Hawk's Honor - #NewRelease, #Excerpt
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Beinga hawk shifter on a Marine Corp Special Ops team is dangerous but falling inlove with his commanding officer is deadly. Honor bound by the corps, JamieHawke won’t touch Captain Andrea “Andi” Nelson.
As they lay in silence,tension thickened the air. With the cat out of the bag, there would be nothingtechnical stopping them from getting involved romantically. Maybe she misreadthe various ques from him, misunderstood the longing glances she would catchfrom him when they were in the desert. But then again, Madame Eve did matchthem. If he only considered her a friend, she would let go of the desire to bewith him.
“Not my commanding officer.” His voice barely over awhisper as he spoke to himself with his eyes closed. “Out of the Corps.”
“I need to be honest with you, Jamie.” Gathering hercourage, she needed to be fully honest with him. “I’ve been attracted to youfor a long time. During our tours, I found myself caring for you in a way thatwent against code. At one point, I seriously considered asking for areassignment. Now that I’m out of the Corps, I approached Madame Eve to see ifwe might be a match.”
She heard a sharp intake of breath next to her.Perhaps she said too much, and he didn’t see her as anything other than hiscommanding officer. She longed for his arms to wrap around her, even for ashort time. Her life flipped upside down with her injury and her confidencetook a hit. His silence fed her insecurities. A flush of embarrassment traveledup her chest and neck. Unshed tears burned her eyes. Hawke remained so quiet,she wondered if he was freaking out or if he fell asleep. She rolled to her sideto check on him. He lay on his back with the heels of his hands pushing intohis eyes. His lips formed a taut line.
“I’m being too pushy.” She groaned in apprehension andpushed to a kneeling position. “I shouldn’t have said anything. I’m sorry if Imade things weird. I’ve obviously made a mistake by admitting my crush on you.Look, maybe I’ll…”
“No.” With lightning speed, he grabbed her wrist tostop her from rising. “No mistake and don’t even think about leaving.”
Static electricity vibrated where their skin touched.His thumb caressed the inside of her wrist, sending a calming sensationthroughout her entire body. He flipped to his side and lifted onto his forearm.He took a deep breath and released a sigh. Her eyes met his. Slivers of goldsprayed like fireworks in the dark orbs.
“I need to be honest with you.” He spoke withconviction as his eyes bore into hers. “I lied.”
