Hot SEALs: Her Special Alpha (Kindle Worlds) (X-OPS 3.5) Read Online Free
Author: Paige Tyler
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Paranormal, Adult, Gang, Danger, Erotic, special forces, Alpha, Shifter, Army, wolf shifter, Homeland Security, backup, Kindle Worlds, X-Ops Series, Former Soldier, Private Security, Bizarre, Dept Covert Op., Sisters Wedding, Feline Shifter, Covert Agent, Bad Guys
laughed and shook her head. “I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone like you before in my life.”
A smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, drawing her attention there and making her wonder what it would be like to kiss him.
“Funny you should mention that, since I’m absolutely, positively, get-there-overnight sure that I’ve never met anyone like you in my life before, either,” he said. “Speaking of which, any chance you might explain some of the things I saw out there tonight?”
Well, there it was. She’d been wondering when he was going to ask. He might not have headed for the hills after seeing her inner animal come out, but that didn’t mean he wasn’t curious. The question was, did she follow the DCO rules and deny all, or did she go with her instincts and trust a guy she’d known for less than an hour?
Eden knew the answer to that without even having to think about it.
“I can.” She glanced at the cops, then her parents. “But I’d rather not get into it here.”
He nodded. “Okay. How about over dinner tomorrow night then?”
Eden smiled. She hadn’t gone out with a guy this attractive in a long time, if ever. Working in the DCO sort of put a damper on your social life. “Dinner sounds great.”
* * * * *
Eden waved to Travis as he drove out of the hotel parking lot. After finishing up with the police, Travis had followed her back there, not only so he’d know where to pick her up for dinner the next night, but to make sure she made it safely. Was that seriously sweet or what?
She was still smiling as she stepped off the elevator and walked down the hall to her room. Her mother had pulled her aside before she left the restaurant to remind her that she was more than welcome to stay in her old room at their house. Eden couldn’t tell her mom that the reason she kept turning down the offer was because she didn’t want to put up with the constant nagging about why she couldn’t get a job at one of the local navy bases instead of up in D.C., why she hardly ever came to visit even though Washington was only about three and a half hours away, and why she didn’t have a steady boyfriend. Instead, she’d convinced her mom that she snored and didn’t want to keep everyone up all night. As lies went, it was pretty pathetic, but her mother seemed to buy it. Or at least nodded and went along with it.
Once inside her room, Eden dug her phone out of her purse, and scrolled through her contacts until she came to Kendra Carlsen’s—or rather Kendra MacBride’s now that she was married—cell number. There was a time when Eden would have tried the DCO’s resident behavioral scientist-slash-training officer’s desk phone first, but since she and bear shifter Declan MacBride had gotten married a little while ago, the department’s do-it-all specialist didn’t work a lot of overtime anymore. Not that Eden blamed her. If she had a big, tall, muscular teddy bear like Declan to come home to, Eden would never work late again. The guy was a straight-up stud muffin.
Kendra picked up on the third ring. “Hey, Eden! I thought you were still on vacation.”
“I am.” Eden walked over to look out the window at the beach below. Thanks to her excellent night vision, she could see as well as if it were daytime. “I ran into a little trouble and need you to check something out for me.”
“Trouble? Crap! What happened? Are you okay?” Kendra asked.
“I’m fine.” She told Kendra about the fight behind the restaurant, the four armed men with automatic weapons, and the wolf shifter with them.
“You went up against guys with guns and a rogue shifter on your own?” Kendra demanded. “Are you crazy?”
“It wasn’t like I had much choice.” Eden left the window and crossed the room to sit on the bed. “Besides, I wasn’t exactly on my own. I got help from a former Army Special Forces guy named Travis Dalton. He covered my ass.”
“Really?” Kendra had gone from concerned to curious.
A smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, drawing her attention there and making her wonder what it would be like to kiss him.
“Funny you should mention that, since I’m absolutely, positively, get-there-overnight sure that I’ve never met anyone like you in my life before, either,” he said. “Speaking of which, any chance you might explain some of the things I saw out there tonight?”
Well, there it was. She’d been wondering when he was going to ask. He might not have headed for the hills after seeing her inner animal come out, but that didn’t mean he wasn’t curious. The question was, did she follow the DCO rules and deny all, or did she go with her instincts and trust a guy she’d known for less than an hour?
Eden knew the answer to that without even having to think about it.
“I can.” She glanced at the cops, then her parents. “But I’d rather not get into it here.”
He nodded. “Okay. How about over dinner tomorrow night then?”
Eden smiled. She hadn’t gone out with a guy this attractive in a long time, if ever. Working in the DCO sort of put a damper on your social life. “Dinner sounds great.”
* * * * *
Eden waved to Travis as he drove out of the hotel parking lot. After finishing up with the police, Travis had followed her back there, not only so he’d know where to pick her up for dinner the next night, but to make sure she made it safely. Was that seriously sweet or what?
She was still smiling as she stepped off the elevator and walked down the hall to her room. Her mother had pulled her aside before she left the restaurant to remind her that she was more than welcome to stay in her old room at their house. Eden couldn’t tell her mom that the reason she kept turning down the offer was because she didn’t want to put up with the constant nagging about why she couldn’t get a job at one of the local navy bases instead of up in D.C., why she hardly ever came to visit even though Washington was only about three and a half hours away, and why she didn’t have a steady boyfriend. Instead, she’d convinced her mom that she snored and didn’t want to keep everyone up all night. As lies went, it was pretty pathetic, but her mother seemed to buy it. Or at least nodded and went along with it.
Once inside her room, Eden dug her phone out of her purse, and scrolled through her contacts until she came to Kendra Carlsen’s—or rather Kendra MacBride’s now that she was married—cell number. There was a time when Eden would have tried the DCO’s resident behavioral scientist-slash-training officer’s desk phone first, but since she and bear shifter Declan MacBride had gotten married a little while ago, the department’s do-it-all specialist didn’t work a lot of overtime anymore. Not that Eden blamed her. If she had a big, tall, muscular teddy bear like Declan to come home to, Eden would never work late again. The guy was a straight-up stud muffin.
Kendra picked up on the third ring. “Hey, Eden! I thought you were still on vacation.”
“I am.” Eden walked over to look out the window at the beach below. Thanks to her excellent night vision, she could see as well as if it were daytime. “I ran into a little trouble and need you to check something out for me.”
“Trouble? Crap! What happened? Are you okay?” Kendra asked.
“I’m fine.” She told Kendra about the fight behind the restaurant, the four armed men with automatic weapons, and the wolf shifter with them.
“You went up against guys with guns and a rogue shifter on your own?” Kendra demanded. “Are you crazy?”
“It wasn’t like I had much choice.” Eden left the window and crossed the room to sit on the bed. “Besides, I wasn’t exactly on my own. I got help from a former Army Special Forces guy named Travis Dalton. He covered my ass.”
“Really?” Kendra had gone from concerned to curious.
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