Big Guns Out of Uniform
From Bad to the Bone, by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Chapter One
Kyle Foster lay behind a short clump of bushes, scoping out the large compound that lay sheltered in the sand -- his latest target.
It was fifteen hundred hours and all the explosives were rigged. Their timers set. The beach was silent with a mild northwesterly wind that would carry the shrapnel and debris a minimal distance, toward the empty lagoon.
He was watching the countdown on his watch, waiting for something that would alleviate his extreme boredom.
He'd thought it would be the well-placed, perfectly executed explosion.
It wasn't.
At fifteen seconds and counting, disaster struck as an unknown, unexpected civilian popped out of the small wooded area near the compound.
Kyle cursed. There was no way to stop the explosives, and he didn't dare shout at her.
Damn civilians never took orders well. Instead of doing as they were told, they invariably assumed the position of a deer in the headlights and asked, "What?" Which would be followed by the ever aggravating, "Why?"
By then it would be too late.
If he said "bomb," she'd scream and probably run stra ... read full excerpt from Big Guns Out of Uniform ebook
