Free BROKEN by Kimberley Reeves

occasional beer while he was staying with her , and he’d certainly never gotten drunk.   Her heart ached for all the pain he had suffered, for the sacrifices he’d made for the sake of others.   And she forgave him.   She forgave him for all the times he seemed so distant and for using her to forget.   She forgave him for leaving her, for all the lonely nights, for all the tears.
    Jessie drew in a deep breath and turned the page.   There was more of the same; more missions, more drinking binges, women he didn’t bother to name.   But there were also passages about the men he worked with and his brother.   Not about the missions they went on, but the friendship they shared and the closeness that came from watching out for each other.  
    He lost himself during those dark times between missions, but always in those last few days before Kincaid returned to the team, it was his love for Mitch that drew him back out.   His brother needed him, he wrote, and he couldn’t bear to disappoint Mitch by letting him know how far down he’d sunk.   So he sobered up and came back pretending that he was ready to take on the next assignment.
    I was on a downward spiral with no way to stop myself.   I couldn’t leave Special Ops because it was too much a part of me.   How ironic that being an agent was both my saving grace and the source of my destruction.   Then I met Jessie.   Halfway through my second whiskey sour of the night, I looked up and spotted her across the little bar.  
    Blond hair, blue eyes, and a set of killer legs that practically had me drooling on the bar.   Jessie was surrounded by four or five men who all looked like they’d beat the hell out of anyone who even dared to approach her.   But she was by far the most beautiful woman I had ever seen , and the thought crossed my mind that it might be worth taking a punch or two if I got to dance with her just once .
    A soft smile formed on Jessie’s lips when she remembered the night they met.   It was hard not to notice to him, he was so incredibly handsome.   Dressed in army fatigues, he looked out of place in the little bar , and the boys had started in on the jeering remarks almost as soon as they arrived.  
    Kincaid was less than subtle; his eyes following her when Del asked her to dance, raking over her as if he was picturing her without any clothes.   It excited her in a way she’d never known before , and when the dance was over, she excused herself and walked boldly up to the bar.  
    With her hands on her hips, she looked Kincaid straight in the eye and shocked herself by saying, “Well?   Are you just going to sit there gawking at me all night or are you going to ask me to dance?”

Chapter 5
    The sexy grin he gave her had Jessie mentally undressing him , just as he’d done to her.   Without a word he took her hand and led her out onto the dance floor and pulled her into his arms.   She wasn’t sure how she managed to stay on her feet because the minute she was pressed up against his lean, muscular body, her knees nearly buckled beneath her.                
    The chemistry between them was overpowering, his masculinity so potent she could barely breathe.   It felt good to be his arms , and Jessie was elated when the slow dance ended and the band moved right into another.   Kincaid looked past her, nodding his head towards her ranch hands.  
    “What are the chances of me making it out of here alive?”
    Jessie smiled up at him.   “With or without me?”
    “Sweetheart, I have no intention of leaving here without you.   It would help to know my odds though.”
    A soft blush worked its way up her neck at what he was suggesting.   “I don’t even know you .  W hat makes you think I would leave with you?”  
    Kincaid ’s head dipped down, his lips capturing hers in long, sensuous kiss that left her heart pounding wildly and her breath nonexistent.   “Oh,” was all she managed to say before he drew her