Axle: A Military Bad Boy Mercenary Romance (The Bang Shift Book 5) by Harbin Mandy

Author:Harbin, Mandy [Harbin, Mandy]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Mandolin Park
Published: 2020-07-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Axle sat at the edge of his bed with his laptop open, waiting for his sister’s call. His elbows rested on his knees, head in his hands, as he tried to shake off the enigma that was Caitlin Cooper.

“You’re fucking losing it,” he muttered to himself.

He wasn’t one to mess up. Years of training and missions had honed his skills and perfected his senses, but inside of a week with this woman, he was making rookie mistakes.

He’d torn out of the village the other day when she’d just been trying to do her job. They hadn’t been scheduled to leave for another hour, but the second he realized Caitlin wasn’t where she was supposed to be, he’d gone ape-shit. On the surface, he’d come across as a stern asshole because years in special ops honed him to function in the worst of situations. But on the inside? He’d freaked out. He knew she wouldn’t have had time to go far. He knew his guys had eyes on her, too. He also knew it didn’t take long to make a clean, undetected kill.

If that wasn’t bad enough, he’d lost sight of her again today.

A litany of cuss words ghosted out of his mouth. He’d lost her. It had been short, and she’d been okay, but he’d still lost her. Again. Axle knew it happened all the time with other people, but he’d never lost sight of anyone before Caitlin. He was a sniper, for crying out loud. Keeping his eyes peeled was his goddamn job.

But oh, that wasn’t the end of his stupidity. When Lorenzo made yet another pass at her, Axle couldn’t sit there and listen. She’d turned him down already, but the dude wouldn’t take no for an answer. The man lacked any skills when it came to reading women, and Axle had been about two seconds away from giving Lightweight a personal lesson.

Yeah, rookie mistakes…both professional and personal.

His laptop sounded an incoming call, pulling him out of his downward spiral, and he clicked to accept it.

“Hey, Sis.”

“Bubby,” she said excitedly. “I miss your face!” She wrinkled her nose. “You could’ve at least put a shirt on.”

He chuckled. “I miss you, too, and it’s hot as balls here.” His sister had seen him running around in boxers, but he grabbed the thin sheet and tucked it under his arms to cover himself a little. “There.” He leaned closer and tried assessing her through the screen. “How’re you feeling?”

She rolled her eyes. “Are you going to ask me that every time we talk?”

“You were shot. That’s not something people tend to get over right away …especially how it all went down.”

She sighed. “I’m fine. Taking an extended leave of absence while I think about my future.”

“So you’re not feeling fine at all.”

“Physically, I’m golden. But mentally I’m…”

When she trailed off and didn’t say anything else for several seconds, Axle said, “Fucked?”

She laughed. “Yeah, that. I’m not sure I want to be an agent anymore.”

He let out a breath. It wasn’t a shock, but he’d hoped this wasn’t a path she was considering.

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