Free Delta Recon (SEAL Team Phantom Series, Book 2) by Elle Boon Page A

love the petite blonde. Of course, she’d nag Jaqui about giving up her career, which would not be good. He shook his head as he thought of things that hadn’t even transpired. “Moving way ahead of yourself boyo.”
    He let his mom know he was back on U.S. soil and would be heading home to Hawaii the next day, promising to call once he was settled. Since the woman didn’t check her email daily, he wasn’t sure when she’d actually see it, he figured he had a little reprieve.
    Sitting back, he placed his folded hands over his stomach. With time to kill, he let his eyes close. Rest had been the last thing on his mind since finding out Jaqui had been taken. Now, he let his body relax, his mind following. The slow steady beeping lulled him into sleep.
    Two things alerted him to the fact they were no longer alone. The first was when he heard the door open softly. The second was the sound of the soft soled shoes tiptoeing across the floor. Tay kept his breathing slow and easy, waiting to see what the intruder would do, and wondering where the guard on duty was. He hoped he didn’t have to kill anyone while in the military hospital, but he’d do what he had to. Mind made up, he opened his eyes to slits, watching as the nurse from earlier looked around Jaqui. He saw her lift something out of her pocket, then glance in his direction, a slight frown marring her forehead. Her right hand fisted, she lifted one of the IV’s attached to Jaqui.
    “Whatcha got there, nurse?” Tay opened his eyes, keeping his voice even.
    The woman sputtered, dropping what she had in her hand on the ground. Tay sprang into action as she tried to flee from the room. “Where you going? Shouldn’t you be picking up that there medicine, and doing what you came here for? Or were you thinking you could run fast enough? Let me save you some time and energy,” he growled, getting in her face. “There ain’t nowhere you can run or hide from me that would keep you safe. Had you succeeded in your mission, you’d be the one lying in a cold, hard grave.” With each word his voice raised until he was sure nobody on the floor could fail to hear him. The sound of pounding feet let him know others were coming in. Whether it was to save him and Jaqui or the nurse, was yet to be seen. He held onto the nurse with one arm, while he bent down and retrieved the injection with the other.
    “I’m sorry. I had to do it. They told me if I didn’t they’d kill my baby. If I don’t report back with it being done, my son will be killed.” The woman sobbed.
    He looked in her eyes, but didn’t see true tears. He’d thought something was off with the woman earlier.
    Fishing into his pocket, he dialed Kai. Within one ring the other man answered. “Kai, I need you to find out if Heather Angelique is a nurse here at Walter Reed, and if so, if she has a son.” He listened to Kai, then continued. “Yeah, she just tried to kill Jaqui.”
    The officer who was stationed outside the door walked in to hear the last part, his eyes flying open, gun coming out of its holster. A shiver wracked the woman’s frame, but she didn’t say another word. Either her cover was good, or she didn’t care what happened to herself.
    “I’m sorry, sir. There was supposedly an incident at the elevators. She asked me to help a mother with an injured child, but when I got there,” he looked down at his toes, then up. “There was no one there. I foolishly thought the mother had found her child and had just started back when I heard your raised voice. I’ve alerted the hospital that we are on lockdown. Should I...” his voice trailed off.
    Tay stared at the young soldier. “Yeah, lift it, and don’t ever leave your post again. If there is ever a situation, you call for backup. Period. You are on duty, soldier. You don’t abandon your post. Understand me?”
    “What’s going on, Tay?” Jaqui questioned.

Chapter Five
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    J aqui eyed the nurse from earlier,