Finding Ava (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Lea Griffith & Operation Alpha

Author:Lea Griffith & Operation Alpha [Griffith, Lea & Alpha, Operation]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aces Press, LLC
Published: 2024-03-12T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

Cap pulled out of her body’s tight grasp and drew in a rough breath. He’d never experienced anything like what he did inside her body. And the kicker was that he felt complete when they were joined, like nothing could come between them.

But he knew the truth. Her body was his—had never been anyone else’s. Her heart was his and again his only. Her mind was the problem.

He hadn’t intended to make love to her, he was simply putting her to bed, then their gazes had met and he’d been drawn into her. He wondered what she’d been thinking before sleep claimed her. Was she thinking she’d made a mistake?

Because Cap was going to do everything in his power, utilize every tool he had to bring her closer to him.

He got up off the bed then, making sure to wrap her in the covers so she’d be warm. The fire had died down to banked embers and he restoked it. He showered \ quickly and put on some cargo pants and a long-sleeved shirt. He had watch in an hour.

He spent the next sixty minutes watching her sleep. He was the king of the world in those moments and knew it was how she responded to his lovemaking that made him feel that way.

Eventually his hour was up and he headed down into the cabin’s war room to conference with Marshall who’d taken first watch. Kyle and Scope were about an hour away. Holland and Ray both needed some rest. Mann would come in tomorrow.

“Anything?” Cap asked his man.

“Nothing. All’s quiet,” Marshall reported.

“What’s on your mind?”

“You realize there’s only seven of us, and they’ll be sending a small army,” Marshall pointed out.

“Eight, if you include Ava. We’re going to teach her the ins and outs of weapons, Marshall, and I need to make sure you don’t have a problem before I ask you to do that.”

“I saw what went down when she left. The problem isn’t me, it’s you,” Marshall said.

Cap looked hard at the man who’d once saved his life in an Afghani hellhole. “Spit it out,” he ordered.

“Come on, Cap—you’ve been insane the last two years looking for her. Now she’s here and we’re all just supposed to be okay with her? We saw how you hurt, dude. It wasn’t easy for any of us,” Marshall told him baldly.

“You realize what she went through, right?” Cap asked. “What I put her through before she left?”

Marshall nodded. “That’s not the point though.”

“Then tell me, Marshall. Quite beating around the bush.”

“It’s not her, it’s you. Is your head in the game or are you just in it for her?”

Cap cocked his head at Marshall. “You’re serious?”

Marshall nodded again.

“She is the game, Marsh. Everything I’ve built since I resigned my commission is for her benefit.”

“See that’s what I’m talking about,” Marshall pointed out.

Cap couldn’t understand what Marshall was getting at. He made a roll-it-up gesture with his hand. “I’m tired of this, Marsh.”

“What happens to you if we can’t protect her?” He finally came out and asked.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.