Slay Bells Ring (An FBI Romance Thriller Book 12) by Morgan Kelley Read Free Book Online

her feel a hell of a lot better, it didn't.
    No, it was definitely worse.
    They didn't hear her coming, but a Fed was a Fed, and Chris must have sensed her approach. Well, that or he had the place booby-trapped to alert him of bosses arriving.
    “Elizabeth!” he said, grinning when he turned.
    And then he saw her face.
    “Oh, shit! No! You can’t! You can’t come down here when we’re about to start vacation and take it away!”
    Her people knew her so damn well that she didn't even have to tell them she was going to ruin their day.
    Immediately, Tony turned. His laughter stopped too. “Oh boy. We just got boned.”
    “Hey, guys,” Elizabeth said, trying to keep her emotions in check. She was a mess from pregnancy hormones, her children being threatened, and ruining their holiday.
    “You’re sending us out, aren’t you?” Chris asked, moving toward her with his skull head cane.
    She handed him her phone. Ethan had gotten a picture of the message, and he forwarded it to her. She didn't have to speak. It was going to say it all. Elizabeth trusted these men. They were like brothers. If they opted to choose Christmas over helping her, she’d take one for the team and call in backup.
    She loved them too much to do it.
    Chris and Tony hovered over it reading.
    Then they looked up.
    “Elizabeth!”
    In that second, she knew they were quality people. Gone was the outrage that they were heading out, and in their eyes was the concern.
    “You’re the target.”
    She simply nodded.
    “We’re in.”
    Then the worst thing ever happened.
    Elizabeth was helpless to hold back the tears. Maybe it was all the emotion from Callen being there by himself, or that they’d played this game before—nearly losing Ethan, but she couldn’t help herself.
    Chris’s eyes went wide as tears filled hers.
    Elizabeth burst into tears.
    Taking her hand, he and Tony led her into the small office they shared. The last thing they wanted was for any of the tech team to catch their boss weeping. It would blow her badass persona out of the water.
    “It’s okay, Lyzee,” Chris crooned, holding her to his side. “Let’s talk about it.”
    She wiped furiously at her eyes. She hated that she couldn’t stop this from happening.
    She hated that they were being stalked.
    She hated… just about everything at that moment.
    “It’s okay, Lyzee. We’ve got you,” Tony said, circling his body around one side of her as Chris did the same thing. There, in the lab’s office, she was cocooned between two men she loved.
    “I’m sorry. I’m a mess,” she whispered. “I just don’t know what to do.”
    They both hugged her.
    Elizabeth felt safe. There weren’t a lot of men in her life that could give her that, but these two were special. They’d been through a lot in all the years working for the FBI. She’d saved them, getting their blood on her hands, and they’d saved her, always having her back.
    This was family.
    They were just as much hers as the children or Wyler.
    The tears continued.
    The men stared at each other helplessly. This wasn’t like her at all. Something was wrong.
    Then it hit Chris.
    “Are you having a baby?”
    She nodded. “I’m pregnant, and I didn't tell Ethan or Callen yet. Then we get this. Someone’s going to have a stroke. I don’t know what to do.”
    It wasn’t like Elizabeth to break. While she may crack, she always stayed intact. This time, she was in pieces.
    Tony gave her a kiss on the cheek. “It’s okay. No one is going to take you. We’ll get ready. What do you need us to do? I’ll talk to Jaxon, and we’ll postpone the wedding. I can’t get married knowing that a woman, who I call sister, is suffering like this. I won’t do it without you. You’re my only family.”
    She cried harder.
    Chris punched him in the arm.
    Tony shrugged helplessly.
    “Tony’s right. You and I are his best men. We’re going to have to put it off until we can all be together.”
    She buried her face in Chris’s