SEAL'd Tight by Ellie Danes

Author:Ellie Danes [Danes, Ellie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: A Romance
Publisher: Ellie Danes
Published: 2017-06-16T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Forty-Three

Nathan

I turned around and watched Bree from the deep shadows inside the mission church. The sunlight played on her hair, making her look bright and warm, like honey. I wanted to go back outside and gather her up in my arms. Just beyond where she sat was the interstate highway that would take us to California.

Bree stood up and stretched. I was glad she didn’t turn around, because I would have lost my nerve. Instead, Bree bounced down the steps and found herself a more comfortable place in the shade. It was farther from the mission steps, closer to the small crowd milling around the flower garden, but it was far enough away she wouldn’t hear me question the security guard again.

My stomach cramped, and I knew it was because I could already see the hurt look in Bree’s eyes. I just didn’t want to worry her any more than I already had. When we had first heard of the cartel, Bree was terrified. So, I hadn’t told her that the more I thought about the connections, the more worried I was that the cartel had something to do with Maggie’s disappearance.

It was enough that Bree knew about my crazy dreams and my blocked memory. She didn’t need to know my paranoid conspiracy theories on top of all of that.

So, I slipped back into the mission sanctuary and then down the hallway to the gift shop. The security guard saw me coming and met me at the door.

“Lost?” he asked.

“In so many ways,” I said. When he smiled, I took a chance. “I just realized how close we are to the border, and I wondered if you’d had any trouble like we’ve seen on the news lately.”

The security guard’s face turned stony. “This is a place of God. Usually pretty peaceful here.”

“So, you’ve never heard of the New Mexico City Cartel?” I asked.

His eyes narrowed. “And you heard about them on the news?”

I gestured to the window where we could both see Bree stretched out on an old bench. “We were thinking of heading along the border, but I don’t want to put her in any danger.”

The security guard didn’t believe my bullshit any more than Bree, but he was a polite Texan. “Everyone around here’s heard of the New Mexico City Cartel. Kind of like the Bogeyman. They operate this stretch of border.”

“What does that mean, exactly?” I asked.

He tipped back his hat and scratched his forehead. “You know these are fool questions to ask around here, don’t you?”

“That’s why I figured you’re the only one I can ask,” I said. “A good army man would let me know if I was heading the wrong direction. Right?”

“Then I’m gonna tell you: take that pretty girl and head straight to Vegas. You’ll live a lot longer there,” the guard said.

“What does the cartel do with tourists? I thought they would want to avoid contact as much as possible,” I said.

The guard waved me into the gift shop so we couldn’t be overheard.

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