Free The Omega Team: Tough Target (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Jordan Dane Page A

an unsuspecting Navy SEAL.
    “You have made this too easy, cabron .”
    ***
    Thirty minutes later
    “ Pendejo .”
    Tavio cursed under his breath as he caught a glimpse of his ridiculous attire in the glass of a framed art print when he rushed down the hallway of the hospital, dressed in blue scrubs. His dark hair was covered in a ridiculous cap that looked like something an old woman would wear in the shower. A surgical mask dangled under his chin, ready to use at a moment’s notice if he needed it. He tipped his face down as he headed toward the elevators.
    Geneva Rafferty had been assessed by an ER doctor, but now they were taking her to surgery. Her blood pressure had been so low, because of blood loss, they almost lost her. Tavio didn’t care either way. He only wanted what pleasured Camila.
    When he followed the signs and reached the surgical floor, he found Amadeo waiting. His brother had taken off his sport jacket and looked like an anxious son or husband, waiting for word in a room meant for the families of patients.
    Tavio nodded, a subtle gesture, and his brother nudged his chin in reply. No words were spoken and Tavio would not draw attention by speaking to him. He only raised his cell phone, knowing his brother would understand what he meant to tell him.
    He couldn’t reach Camila. Several attempts to text her messages had failed. When he tried to call her, he heard only static on the line. Something interfered with his cell signal. Perhaps the hospital blocked calls for the safety of patients to insure medical equipment worked properly.
    He raised his chin to communicate to his brother. He had to make another attempt to reach her. Tavio would try outside for better reception or make contact with her directly by risking a face-to-face at the SUV where she was parked. He rode the elevators back to the first floor and walked down the front steps of the hospital.
    He followed the sidewalk to where he’d left the car, but Camila was nowhere in sight.
    “ Ay dios mio .” He searched the streets and the parking lot, walking at first until he broke into a run. Camila was not there and the SUV was gone.
    Tavio’s mind raced with all the possibilities that would put Camila in harm’s way and he had a bad feeling. He and Amadeo did her bidding, but she meant more to him than that. He couldn’t fail to protect her. His life had been linked to hers when her father, Hector Borrego, had found the Vega brothers living on the streets of Cuba, selling their bodies to tourists and old men, doing anything to survive. They did not have a life without her.
    If something happened to Camila, he and his brother would not have a place to hide where the cartel wouldn’t find them. His heart raced as he ran into the hospital to find Amadeo and tell him the news.
    His brother’s fate would mirror his own now.
    ***
    Pinecrest Memorial Hospital and Trauma Center
    Evening
    Kate clutched her arms around her waist as she kept her feet moving. She paced the waiting room outside the surgical unit, feeling edgy after Sam left the hospital. She’d lost track of time. Faces came and went in the room. Shadows lengthened along the wall as the sun lowered in the sky, until the windows grew black except for the modest lights of the small town.
    A Latina woman with long, dark hair pulled back into a ponytail had smiled from where she sat across the room. She didn’t try to make conversation and must’ve read Kate’s body language. She was too wrapped in thoughts of Sam and Geneva to speak of trivialities, but she appreciated the woman lingering.
    If she didn’t have the other woman’s company, Kate would be alone with ‘ the creep .’
    One man had stayed in the waiting room and she caught him staring at her. When she locked eyes with him, he backed off and grabbed a magazine, pretending to read. He looked like a businessman after a long day’s work, with his suit rumpled and his shirt sleeves rolled up. His eyes were as dark as coal