across the bench seat leaning on the door. But the warmth from her body suddenly heated him up as she pretended to melt against him, and raised his awareness to an excruciating level. His heart thudded in his chest, and overtook his awareness of their surroundings and bang, banging until he realized that someone was tapping on the window.
"Out of the car, mon."
Colin started and blinked down at the young soldier. He murmured to Jess, "Slide out of the cab on my side after me."
"'Kay."
Thank God she was savvy enough to obey orders when it mattered.
Colin pushed open the truck's door, wincing at the squeal of metal hinges. "What were ya doin' inland?" The guard held the AK 47 loosely in his hand, strap strung around his neck in what appeared to be a casual manner, but Colin knew that with one quick jerk, he could have the weapon locked, loaded and firing.
"We delivered seed packets and water purification tablets," Colin said calmly.
"We want to see da inside."
"Sure thing." Colin feigned a casualness he definitely didn't feel. "Go ahead."
He held Jess's hand and as she exited the truck, then he casually twirled so that his back rested against the truck bed, hips canted out while Jess draped over his relaxed body. She figured out exactly what he wanted and wrapped her arms loosely around his waist, and burrowed into the curve of his neck, so that she was mostly only visible from the back, her face hidden by his arms and shoulders.
The soldier leered at Colin's hand on Jess's nicely rounded ass, which was exactly what Colin wanted, to divert the guy's attention from her face.
The military commander shouted and the harder, older soldier lost his grin and crawled into the cab of the truck. Colin ran his hands up and down Jess's back and prayed that the more experienced soldier didn't find the panel in the dash that hid the backpack with the sniper rifle.
Two more soldiers joined the search, one popped the hood over the engine and peered inside. The other opened the gate in the back of the truck.
Colin slid one hand into Jess's back pocket, the move smooth and familiar. She nipped at his earlobe in warning.
"You smell so good, babe." Colin pretended to ignore the soldiers and kept a running conversation with Jess. The position of their bodies inflamed him like gasoline on a sputtering fire. "How is that possible?"
He really did want to know.
He was sweating as he waited for the shout of the soldiers to indicate they'd found the backpack. His worry hadn't affected his erection though. His body was locked and loaded and ready to fire. Jess didn't say a word at the rod poking her in the stomach. But in retaliation she brushed her breasts against his chest. He should have his entire attention on the soldiers, but the hard points of her nipples diverted him again, splitting his focus between her effect on his body and the search going on beyond them.
"You're distracted by other things." She laughed huskily. "Pretty sure I stink."
She should and yet, she didn't.
"You are driving me crazy," he growled truthfully against her neck.
"Back at 'ya," she quipped back quickly but the simple duck of her chin and the squeeze of her arms around his neck told him she was telling the truth, feeling their strange and overwhelming attraction as well.
He opened his mouth and gave in to the wholly unexpected need to affirm she felt the same. But before he could speak, the soldier in front dropped the hood of the truck back into place and at the exact same time the soldier in the back pulled the door back down. Jess jumped at the noise and planted her head in his shoulder as if embarrassed.
"You're free to go."
And the intimate moment was gone.
Six
Now
Jess huddled in the debris of a church two blocks over from the President's mansion, and through the rifle scope, tracked both Colin and Keisha.
Colin was inside the mansion. He sat in a delicate brocade chair with his legs crossed and a bone china teacup cradled in his oddly
"Out of the car, mon."
Colin started and blinked down at the young soldier. He murmured to Jess, "Slide out of the cab on my side after me."
"'Kay."
Thank God she was savvy enough to obey orders when it mattered.
Colin pushed open the truck's door, wincing at the squeal of metal hinges. "What were ya doin' inland?" The guard held the AK 47 loosely in his hand, strap strung around his neck in what appeared to be a casual manner, but Colin knew that with one quick jerk, he could have the weapon locked, loaded and firing.
"We delivered seed packets and water purification tablets," Colin said calmly.
"We want to see da inside."
"Sure thing." Colin feigned a casualness he definitely didn't feel. "Go ahead."
He held Jess's hand and as she exited the truck, then he casually twirled so that his back rested against the truck bed, hips canted out while Jess draped over his relaxed body. She figured out exactly what he wanted and wrapped her arms loosely around his waist, and burrowed into the curve of his neck, so that she was mostly only visible from the back, her face hidden by his arms and shoulders.
The soldier leered at Colin's hand on Jess's nicely rounded ass, which was exactly what Colin wanted, to divert the guy's attention from her face.
The military commander shouted and the harder, older soldier lost his grin and crawled into the cab of the truck. Colin ran his hands up and down Jess's back and prayed that the more experienced soldier didn't find the panel in the dash that hid the backpack with the sniper rifle.
Two more soldiers joined the search, one popped the hood over the engine and peered inside. The other opened the gate in the back of the truck.
Colin slid one hand into Jess's back pocket, the move smooth and familiar. She nipped at his earlobe in warning.
"You smell so good, babe." Colin pretended to ignore the soldiers and kept a running conversation with Jess. The position of their bodies inflamed him like gasoline on a sputtering fire. "How is that possible?"
He really did want to know.
He was sweating as he waited for the shout of the soldiers to indicate they'd found the backpack. His worry hadn't affected his erection though. His body was locked and loaded and ready to fire. Jess didn't say a word at the rod poking her in the stomach. But in retaliation she brushed her breasts against his chest. He should have his entire attention on the soldiers, but the hard points of her nipples diverted him again, splitting his focus between her effect on his body and the search going on beyond them.
"You're distracted by other things." She laughed huskily. "Pretty sure I stink."
She should and yet, she didn't.
"You are driving me crazy," he growled truthfully against her neck.
"Back at 'ya," she quipped back quickly but the simple duck of her chin and the squeeze of her arms around his neck told him she was telling the truth, feeling their strange and overwhelming attraction as well.
He opened his mouth and gave in to the wholly unexpected need to affirm she felt the same. But before he could speak, the soldier in front dropped the hood of the truck back into place and at the exact same time the soldier in the back pulled the door back down. Jess jumped at the noise and planted her head in his shoulder as if embarrassed.
"You're free to go."
And the intimate moment was gone.
Six
Now
Jess huddled in the debris of a church two blocks over from the President's mansion, and through the rifle scope, tracked both Colin and Keisha.
Colin was inside the mansion. He sat in a delicate brocade chair with his legs crossed and a bone china teacup cradled in his oddly
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