Shielding Aspen (Delta Team Two, #3)

by Susan Stoker

“The second she realized what happened, Aspen threw herself overboard after you,” Lefty seethed. “Into the fucking floodwaters that were full of sewage and live electrical wires. You weren’t breathing, and she gave you rescue breaths until you started breathing on your own again! Then she hauled you who the hell knows how far to the closest available flat surface. Then she sat in those same floodwaters looking after your ass for hours until we found you. “She was willing to fight the nurses for the right to stay by your side, but we convinced her to get looked over first. She fell asleep the second she lay down, her body just shutting down, but when she woke up, she barely tolerated anyone checking on her wellbeing before she was in here, waiting for you to wake up. She hasn’t eaten. She hasn’t slept again. She hasn’t showered. Her first concern was you. Then you have the nerve to tell her you need some fucking space? What the hell’s wrong with you?”