Page 82 of Scars of Fate

“What did you uncover?”

“I didn’t know.”

My voice barely worked.

“I swear, Lucas. I didn’t know they would come after the convoy.”

“I didn’t ask if you knew.”

His arm tightened.

“I asked what you found.”

Gunfire still cracked near the western trail, but the worst of the ambush had ended.

Adam and Hawk moved between the bodies, checking weapons and searching for identification.

Russ helped the extraction team secure the civilians.

Boone stood near the tree line, watching for another attack.

Everyone was working.

Everyone except me.

I was standing in Lucas’s arms while the consequences of my choices bled around us.

A medic hurried past carrying bloodied gauze.

Samir.

I pulled away.

“I need to help Janice.”

Lucas caught my wrist.

“No.”

“He could die.”

“So could you.”

“Then stop wasting time arguing with me.”

His silver eyes hardened.

“You’re not going anywhere until you tell me what these men want.”

“I don’t know.”

“Don’t lie to me.”

The words struck like a slap.

I jerked my hand free.

“I have never lied to you.”