Trapped by Alison Aimes

Author:Alison Aimes [Aimes, Alison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Fantasy, Military, Paranormal, Science Fiction
Amazon: B018T3TWGC
Publisher: Orchid Publishing
Published: 2016-03-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

“I’ll be back as soon as I can.” Breathing hard, Caine wedged the last of the boulders into place in front of the door.

Bella tried to keep her worry at bay. The storm had indeed settled down. But the tempest between her and Caine remained. He hadn’t gone far when he left, only just outside the cave entrance, but he’d stayed there a long while. He’d come inside caked in red dust only to inform her the weather had improved enough for him to go warn her colleagues. Then he started dragging in boulders the size of small planets.

It was clear he didn’t want to talk about what had happened before.

“Are you sure I can’t go with you?” She trailed in his wake, the distance between them as vast as ever. “You’re going to have a hard time getting them to listen without me there.”

“I’ll do my best.” He strapped a small knife to the pocket of his camo pants and seized his spear. Even before their argument, he’d been immoveable in his refusal to take her. She got it. She’d only slow him down when speed was of the essence. Still, she hated the idea that he was off to risk himself without her to watch his back. More so when things were so uneasy between them.

“If for some reason I can’t make it back in a few hours,” he said, “there are additional glow sticks in the third drawer from the top. There’s also enough dried food in the kitchen to last a lifetime.”

“But you’ll be back way before a lifetime, I’m sure.” Her joke fell flat, her voice a little uncertain even to her own ears.

He shoved a container of dried food into his pack. “Right. But just in case.” He still hadn’t looked up. “Remember what I told you. Don’t go outside for any reason.”

She glanced at the huge pile of boulders that now barricaded the door. “I don’t think that will be a problem.”

He paused in his packing. “It better not be.” He finally looked at her, the lines around his eyes tight with tension. To her surprise, his gaze was dark with concern. No anger in sight. “Don’t forget to put more of that salve on your bruises. It’s easy to get an infection here. And don’t venture into the back caverns while I’m not here. You could get lost or slip.”

Buoyed by his concern, she grabbed his arm, his bicep so big she could barely wrap her hand around half. “I’m sorry about before.”

“It’s fine.”

“No. It’s not. I shouldn’t have assumed you intended to use your invention to crash a manned shuttle. I don’t…I don’t know much about your past, but I do know you’ve been nothing but fair and patient and generous since we met. Fear just got the best of me for a minute. It won’t happen again.”

He nodded, his expression as unreadable as ever. “Okay.”

Not the most satisfying of responses.

“I think…I think I’m not the best at this whole depending on someone else thing.

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