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He knows I can’t do it on my own, and he’s right.
“Connor.” Mia looks horrified, and there is no way I will let him desert her. I’ve gotten to know her over the past few months, and, fucking hell, she’s lost her entire family.
There is a risk in everything we do. We might be Marines, but we aren’t immortal.
“I’ll speak to Nathan,” I say, tapping my phone.
“He won’t leave Sienna,” Connor says. “It has to be me.”
Mia drops her face into her hands, and I lift a brow at Connor and mouth,really?
“Shit. Fine. Ring Nate,” he says and pulls Mia onto his lap. She wraps her arms around his neck.
“I swear I nearly divorced you.”
“I won’t let you,” Connor growls softly.
“Dick.”
“I love you,” he says, shooting me a small smile, then closing his eyes for a moment.
The phone rings.
“Mack,” Nathan answers.
“Need you for an extraction.”
There’s a pause, then he asks, “Decker?”
“Yup.”
Another pause.
“Barrett staying behind?”
“Yes,” Connor says, sounding unhappy about it despite his cling-on.
Another pause.
“I’m dropping Sienna off to you. Otherwise, it’s a no-go,” Nathan says.
Connor nods.
“Done,” I reply.
Mia gives us a sad smile.
“When do we leave?” Nathan asks.
I hear a voice in the background and narrow my eyes as he tells me to wait. Connor is right. Sienna will be pissed, but it’s a price he’s willing to pay. One we would all pay to help a fellow Marine.
“Okay, just send me the details,” Nathan says, coming back to the phone.
“You said no field work, Nate,” Sienna says in the background.
“I’m going to get Isabelle,” he tells her as I share a look with Connor.
“Oh,” Sienna says. “Mia, are you there?”
