Shiela Stewart - [Darkness 07]
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Kenton spun around, then jumped to his feet.
“Don’t look into his eyes!” Nathan yelled, hoping to warn them before it was too late.
“One step closer and I send your lover to smithereens.” Kenton held up the detonator, his finger poised on the switch.
“It’s a bomb,” Nathan advised, his eyes glued to Sienna. She looked…different.
“You won’t win, Lieutenant. I still have control over you. Take this weapon and kill them or I press this switch and turn your lover into mush.”
“Sienna, don’t. Listen to my voice,” Nathan pleaded as Kenton handed her his gun. When her hand came up and took the gun, he pleaded even more. “Sienna, please, listen to my voice. You’re stronger than him. Fight.”
“Back off you two or I will press this button,” Kenton warned the male and female who’d accompanied Sienna. “Shoot them, Lieutenant.”
“Sienna, no!” Nathan cried out as she lifted her weapon. Then she aimed it at Kenton and pulled the trigger. The bullet hit him right between the eyes and sent the killer toppling to the floor. Nathan’s body was suddenly like a lead weight and he was well aware of every ache and pain. As he looked up at Sienna, he saw her hand drop to her side, the weapon fall to the floor as her knees gave out and took her down. “Sienna!”
“I’ve got her.”
He watched the female scoop Sienna in her arms, then vanish.
“What the hell?”
“She’s in good hands. Let’s get you out of here.”
“If I move I’ll set off the bomb.”
“Not if I do this. I warn you, it might sting a little.”
The dark-haired man placed a hand on Nathan’s shoulder and the next thing he knew he was standing in a white room surrounded by noise so loud it was deafening and people scurrying about.
He was in a hospital.
Then his body felt as if it had turned to jelly and his knees gave out, sending him down onto the floor.
“I got you.”
“Jesus! What the hell’s happening to me?”
“After effects of transportation. The molecules in your body need time to readjust to the change. You’ll feel better in no time. I hope.”
“What do you mean, you hope?” It wasn’t the most comfortable feeling having your body turn to jelly.
“I normally don’t transport humans, but we can discuss this later. Right now, we need to make sure your lieutenant is all right.”
“Sienna? Where is she?”
“Room two thirteen. Ah, this should do nicely.” He pulled over a wheelchair and lifted Nathan into it. “Let’s roll.”
***
“I’m fine. Really. I just…got a little weak is all. I have to save Nathan.”
“He’s fine, now stop being so stubborn and lie still and let the doctor examine you.” Trinity pushed Sienna back down onto the bed.
“How do you know he’s safe? He was hooked up to that bomb. I shouldn’t have killed that murdering bastard. I should have gone into his mind and gotten the code. Damn it…why didn’t I think before I shot him?” She’d reacted instead of thinking first and if anything happened to Nathan…God, she would die if anything happened to him.
“How many fingers do I have up, Miss Storm?” the doctor asked as he held his hand up to her face.
The door to her room opened up and she was filled with both relief and utter love when the chief entered the room pushing Nathan in a—wait a minute… “Nathan?” She pushed the doctor aside and slid off the bed. She rushed to him, kneeling at his feet. “What happened? Are you okay? Oh God, what did he do to you? I shouldn’t have killed him until he’d released you. Damn it, talk to me. Are you okay?”
Nathan cupped her face in both hands and silenced her with a hard kiss. When he finally released her he was smiling. “Now that you’ve shut up, I’ll answer your questions. I’m fine, just a little…weak from my trip.”
“I transported him here,” the chief informed her.
“But aside from that I’m fine. Why are your eyes black, Sienna?”
“It’s an after effect of my linking with the killer. It’ll go away after a while…I hope. I love you,” she blurted out, then plastered his mouth with short sharp kisses. “God, I love you so much I can’t think.” She continued to kiss him. “And if you leave me I will hunt you down and take you out at the knees.”
“Maybe I should have left you attached to the bomb,” the chief joked, taking a step away from the chair. “Why don’t we leave these two love birds alone to hash out their feelings?”
Sienna waited until all three had left the room before she continued. “I didn’t mean that.”
“You sure as hell did.” Taking her face in his hands, Nathan kissed her once, nice and slow, making her head spin. When he released her lips, he held her face in his hands and looked right into her eyes. “I love you too; you already know that. I love you, Lieutenant Storm, and I have no intentions of ever leaving you.”
She felt her eyes well up and told herself to stop being such a sappy fool. “You have a job, family, a life somewhere else. I can’t ask you to give all that up for me.”
“You haven’t asked me but I’m telling you that this is my life now, you are my life now, and maybe if I’m lucky, I’ll have a job here as well. I came to Jacob’s Cove to find a killer, to get revenge, but instead, I found love.”
That was it, she lost control and the tears spilled out.
“And besides, what man could resist a woman who comes to his rescue, guns blazing.”
Laughing, she rested her head on his lap and let the tears flow. “I’m such a fool.”
He lifted her head, thumbed away her tears. “Why are you a fool?”
“I told myself I would never fall for another cop and here I am, head over heels in love with one.”
“Well, you know what they say?” He took her hands in his, smiling. “You have to test the water before making the plunge.”
Laughing, she fell into his arms and let his lips take her away.
Biography
Raised on a rural farm in Saskatchewan, Shiela Stewart relied on her vivid imagination to fill her days. Never did she realize that her need to tell a story would someday lead to becoming a published romance author. In the fall of two thousand and six, Shiela published her very first book and hasn’t stopped since.
When not writing, Shiela spends time with the love of her life, William and their three children. She has a strong affection for animals which is evident in the five cats, one dog, three turtles and ten fish she owns. Some of her passions aside from writing are drawing and painting and proudly displays her artwork in murals in her home.
Her favorite time of day is sunset and loves to stargaze.
Other Books by
Shiela Stewart
Discovery in Passion: Passion Series Book 1
Escape in Passion: Passion Series Book 2
Mercy in Passion: Passion Series Book 3
Seducing the Darkness: Darkness Series Book 1
Desiring the Darkness: Darkness Series Book 2
Embracing the Darkness: Darkness Series Book 3
Charming the Darkness: Darkness Series Book 4
Tempting the Darkness: Darkness Series Book 5
Penetrating the Darkness: Darkness Series Book 6
Consuming the Darkness: Darkness Series Book 7
Surviving the Darkness: Darkness Series Book 8
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