Free Project Terminal: Legacy by Olivia Starke

You jealous of me meeting with another woman?”
    “Yes.”
    His smile reached his eyes once more. “I promise I never want on your bad side. I’d face down an army before pissing you off.”
    Laura harrumphed.
    Damian leaned in and kissed her lips. “You’re beautiful, determined, and won’t take bullshit from anyone, even if they have a gun on you. I know we haven’t known one another long, but how could I not fall for a woman like that?”
    She blinked, sure she’d misheard. “Fall?”
    He took a deep breath. “I love you,” he blurted.
    She closed her eyes, the drugs were kicking her ass. “I thought you said you loved me.”
    He seemed frightened. “I-I did say it. I said I love you.”
    Her lips curled up, and she opened her eyes. She felt like floating away. “I love you too.”
    His dark eyes didn’t waver from hers, and she felt the warmth of them down to her soul.
    “Okay, good.” He blew out a breath. “I thought you were going to punch me.”
    She loved his teasing. And she loved him. She’d known it before they’d raided Headquarters, it’d been the reason she couldn’t let him go alone. It was why she took the bullet for him, even if she couldn’t remember doing it.
    “Your family will be here sometime around morning. I found their number in your cellphone. And after talking to your mom, I see where you get your temper. I got cussed out in German, and it’s an aggressive enough language in normal conversation. I’ll probably make myself scarce before they get here, if you don’t mind?”
    “Oh God, run for your life.”
    Damian’s rich chuckle filled her ears, before his face fell solemn. “I thought I’d lost you, Laura, and I couldn’t see how I’d keep going.”
    She laced their fingers, a bond which miles and zombies would never break. “I’m right here, and I’ll always be right here, Damian.” Her eyelids drooped, but she had to say it one more time. “I love you.”
    As she drifted on the currents of sleep his lips brushed hers. “I love you too, baby.”
     
     

About Olivia Starke
     
    Olivia Starke calls the Ozarks home. One of the most beautiful areas in the country, she loves hiking trails with her dogs, kayaking on the numerous waterways, and enjoying southern Missouri’s fresh air and sunshine.
    She’s also ‘Mom’ to four dogs, a growing number of kitties that show up at her door, and four VERY spoiled horses that do little to earn their keep. Not that she’d ever hold that against them.
    She’s a HUGE fangirl of Doctor Who and to a lesser extent Supernatural , and has a pretty interesting love triangle (or square?) going on in her head between the Doctor and the Winchesters.
     
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    www.authoroliviastarke.com
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About the Project Terminal Series
     
    Book 1: Project Terminal: Legacy
    Now Available
    Book 2: Project Terminal: Devil’s Virus
    Coming Soon