Special Forces: Operation Alpha: Protecting Heartbeat (Kindle Worlds Novella) (SEALed Fate Book 4) by LeTeisha Newton

Author:LeTeisha Newton [Newton, LeTeisha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-08-26T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

“We’ve found a secure home we can hide in for now.”

Rose looked up at Welsh and nodded. She and Lacey had curled up as best they could in the ambulance to get a bit of rest, but for Rose it turned into a glazed-over stare. Her body ached, and now, with her adrenaline gone, her injuries throbbed. She’d slipped a few anti-inflammatories from the medical supplies in the ambulance, but they weren’t nearly enough to knock out everything. She didn’t want to risk not having supplies for the wounded men. Heim would have to remain medicated to deal with the pain. As it was, she worried they’d have to rebreak his bones to set them correctly if they didn’t get back to a proper facility.

“Are we safe here?” she asked.

“I won’t let anything happen to you,” Welsh answered, holding out his hand. “We’re going to keep a lookout for you guys and give you as much privacy as we can. Three SEALs will be on guard duty at any time.”

She nodded and took his hand. It was warm and callused as it curled around hers, the sheer size of it making her feel small. In her profession, her hands meant everything—life or death, help or hinder—and she imagined his were the same. The two of them were so different, yet they relied on the power of the same extremities. She must have been tired, thinking of such trivial things, but as Welsh led her into a partially destroyed building, she kept going back to his hand.

He’d killed tonight.

The thought should have made her sick, maybe even look at him differently, but she was too grateful for all he’d done. Welsh was a hero. He’d single-handedly saved everyone and never gave up. She admired him even more. This was the same man who had come to her when she was crying and gave her someone to talk to. He had found her when the battle waged; he may have never been separated with his team if he hadn’t. Lacey followed after them, not speaking, and Rose worried about her EMT seeing things she hadn’t discussed yet.

Welsh took them past a crumpled wall with haphazard paintings ripped to shreds still clinging to the walls. Dust and caked dirt littered the floor. Whereever they were, it used to be someone’s home. The kitchen area was more intact, thought it remained to be seen if they could use anything in it. The rebels often cut electricity and water to locations before attacks. The tactic obliterated the country’s healthcare in areas where hospitals couldn’t sustain power to help anyone. It was part of the reason MSF had come out to assist. Back home, Rose worked at nationally ranked UC San Diego Health-Jacobs Medical Center, with state of the art technology to help her save lives. Here, she fought with generators, faulty electricity, and the bare minimum. But she felt good, like she truly made a difference.

Tonight showed her she might have been wrong.

Welsh led them into a small room with sparse furnishings.

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