Undercover Captor (Shadow Agents 5)
They’d see each other at the EOD.
She’d remember. How could she ever forget what they’d shared?
“Miss? Miss...are you hurting?”
A tear had dropped down her cheek. Tina shook her head. There wasn’t anything the medics could do for the pain that she felt.
* * *
“WHERE THE HELL IS SHE?” Drew demanded as he slammed his hands down on the nurses’ station desk.
“Sir, you need to calm down.”
“What I need is to find the patient who was brought in! Dr. Tina Jamison! She came in by ambulance two hours ago.”
Two of the longest hours of his life. He’d stayed on scene, needing to make sure the last arm of HAVOC was truly destroyed. He’d gone in on the bomb sweeps, checked all the nearby buildings to make sure they also weren’t set to blow.
They’d used the bomb-sniffing dogs. Gone in and out—searching every possible area. They’d found two more bombs.
The bomb squad had disarmed them with seconds to spare.
Sweat coated Drew’s body as he glared at the nurse in front of him. He’d been through hell, and he needed to see his damn angel. “Where is she?”
“We have no record of a Tina Jamison, sir. She didn’t come in here. You must have the wrong hospital.”
No, he didn’t, and Drew was perilously close to tearing the place apart with his bare hands.
“They took her back to Dallas.”
He stiffened at Gunner’s voice. Drew glanced over his shoulder.
Gunner inclined his head to the right. “Come with me.”
If Gunner was giving him information on Tina, then he’d go anyplace with the guy. His steps hurried, Drew followed Gunner to a quiet corner and, once he was sure no one could overhear him, he squared off against the sharpshooter. “Why wasn’t I told about her transfer?”
“Because you were still on scene, defusing bombs.” Gunner lifted a dark brow. “Your lady is all right. You can rest easy on that. Tina was stable when she boarded the flight.”
Your lady... Gunner had always been observant. Drew nodded and tried to calm his racing heart. “You saw her then?”
“I did. Cooper was with her. Hell...” He ran a weary hand over his face as he muttered, “That guy is a ghost. I didn’t even know he was working the Devast case until I saw him jump in the ambulance with her on scene.”
Cooper had been in the ambulance?
“Seems Mercer gave him orders. Protect Dr. Jamison at all costs.”
Drew stiffened. “Mercer didn’t think I could do the job?”
Gunner’s gaze was steady. “Mercer knows that when emotions get involved, even good agents can get compromised.”
“I wouldn’t have traded her safety for anything. I was going back in after her—”
“You dying for her wouldn’t have saved her life. And we both know that was exactly what you planned to do.” Flat, cold words.
True words. He would have traded his life for Tina in an instant. Drew didn’t look away from Gunner’s direct stare.
“Does she know?” Gunner asked quietly.
He had to get on a flight to Dallas. “Know what?”