Shield And Protection

the car, jaws clenched, wondering what percentage of it was bought wit

car and sprinted to the front gate, hoping that there wa

n't renowned for

chain and a solid-looking padlock th

cutter she'd brought along. She'd seen too many stories where the cuttin

e top of the concrete wall, she

ed to take his security seriously. Back door locks were generally easier to access-people o

d Autumn was in the hous

e a child keeping night terrors at bay. The glow

n Finn's house; he clearl

n had com

ps night vision goggles from her backp

the placement of objects, the sound of heavy

tairs and to the largest-lo

ack and naked except for dark-colored briefs w

d glaring d

eep mosquitoes at bay, swept over her as it passed and chi

ough his stomach now protruded like a woman in her first trimester. His once env

at the mercy of younger, stronger men who, if there was any justic

omfort of his bed, totally relaxe

ke that a pe

ow what hit him, she thought as s

etproof, saying that he'd returned fr

you're knif

steadying breath as she wrapped bo

over his broad, lightly-furred chest, positioning the

n place, not believing that now the mom

ought of doing for

e'd carefully pl

what he

couldn

human being in cold blood,

couldn'

the knife, automatically securing the clasp so

t as a band of disappointment squeezed he

et to safety before the blackness at the e

e reached out a hand to the n

odged and started to fall, its metal surroun

before it hi

the

, his right hand delving beneath his pillow and

bbed for the knife, taking several hasty ste

-trained military operative,

o grossly miscalcula

not anticipated him

le resisted the

a

the thick leat

elf as Finn raised his arm and po

end, she t

stantly repla

lcomed

hat would have killed both her and Stella. Instead, the bullet had ri

n switched on the torchlight and flashed

eep slumber by something that looked like a creature from

ll wasn't

of her body, visibly relaxed, and then l

at him, throwing caution to the wind, bristling with rage that with one

ttle Bae, all gr

ad no right to call her by the

ily he'