The Omega Team: His Rysk to Take (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Burke Aliyah

Author:Burke, Aliyah [Burke, Aliyah]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Mat threw up his fist. Sheri paused behind him silent as any operative. Pleased, he waved her closer, aware he couldn’t use the hand signals that were second nature to him from his time in the service.

He hardly heard her breathing as she reached him.

“What do we do?” she asked.

He hated this. This was a scouting mission, not an op. He wasn’t properly equipped. Ten men with automatic weapons. He had a knife. And Sheri.

They stared at the children, huddling in a scared group. He clamped a hand on her arm.

Sheri’s body vibrated with fury.

He understood, so did his.

Never much gave the thought to having kids of his own but this scene tore at his heart strings.

“Well?” she whispered.

“I have a knife.”

“And a Beretta.”

“What?” He leaned closer. “You have a Berretta?”

“Always do. Full magazine.” She breathed on his ear. “Are you about to go all MacGyver on me?”

“Why, have a stick of gum?”

“No, sorry.”

Her almost silent chuckle warmed him. “You’re a fan of Mac?”

“The original, not the revamped.”

Richard Dean Anderson. Yes, he could see why she found him attractive. “Do I want to know why you carry a gun?”

“Scare animals.”

Okay, that made sense.

“Can you get it without giving us away?”

“Take me a bit, it’s down with our bags.” She shrugged.

“Go. Be careful.”

“Are you worried about me?”

More than he ever cared to admit.

She kissed his temple and left.

The moment he could no longer feel her presence, his worry jacked up. The group wasn’t going anywhere yet. There was no vehicle and it looked like some were wet as if they’d capsized earlier in the day.

Problem was, he didn’t feel that it was just those ten men. He’d learned that rarely did anyone show all their cards. Or assets.

Time crawled until a sound behind him preluded Sheri’s arrival.

She slithered up beside him. “Here you go.” She put the Berretta in his hand.

Loaded, he could infer this by the weight.

“And this.”

He closed his fingers around a phone. “I love you,” he whispered.

She stiffened briefly before saying lightly, “I know. All the boys do.”

Thing was, he had no compulsion to clarify that statement. He meant each word. “I need to place a call. Trouble is, they may have ears up to listen in on any comms. I’m moving away from you, in case they try to locate me.

“Are you sure that’s wise?”

“No, but this lucky break can’t be left without at least trying to do something. We don’t know how often they go through here. All those kids could be here now. I refuse to lose them. Even if those children from around here aren’t, there are a lot of scared children in there who need our help.”

“Go. We’re not letting those children be subjected to this shit any longer.”

He stared at her fierce expression. Yep, he loved her even harder now. Mat, fully attune to his surroundings, slipped away to place a call. The Omega Team may not be able to come in time personally, but he trusted Grey to notify the right people who could arrive in time.

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