THE MARINE'S LAST DEFENSE by ANGI MORGAN

Author:ANGI MORGAN, [MORGAN,, ANGI]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ROMANCE - - SUSPENSE
Publisher: HARLEQUIN
Published: 2013-12-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Jake berated himself for not checking the weather before leaving Dallas. Once they’d gotten north of Fort Worth, it had begun snowing hard. He hadn’t thought too much about a snow flurry at the apartment. He’d driven through them before. No big deal. They had food and a full tank of gas.

Two hours north and he was barely moving twenty miles per hour down the highway. They followed the few drivers brave enough or foolish enough to keep pushing forward. But now even those cars were exiting to a closed gas station.

“Need some coffee?” Bree stretched awake from the sound sleep she’d needed. “Oh, they don’t look open.”

“Afraid we’re stuck here awhile.”

“But we can’t stop. We don’t have time.”

“I can’t see the road any longer. Not to mention the ice already on the bridges.” He was physically tired of driving through the crosswinds hitting the truck. And when he was this exhausted, he could lose control. He wouldn’t let that happen. He knew how to avoid that dark place.

“But—”

“Look, I want you to get there ASAP. I don’t feel comfortable helping you escape from the Dallas P.D., but I realize this is the best solution for you, me and your family. I also want us to get there alive. Everyone’s pulled off of 287.” He slipped his gloves on, immediately regretting the harshness he’d used to speak to her. “I’m going to check with the truck driver we were following. See if he received word about road conditions or if he was just tired of fighting this wind.”

He pulled the keys. Dallas popped her head up when the cab light came on. “Stay.”

“Do you really think we’d try to go anywhere?” Bree asked.

“I was talking to Dallas.”

“Right. Want to cuff me again?”

He closed the door without letting the wind slam it shut. It was tense enough in the truck just driving. He didn’t need the wrath of a woman to aggravate the situation. The snow didn’t fall as much as it slammed against his exposed skin. He quickly zipped his jacket and pulled the collar up around his neck.

“This dang wind makes this morning’s walk in the snow feel warm.”

In the military police, he hadn’t been in the middle of many blizzards and sure hadn’t faced them in east Texas, where he’d grown up. That gut-wrenching instinct told him this wasn’t a normal snowstorm. He had a very bad feeling they’d be stuck until morning. If not here, then along the road away from any town or cell reception.

The wind gusted enough to blow him sideways as he walked. He wasn’t a lightweight and had to shield his face with his hand to see the vehicles in front of him. The tire tracks of the car that they had pulled off with were almost gone. As he passed, he noticed the man inside was alone and bundled into a sleeping bag in the backseat.

Jake jogged as best as he could to the big rig and tapped on the door.

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