An Affair of Deceit by Jamie Michele

Author:Jamie Michele [Michele, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 1611099560
Google: F2tVlAEACAAJ
Amazon: B00A6XA1NM
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Goodreads: 17199405
Publisher: AmazonEncore
Published: 2013-03-29T16:00:00+00:00

Hours later, just after two in the morning, Abigail and Riley sat alone in a cargo van parked in the forested foothills of the Chaîne des Alpilles mountain range. Waves of heat pulsed off the electronics lining the walls. With all of the doors closed, the van was dark, save for the red and green glows of LEDs and occasional bursts of gunfire visualized on the main monitor.

Abigail’s gorgeous brown eyes were glued to the screen.

Riley’s eyes were glued to her.

She shook her head. “I’ve never seen anything like this.”

“Few people have.” He pulled his attention to the events unfolding on the screen. As per standard procedure, a satellite had been tasked to monitor the assault on Kral’s estate. A team approached the compound, which encompassed an entire village perched on an herb-strewn hillside capped with a limestone cliff. A narrow bridge spanning a deep ravine was the town’s only access point. So far, the strike force had encountered substantial resistance just getting to the bridge. Four units of armed hostiles had been neutralized in the forest and along the road that led to the town over the course of the last two hours. Now, all that remained was the assault on the village itself.

Six figures in black scuttled like ants onto the stone bridge deck. They didn’t stop as they dashed to the other side. There they crouched in the shadows of the town’s buildings, which were tall and narrow and created a maze of dark alleys through which clever opposition could flow like water. It wouldn’t take much for the team to be trapped on the bridge, a choke point where all trails met.

Riley thought Abigail held her breath as the team scanned the darkness. She exhaled when they began to move up an alley toward the medieval stone fortress that perched like a warty bullfrog at the top of the terraced village. Obviously enthralled by the raid, she shifted in her chair to move closer to the computer. Her skirt slipped up her thigh enough to expose her small, pale knee.

It’s just a knee, he scolded his hormones, but he couldn’t stop his heart from quickening at the sight of it. Heroes were engaged in a real-life, real-time battle that he was privileged to observe, but all he could think of was how soft Abigail’s skin looked. If he rested his hand on his own leg, it might brush up against hers. The backs of his fingers might caress her knee; his wrist might graze her thigh. From there, it was hardly a leap to think of pressing his hand more firmly against her, laying his palm on her warm leg, and then slowly sliding his fingers up…

His body began to respond, and he coughed to clear his head. This was definitely not what he should be thinking about.

“Did you say something?” she asked, distracted.

“Just that it looks like they’ll make it to the fortress soon.” He made up the lie quickly.

“What happens then? How soon before they’re inside?”

“It depends on what kind of opposition they meet.

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