Special Forces: Operation Alpha: Saving Grace (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Shauna Allen

Author:Shauna Allen [Allen, Shauna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2018-05-16T07:00:00+00:00

Eight

Grace

Lucas.

He’d finally told me his name.

Corporal Lucas Moore, United States Marine. And one hell of a kisser.

He left me to go talk to his friend outside, but I was already wondering when I’d get to kiss him again. If I’d get to kiss him again. If I’d get to do more than kiss him.

Yes, I barely knew him, but he was unlike any man I’d ever met, and I was intrigued. I was also an intuitive girl, and my instincts had never led me astray before—and right now, they were screaming at me that Lucas was someone special.

Still, I had to admit, we were in a very unique situation, and once this was over and things were resolved, he may very well never want to see me again, and I’d have to respect that.

I decided to busy myself inside and cook us some dinner. I rifled around the kitchen and found the ingredients for a passable attempt at chile rellenos. I grimaced at the jarred salsa, but since they didn’t have everything I needed for that, I decided to make do.

The air was scented nicely with cheese and spices, and I was cutting up fresh fruit for dessert, when Lucas (I refused to think of him as Lucky now that I’d tasted his lips so intimately) came sauntering in about an hour later.

He didn’t say a word, but I felt his presence as sure as the sunshine. I continued cooking, basking in his glow. Or was that me?

“Hungry?” I asked, sliding a look over my shoulder.

He was leaning against the doorframe, arms folded across his broad chest, watching me with a predatory gaze that made my toes curl. “Starved.”

I turned to him fully with a flirty smile. “You know what they say about the way to a man’s heart.”

One brow lifted in challenge. “You think I’m that easy?”

“I’d be disappointed if you were.”

“And yet, here you are cooking for me.”

“We can’t all live on Fritos and soda, Lucas.”

His eyes flared at my use of his given name. “So, what is the way to your heart, Grace?”

“What makes you so sure I have one?” I countered, my heart pounding entirely too hard as he stared me down, his hazel eyes boring into mine like laser beams. It became clear to me then why he did what he did for a living. He could probably intimidate the worst of humanity with one look and never even flinch.

“Oh, you have one, Grace. You wouldn’t be here if you didn’t.” And, right there, he laid my soul bare. He’d exposed my Achilles Heel. The very thing that brought us together.

Brianne.

I spun away and blinked hard, fighting to hold it together as every bit of emotion of the past days crashed down on me like a gale force wind. What if something happened to the one truly good person in my life? What if it was all my fault?

His big, warm hand landed on my shoulder. “It’s all right, Grace. We’ll find a way to get her back and keep you both safe.

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