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Authors: Anya Nowlan
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held her breath, watching him change, until he stood up as a man with blue eyes similar to Rhodes.
He was badly wounded, favoring one side, but that didn’t seem to bother him one bit.
“Come on. We need to get him out of here,” the man said, getting down on his haunches and throwing Rhodes’s arm around his shoulder, dragging him up.
“But, what about…” Kali said, not finishing the sentence as she stared at the fire, which had stopped at the line that Rhodes had created.
It wouldn’t hold long, but maybe just long enough for the others to get there. In the distance, she thought she could hear the sounds of a chopper approaching. The mystery man looked over his shoulder at the blaze thrashing and howling behind the thin line between rock and water, which restricted its access because there was nothing to feed on. His eyes got hard, emotions flooding them that she could not read.
“Nothing we can do for him anymore,” he said solemnly, standing up to his full height.
Kali believed him.
CHAPTER TEN
Rhodes
Rhodes slept for what seemed like a lifetime. It might as well have been, with what went on during his restful slumber.
He woke up only once, immediately after being handed over to Royce and Redmond and carried into the chopper to be shipped into town.
“Is she okay?” he had hissed, eyes wildly darting around for Kali.
When he saw her right there, grabbing his hand, he passed out again.
Blinking his eyes now in the bright sunlight flooding in through the window, he needed a moment to get his bearings. He felt woozy and somewhat worse for wear, but wiggling his toes and fingers, he confirmed that he was still all intact. Rhodes tried to hike himself up on the pillows, but a gentle hand on his chest pushed him back. The voice of an angel made him comply.
“Nuh-uh. Kacey said you need your rest, so that’s what you’re going to get,” Kali said, her gorgeous green eyes twinkling with relief. “It’s good to see you awake, baby.”
Spirits above, her voice sounded good to his ears. Growling slightly as he rolled onto one side, he tugged at her arm and pulled her into a tight embrace against his body, making her curl up in bed next to him. He felt the familiar tightness on his back of slight burns, and a biting pain in one of his shoulders that was in the middle of healing, but he didn’t care. It scarcely seemed important at the moment.
“You’re here,” he said, kissing the back of Kali’s neck.
“Where else could I be?” she asked, sounding incredulous.
Another nuzzling kiss to the back of her ear made her break out in little giggles that made Rhodes’s cock strain against his boxers. Good to know that all his important extremities were still operational.
“Well, going by our history, I figured you’d be anywhere but here, really.”
“We’re done running,” Kali said sternly, twisting around in his arms enough so they came face to face. “You hear me? We’re done. We hold our ground now. Truth only. If I want to yell at you, I yell at you, I don’t go off somewhere and brood on it. And when you get annoyed at me, you do the same. I don’t care if we break a few plates, but we’re going to argue this shit out. We’re in this together. I don’t want to hear a word to the contrary,” she huffed, her high cheekbones tinted with pink.
He couldn’t help but grin. She’d always had a little bit of a temper on her and he’d always loved it. Matched his. But she’d always been better at controlling hers. When he was around her, sometimes he got the inkling that maybe it was a skill he could pick up from her. Maybe now was the time to get some classes.
“Yes, ma’am,” he said with a mock salute, regretting his decision immediately as the pain shot through him like a bullet to the chest.
“You shouldn’t be doing that,” she chided, looking worried. “Kacey said you needed time.”
“Time for what?” he asked, letting a hand slip down along her plush,
He was badly wounded, favoring one side, but that didn’t seem to bother him one bit.
“Come on. We need to get him out of here,” the man said, getting down on his haunches and throwing Rhodes’s arm around his shoulder, dragging him up.
“But, what about…” Kali said, not finishing the sentence as she stared at the fire, which had stopped at the line that Rhodes had created.
It wouldn’t hold long, but maybe just long enough for the others to get there. In the distance, she thought she could hear the sounds of a chopper approaching. The mystery man looked over his shoulder at the blaze thrashing and howling behind the thin line between rock and water, which restricted its access because there was nothing to feed on. His eyes got hard, emotions flooding them that she could not read.
“Nothing we can do for him anymore,” he said solemnly, standing up to his full height.
Kali believed him.
CHAPTER TEN
Rhodes
Rhodes slept for what seemed like a lifetime. It might as well have been, with what went on during his restful slumber.
He woke up only once, immediately after being handed over to Royce and Redmond and carried into the chopper to be shipped into town.
“Is she okay?” he had hissed, eyes wildly darting around for Kali.
When he saw her right there, grabbing his hand, he passed out again.
Blinking his eyes now in the bright sunlight flooding in through the window, he needed a moment to get his bearings. He felt woozy and somewhat worse for wear, but wiggling his toes and fingers, he confirmed that he was still all intact. Rhodes tried to hike himself up on the pillows, but a gentle hand on his chest pushed him back. The voice of an angel made him comply.
“Nuh-uh. Kacey said you need your rest, so that’s what you’re going to get,” Kali said, her gorgeous green eyes twinkling with relief. “It’s good to see you awake, baby.”
Spirits above, her voice sounded good to his ears. Growling slightly as he rolled onto one side, he tugged at her arm and pulled her into a tight embrace against his body, making her curl up in bed next to him. He felt the familiar tightness on his back of slight burns, and a biting pain in one of his shoulders that was in the middle of healing, but he didn’t care. It scarcely seemed important at the moment.
“You’re here,” he said, kissing the back of Kali’s neck.
“Where else could I be?” she asked, sounding incredulous.
Another nuzzling kiss to the back of her ear made her break out in little giggles that made Rhodes’s cock strain against his boxers. Good to know that all his important extremities were still operational.
“Well, going by our history, I figured you’d be anywhere but here, really.”
“We’re done running,” Kali said sternly, twisting around in his arms enough so they came face to face. “You hear me? We’re done. We hold our ground now. Truth only. If I want to yell at you, I yell at you, I don’t go off somewhere and brood on it. And when you get annoyed at me, you do the same. I don’t care if we break a few plates, but we’re going to argue this shit out. We’re in this together. I don’t want to hear a word to the contrary,” she huffed, her high cheekbones tinted with pink.
He couldn’t help but grin. She’d always had a little bit of a temper on her and he’d always loved it. Matched his. But she’d always been better at controlling hers. When he was around her, sometimes he got the inkling that maybe it was a skill he could pick up from her. Maybe now was the time to get some classes.
“Yes, ma’am,” he said with a mock salute, regretting his decision immediately as the pain shot through him like a bullet to the chest.
“You shouldn’t be doing that,” she chided, looking worried. “Kacey said you needed time.”
“Time for what?” he asked, letting a hand slip down along her plush,
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