SEALs of Honor: Hawk by Dale Mayer Read Free Book Online Page A

cool control. Whereas she was ready to scream and rampage at this point. She moved ahead of him and led the way. They shouldn’t be far from the main road. If they could get onto that…they could get help.
    But he said he had a Jeep. If that was available, they could get the hell away from here and contact the authorities. And her dad could get to the hospital. Not that he’d like her decision. He hated the damn places. She couldn’t really blame him. God help the nurses when he woke up.
    She came to a stop. Where was the Jeep? She spun round to glare at Hawk. But he pointed in the same direction as they’d been travelling. She kept up the brutal pace. Her body was saying it needed rest. And water. She’d used up one bottle of water spelunking and had left the rest in her truck. Too bad. She could really use some. This was hot work.
    Looking back at him, still carrying her father, he walked on the forest floor, but he appeared to do so soundlessly. She understood the silence part but not the depth of his silence. It was fascinating. How could he walk on the dry underbrush and not make a sound?
    “Take a left.” His low deep voice startled her out of her reverie. Instinctively she followed his orders. She made her way around a bend, through a dip, then back up again.
    “Left again.”
    Cutting a hard left, she came around a thick stand of brush and stopped. His black Jeep was parked in front of her. She started to shake with relief. Stupid really, they were a long way away from being safe.
    She ran forward and tried to open the passenger door and realized of course it was locked. She raced back to Hawk, but he was already around the corner. He shifted her father’s weight and dug the keys out of his pocket. He pushed the unlock button and she heard the locks disengage. She opened the door and hovered as he lowered her father to the back seat. He struggled with the straps for a long moment then had him buckled in. She saw what he’d done and raced to the other side to repeat it. Coming back around, she hopped into the front seat.
    Hawk took his place behind the wheel and with a quick glance around, fired up the engine. Her panic rose as she heard the roar of the engine. They were going to be seen. Caught.
    They had to hurry, but Hawk was moving slowly, carefully as he backed out of the hiding spot. Then he was down the driveway and turning onto the main road. He stopped.
    “Go, go,” she cried. “We’re almost safe.”
    A big badass looking truck roared toward them. And came to a braking stop beside them. With windows rolled down, she realized it was a friend of Hawks. And good Lord what a friend. Huge, filling the cab and making the truck look just the perfect size for him. His face was hard. Lean. And damn cold.
    A second man, smaller, leaner, sat in the shadows on the far side. She couldn’t make out his features.
    The conversation was curt and short. Then Hawk raced forward. She spun to see if his friend was following. But he turned into the driveway and hopped out.
    “Didn’t you warn them?”
    Hawk looked at her in surprise. “About what?”
    “The gunmen? The weapons’ cache. That they hurt my father. Tried to kidnap me.” She couldn’t help herself. Her voice rose to a yell at the end.
    “Oh that. They know.”
    Silence.
    “So why are they getting out. We need to get help.”
    “Honey,” he drawled, a smile on his face confusing her all the more. “They are the best damn help you’ll ever get. They are part of my team.”
    She sat back. “They are SEALs?”
    He nodded.
    She swallowed. “But…”
    “They know what they are heading into. I’ll be going back as soon as I get your father to safety and you to the police.”
    Her mouth snapped shut. “I’m staying at the hospital. The sheriff can go there.”
    She felt his glance but stared mutely outside.
    “You don’t like the sheriff?”
    “I don’t know him,” she said stiffly. “But it’s not like they have anything to do with