Rhodes's Reward: A SEALs of Honor World Book (Heroes for Hire 4) by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer [Mayer, Dale]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Military, Fiction
ISBN: 9781773360300
Publisher: Valley Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2017-04-17T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 9

She wished to hell the noise—moaning—would shut up. It was really giving her a headache. She shuddered and tugged the blankets higher up on her shoulders. She had no idea where she was, but everything hurt.

“Sienna?”

A gentle finger stroked across her cheek. She struggled to open her eyes. When she finally did, everything was blurry. But the moaning had stopped. Thank God for that.

As she stared ahead, a fuzzy rendition of Rhodes’s face came into view. A second later, she could actually see him clearly.

“Hey.” He leaned over and kissed her very gently on the temple.

Her eyelids fluttered closed. “What … happened?”

“You went to the washroom in the restaurant and met up with two punks who tried to persuade you to go with them.” His tone was dry. He gingerly sat on the edge of the bed and reached down to gently cradle her hands in his.

She stared at him in surprise as the memories tumbled in and around each other. “One wore a hoodie and the other had a red t-shirt on.”

He nodded. “Brothers. Just young kids. They were ordered to pick you up, if they got a chance, and they took it at the restaurant.”

“And, of course, you rescued me, right?” She gave him a knowing smile. And she was very grateful to have missed the whole damn thing.

“It took me a few minutes,” he said gravely. “I saw them take off and gave chase. But I couldn’t guarantee you were inside the van. I found it in a garage at somebody’s house. When I got inside, you were upstairs tied up on a bed.”

She stared at him in shock. “I don’t remember any of that.”

He bent down and kissed her on the nose. “Good. Another set of nightmares you won’t have to worry about.”

She rolled over and tried to sit up, crying out in pain. Her hand instinctively went to her head. “Did they hit me over the head or something?” She groaned and realized that the moaning she’d heard earlier was probably coming from her. How embarrassing was that?

Using his strong arms, he slowly propped her up against the pillows. She felt slightly better, but it took a moment for the booming in her head to stop. “Did you catch them?”

He gave a half snort.

She smiled with her eyes closed. “Of course you did.” No question about it. She was here with him.

“I captured them. The second I did, I got the police and DA involved. Robert was there when they collected them, to make sure we didn’t lose them to a crooked cop, and now they’re cutting a deal with him.”

“That’s actually the best thing we could’ve hoped for,” she said with a smile. “Does that mean we can go home now?” She tried not to whine, but she didn’t want to stay. “I really don’t want to spend another night in a hotel, worrying someone is breaking in.”

“Since you’re awake, we won’t have to check you into the hospital, I hope. You’re still in the emergency room.

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