SEALs of Honor: Baylor by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer [Mayer, Dale]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Military, romance
ISBN: 9781773363936
Publisher: Valley Publisher Ltd.
Published: 2021-02-15T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Gizella slept fitfully on the couch. When she felt hands slide beneath her and lift her, she opened her eyes to see Baylor, carrying her into the bedroom.

“So you made it, did you?” she murmured. He chuckled, the rumble that rippled under her ear making her smile. “Don’t do that,” she said. “It tickles.” The rumble repeated. She chuckled. “Well, I’m glad you had fun. But was it successful?”

“Very,” he said.

Something in his tone of voice had her shifting in his arms, her eyes open, staring up at him. “Tell me more.”

“Why don’t you go back to sleep?” he said.

“No,” she said, “that’s not happening. At least not now. You’ve just given me enough to keep me awake.”

He rolled his eyes at her. “I haven’t given you anything.”

“True enough. I’ve had to drag every bit out of you,” she said in exasperation. She yawned, as he placed her on the bed. Then she yawned again.

“See? You’re tired. Just try to sleep.”

“No,” she said, “I’m not that tired. Besides, you’re just dying to tell me what you found.”

“I am not,” he said, with a gentle laugh.

“Sure you are,” she said. “You want to show me how smart you are.”

“No, I really don’t,” he said, chuckling still.

“Fine, but did you figure out where and what?”

“Yes,” he said, “although the cops would have to verify.”

“So was it him?”

“Well, it was his brother, so now we’re looking for whoever killed him.”

“And you don’t think it was the brother?”

“I do think it was the brother. I think it was your captor.”

“Ugh. He’s just the kind who would kill his own brother to save his ass. Although I’m not at all happy to know that he’s still alive. I thought I was somewhat safe, and now that’s out the window.”

“I know, and I’m sorry. That’s why I had to figure it out, so we’d know for sure what we were up against.”

She stared out into the early morning light. “What time is it?”

“Five.”

Her eyes opened wide. “Wow,” she said. “Shouldn’t you be in bed?”

“Well, we’re working on it,” he said. “I will be soon.”

“I don’t get it,” she asked. “You must be exhausted.”

“Not just yet,” he said, “but soon.”

“Do you have to report in or what?”

“Something like that.” He looked over at her bed and then back at the living room.

She immediately shifted to the side and said, “I’d sleep better if you were here.”

He snorted at that. “I’m not quite ready to crash.”

“Says you,” she said, curling up on the side. “I think you’d sleep much better right now.”

He looked at her, as if considering his options. Finally he sighed and laid down beside her and said, “Now go back to sleep.”

“Only if you do first,” she muttered. But she felt her eyelids starting to close again.

He reached over, gently squeezed her shoulder, and said, “I’m fine, and nobody died tonight.”

She twisted on the bed, so she could look up at him. “Nobody?”

He shook his head. “Nobody. I didn’t kill anybody.”

She smiled up at him.

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