Commanding Sia (NCIS Series Book 1)
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When it was over, Sia knew. “Ah, Chris, we’re not going to make it to the hospital.”
“Oh, damn,” he said again as he looked frantically for a place to set her down. “That bench.” He dragged her over and helped her lie down. He settled her jacket over her hips and legs as he removed clothing to make way for the baby.
“I think I’ve been in labor all day,” she said, breaking off as another searing contraction tightened her stomach into a hard knot of pain. She cried out and Chris went white.
“Hang on, honey.”
“I didn’t know it was labor pains,” she panted. “They were so mild.”
“You’re just one of the lucky ones.”
She cried out as another strong band of pain contracted and she felt a pressure in her groin. “I feel the need to push,” she said, the unmistakable feeling of bearing down overwhelming her.
“Then push, honey. I’m here.”
Sia let her body take over since it seemed to know what it wanted to do.
After several minutes, Chris cried out, “I can see the head. Keep going.” He ripped off his jacket and his T-shirt.
Sia continued to push and Chris asked her to stop momentarily as he navigated the shoulders. She could hear the sound of an ambulance in the distance. She remembered someone had called for one when they saw her water break. But they were going to be too late as she felt her child slide from her body. Chris caught the small bundle in his hands and wrapped the baby in the soft cotton of his shirt as Sia heard the first cries.
“It’s a boy,” Chris said, looking up at her with a joyous expression on his face, wonderment in his eyes. And Sia reached down and touched her son. The little boy turned his head, and, like lightning, Sia was struck with instantaneous love, a bond that filled her with the same wonder she’d just seen on her husband’s face.
She stroked his head and said softly as the paramedics rushed up to them, “Hello, Rafael.
Look for the next book in the NCIS series, Guarding Sky where Special Agent Vincent Fitzgerald is assigned as a bodyguard to Dr. Skylar Baang, Navy scientist whom he rescued from a kidnapping. The bad guys want Sky, but is it for the Navy secrets in her head or some other nefarious purpose? Also, if you want to check out Chris Vargas’s origination story, be sure to pick up Pitbull, SEAL Team Alpha, Book #10 and see where it all began. If you haven’t started my SEAL series, you can read Ruckus for free.
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Zoe Dawson lives in North Carolina, one of the friendliest states in the US. She discovered romance in her teens and has been spinning stories in her head ever since. Her heroes are sexy males with a disregard for danger and whether reluctant, gung-ho, or caught up in the action, show their hearts of gold.
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