Eve Vaughn by Resurrection Read Free Book Online

shrugged. “If that’s your wish, I can’t stop you.”
    “Fine. From here on out you and I are simply teammates and nothing more.”
    “You’re the boss.”
    Jack wanted to take her in his arms and shake her indifference away and scream this wasn’t what he wanted, but words spoken in the heat of the moment were often foolish ones. Still, Sydney made no attempt at all to salvage what they had been building. If that didn’t tell him where her heart was, he supposed nothing else would.
    “Well, if that’s it, you should probably get some rest before our team assembles, that is if you still plan on joining us.”
    She raised her head then, her eyes challenging him to deny her. “I wouldn’t miss this for the world. I’ll be there.”
    Jack stared at her for several moments, willing her to say something, anything.
    He wanted her to throw her arms around him and say she loved him too, that it had all been a terrible misunderstanding. But Sydney was too stubborn for that. He turned to leave and stopped. The need to hurt her as much as he was hurting took over. “And when we’re in the city, I hope you exert a little restraint on your temper. It wouldn’t be a good idea to get into any more fights with your teammates.” He turned to leave, this time for real, but not before he saw Sydney’s eyes widen and jaw drop. Perhaps it was a low blow on his part, but at least he was able to elicit a
     
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    reaction from her other than indifference. Now that things were finished between them, he wondered how he’d get over her.
    * * *
    The journey toward the city was a silent trek for the most part. There were twelve people in their party in all, Jack, Bennett, Anna, Sydney, and eight other members from the other groups whom she wasn’t quite familiar with. The plan was for four of them to actually plant the explosives and the others to ensure there were no humans around to get hurt, and to guard the perimeter and take out any threat if necessary.
    Getting into the city had been the tricky part because there had been guards stationed around it. Jake and Bennett left the rest of the team behind momentarily to scout out an area where they could pass through undetected. The two men had finally returned and led the rest of them through another part of the city. The detour put them behind schedule more than an hour.
    By the time they’d found hiding places for the four lookouts, dawn was approaching. Bennett stood behind a shrub with her, a little closer than she believed he needed to be. At first she thought he might not be aware of it, but every time she moved, he did too. She glanced at him, annoyed he’d try something like this when their situation was far too serious. “Do you mind, Bennett?”
    “Mind what?” He said the words innocently enough, but for some reason, Sydney just wasn’t buying it. She’d noticed how he’d practically undressed her with his eyes when they’d first met. There was something in those bright green eyes of his she couldn’t quite feel comfortable with. Bennett was a good looking man, of medium height and solid build. His shaved head gave him a slightly menacing look, but she wasn’t attracted to him.
    No, she preferred a tall, muscular man with long, black hair who wore an eye patch. Damn. She had to stop thinking about Jack. He’d ended things, just as she’d expected him to, so it should have been easy for her to get over it. The problem was, it
     
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    was harder than she thought. Sydney had thought to protect her heart by not getting in so deep, but she’d learned it was too late.
    Dealing with the consequences would be difficult. At least she had the distraction of this mission to keep her mind off of them.
    She glared at Bennett. “Would you please move over? I’m not comfortable with you being so close.” Sydney tried to be as diplomatic as she possibly could without offending him, but by the way his green eyes narrowed, she had.
    “What’s the matter? Don’t like to