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I’m going to fight to stay alive.

She’s my north goddamn star.

The thing about not being enlisted is you don’t have a letter ready to go. Almost all soldiers do. Army, Navy, whatever. You have your letter.

I ripped mine up.

Even when I knew I was coming over here this week, I didn’t bother preparing anything. Fucking Miller. It would have been a clean shot and we’d be on our way home.

Forte reaches over the front seat, banging his head on the roof, and starts wrapping my arm with a bandage.

“We’ll get your boy home. This is what we do,” he yells as more gunfire hits the vehicle.

“Make sure you do. I’ll pull all the strings I can. You’ll have your chopper,” Josh says firmly. “And Marshall, you can take Trina home to meet your mom when you get back.”

I snort.

That would be like dragging a thrashing alligator through the marshes to Disney World.

But I’m up for the challenge.

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

TRINA

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Josh comes flying out of his office with Aidan in tow yelling orders while I stand there gaping.

“Penny I need you to get the general on the phone.”

The general?

Black Hawke Security employees appear out of the woodwork as I press my back against the wall to get out of their way.

“She’s gone home.” Ryder reminds him, and stalks along the hallway toward him. “What’s happened.”

“Get the girls out of here. We’re in code red,” Josh yells.

Code red?

My heart slams inside my chest.

Josh seems to have doubled in size. The SEAL is an intimidating man any day of the week but now, as he storms down the hall passing Ryder, he looks like the alpha warrior I know he is.

That all of them are.

One of his men is in danger.

My man,I hear my inner voice whisper.

But he’s not, so I ignore it. That doesn’t mean I’m leaving.

“No. I’m staying.” I cry, following him.

“Adian!” Josh yells.

“On it.” Adian widens his arms, blocking my progress as Briar comes flying out of the staff room, eyes wide. “Babe. Get Alice! You all need to go home. Now.”

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