Northern California; Redwood Forest; San Francisco; Amara; Entangled Publishing; Cathy Skendrovich; Zone of Action; Stand Alone Romance; Popular Romance
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC (Amara)
Published: 2020-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Audrey stepped out of the steamy shower, thankful that Zack Addison was Cam’s friend. Although Zack wasn’t her type, she had to admire his choice of creature comforts. Plenty of hot water, a cave-like shower with dual heads and bench seat, and plush towels so thick you could get lost in them. She spent a lot of time wiping the water droplets off her skin. Why hurry a luxuriating task?

She wiped the mirror when she was finished and stared at herself. She looked as tired as she felt. They’d been on the go for two days, after the home invasion and the fire. Weariness had fueled her waspish behavior earlier. She knew it, but she wasn’t about to apologize. If she accepted that Brett was a mastermind of evil, what did that say about her? She was the one who lived with him, slept with him, made love with him. What kind of counterterrorism expert did that make her? A pretty damn bad one.

She changed the bandage on her arm, having managed to keep it dry during her shower. The wound looked clean, not puffy or oozing. She had some difficulty rebandaging it, but she wasn’t about to ask Cam. Not after all the fuss he’d given her yesterday about getting wounded. A small, feminine part of her liked his concern, even as the rest of her rebuffed it.

After pulling on some underwear and the sleepshirt and pajama bottoms she’d brought along, she combed out her hair before taking her toiletries and whatnot back to her room. She could hear the murmur of the men’s voices down the hall. As she reentered her room, she warred with the idea of going to bed versus returning to the great room and continuing the search for clues. If Brett had an ulterior motive, she wanted to figure it out.

She sat on the edge of the double bed, which she hadn’t yet turned down. Though she was physically tired, she knew if she turned off the lights, she’d lay in bed, staring at the ceiling and wondering what she might find on the Dark Web. It would be better if she swallowed her pride and returned to finish researching.

Padding down the wood floor hallway, she thought she heard Cam thank Zack for some “ill-timed advice” before the clunk of the front door told her his friend had left. Deciding to use that as her entrance line, she walked into the great room and asked Cam, “What bad advice did your friend give you?”

He froze. She counted several seconds before he swung around, rubbing the back of his neck like she’d noticed him do before. He was embarrassed. That piqued her interest. For the short time she’d known him, he always acted completely in charge and by the book. To be embarrassed had to be foreign to him.

She studied him while he searched for an answer that he thought she would accept. If she was tired, he looked ready to drop where he stood.

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