Down Range (Shadow Warriors - Book 2) by McKenna Lindsay

Author:McKenna, Lindsay [McKenna, Lindsay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mills & Boon Series
Published: 2013-11-30T23:00:00+00:00

“Here,” Morgan told him the next morning, before they mounted their horses. “Can you keep this, Jake?”

Jake turned, making sure the cinch on the horse’s saddle was tight. The entire village had surrounded them to say goodbye. Reza was already mounted, the packhorse tied to the back of his saddle, waiting near the gate. It was barely a gray dawn, the winds cold off the Hindu Kush. He looked down at the white envelopes Morgan held out toward him in her gloved hand.

He gave her a startled look. When going downrange, SEALs would give their CO a death letter. That letter, if the SEAL was killed, was carried by two of the team’s SEAL brothers to his wife or parents. It was always a letter that would, in some way, help those left behind and ease their grief.

“Please, take them.” She’d written it this morning after Jake had dressed and left. Her heart twisted in her chest. Morgan noticed his hesitation. No doubt, he didn’t want to admit that where they were going, she could die. His mouth tightened as he stared at it, as if it were alive. Morgan’s heart overflowed with love for Jake.

This morning, as she’d written the letters and wept between the sentences, she’d known without a doubt, her love for Jake had deepened over time, not lessened. It was a cruel sentence, especially if they didn’t survive this mission.

Swallowing hard, Jake took the letters, opened up the pocket on his Kevlar vest pocket just below his chin. There, he folded them into the small area, pressed the Velcro closed with his gloved hand.

Morgan stepped a little closer, lowering her voice so only he could hear. “There are two letters, Jake. One is for my parents.” Her voice caught. “The other is for you….”

Jake scowled. He still felt raw from last night. So much had been laid out on their respective tables with one another. There was love burning in her eyes. Love for him. Despite this, Morgan was okay this morning, back where she needed to be for this op. He wasn’t. At least, not yet. He would be soon enough because their lives depended upon it.

“You’re not going to need them,” Jake told her in a growl. “I didn’t give you one, did I?”

Her mouth stretched into a partial grin. “No. But you’ve always been the optimist in our relationship, Ramsey. What else is new?” Morgan turned away because if she didn’t, she would cry.

As she told Hamid and his wife goodbye, lifted her hand to the silent, huddled villagers, Morgan mounted her horse. The letter to Jake told him that he had a daughter. Emma couldn’t replace Joshua. But she could fill his grieving heart with new love and hope. He would at least have her.

She had included the photo of Emma that she always carried with her into combat. For Morgan, her daughter was like a guardian angel. Now she wanted Emma’s sweet spirit to watch over Jake. The other letter was to her parents and to her daughter.

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