Her gaze drifted unbidden to Dillon’s mouth and rested there, its focus narrowing until she could see nothing else. The room around her became warm and still. You must remember this… Oh, she did remember, not just with her mind but with all her senses. As she watched Dillon’s mouth form the words...
Even encumbered by the extra fabric in his Afghan clothing, he was on his feet before Yancy and didn’t even remember covering the distance through the darkened courtyard to the women’s quarters. Pausing outside the door, he could hear her—his child, his little girl—whimpering. Hear the words she ...
As the meadow wound upward it had grown increasingly narrow, hemmed in by the creek on one side and the steep mountain slope on the other, the swath of wind-rippled grass surrounding outcroppings of granite boulders like flood waters swirling around islands in their path. On one of these islands ...
Her job required it to a certain extent, but it had been a part of her makeup for much longer, ever since her childhood passion for gymnastics. She used her strength and endurance as a means of being competitive with men—she always scored among the highest in the patrol during the annual physical...
“Well, aren’t those pretty,” she said when she saw the flowers in his lap. He nodded glumly. “Caitlyn picked ’em.” “By herself?” “Yep.” “Bless her heart.” His mother moved to the top of the steps. “Where is she?” she asked, surveying the empty yard. “I didn’t hear her come in the house.” The chai...