Page 80 of The Ranger
“Thanks,” I grab the Glock, check the magazine and slam it back in.
Mostly to make myself feel better.
“Stay with him.”Josh tells Marshall, then glances at me.“Ryder is in charge of whether you go or stay.”
Then he leaves the room to join Aidan and Nathan.
I don’t wait for the door to shut before tearing off my shirt and pants.If Penny walks in she’s going to get a big eyeful of my tattoo-covered back and my Calvin Klein briefs.
No one says a single word.
These are men who will die for me, as I would for them.Someone has taken one of ours—two of ours—and I know they’ll do what it takes to get her back.
But that doesn’t mean our role in protecting or retrieving the chip is done.The stakes just got higher.
I’m trying to ignore the fact that one or two lives are not greater than protecting the entire country.We are all trained and experienced enough to know how this works.
It’s why Josh put Ryder in charge.
I crouch and tie up the laces, tears threatening to spill while fury still pounds in my veins.
Scarlett.
When I stand, I rub a hand over my face.“She was having some pains last week.”
All three men nod.
“We need to have an ambulance ready for when we find them.”
They nod again.
I know what that means.They aren’t confident we’ll get her out alive.A North Korean spy is holding my pregnantgirlhostage.It’s not good.
Not fucking good at all.
My desperate eyes find Marshall’s, and he closes in, gripping my shoulders.He looks me dead in the eye.“We are going to get them back.You.Me.These men.We are the best.We will get them back.”
I do fucking love her.
It’s never been clearer.
Chen has stolen part of my soul.He has my child, and my girl.
Scarlett is mine.
Suddenly everything is fucking clear.
When I get her back, I’m not letting her go and she is just going to have to goddamn accept that.
I draw in four or five deep breaths as I stare at the ground, then look up at the three big fuckers standing around me.
“Let’s go.”
