Special Forces: Operation Alpha: Rescuing Pandora (Kindle Worlds Novella) (6 page)

“
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’s kick everyone out and spend the rest of the week in bed,” Cam said, looking into the happy green eyes of his wife. She was in his arms as they swayed to the music playing softly in the background.

“I think that would be considered rude,” she said, but the sparkle in her eyes and the way she licked her lips had Cam hopeful that she’d take him up on the offer.

“It’s our day. You’re legally mine again and a husband has rights.” He added a little pleading note to his voice.

Pandora laughed, the sound pure delight. “We took the time to invite everyone here; we should probably entertain them. In fact,” she said as she pulled out of his arms, “you go talk ‘guy talk,’ because I want to hang out with Rayne and Emily.”

She gave him a shove toward his friends, and she turned to head to the table where the women sat talking with Pandora’s mother. His wife was so lovely in a simple white dress, her red hair in some kind of complicated twist that he was going to enjoy taking out later. He might have stood there staring at her like a love-sick idiot if Ghost hadn’t shoved him.

“You got a good thing going here,” he said.

The rest of the crew moved closer, most with beer in hand, grinning at him.

“I think Annie might have a crush on Sammy,” Fletch said and frowned. “I don’t like it.”

Cam laughed. “Worse than that, she wants one of the kittens, and I told her she could have one if she asked her mom.”

“Oh, hell,” Fletch said.

“They’re in the barn now, deciding on names,” Truck said. “I just poked my head in to make sure they were where they said they’d be.”

“Maybe I’ll go help out,” Coach said. Then he and the rest of the crew ambled over to the barn. Only Ghost and Fletch stayed.

“You know they’ll talk you into letting Annie have a kitten,” Ghost said with a grin.

“I’m not thinking about it,” Fletch responded.

The women erupted into laughter, and as if they were one unit, the guys turned and grinned. “Damn that’s a nice sound,” Ghost said.

“Yeah, our women haven’t had an easy time of it,” Cam said, but the comment didn’t bring the usual darkness with it. He was getting better about letting it go. So was Pandora.

“That’s actually one of the reasons we’re here, besides eating your food and drinking your beer,” Fletch said. “Ghost and I have a proposition for you.”

Cam raised his eyebrows and waited.

“We’ve recently had some problems with the training program at Fort Hood,” Ghost continued, while Fletch snorted and frowned, “and I want to propose that you come in as a contractor and figure out the flaws and help tweak the program.”

“The pay would be good, not that you need it,” Fletch said, as he looked around.

“And you’re a bit of a legend in the Delta ranks, especially when it came out that you were alive and CIA.” Ghost rolled his eyes. “We all know you’re a washed-up-pussy-whipped asshat. But the newbies don’t know that.”

Cam grinned, not rising to the bait. “I’ll think about it. I have a lot of catching up to do with my wife and with my son.”

Ghost returned the grin. “You do that. And when farming makes you want to punch something, give me a call.”

“Who’s punching who?” Pandora asked, coming up and sliding her arm around her husband. Rayne and Emily did the same to Ghost and Fletch, and all three of them had goofy grins on their faces. They were pathetic.

“No fighting at a wedding,” Rayne said, glaring at Ghost, who gave her a quick kiss.

“Technically, the wedding is over,” Fletch said.

All three women said “no” at the same time and Cam shared a look with the guys as they all laughed. He did miss the camaraderie. And whether he wanted to or not, he’d gotten close with this Delta squad. Hawk and Blue would have approved of Ghost and his guys.

He’d put the word out that he was looking for them, but no response yet. They’d surface when they could, and they’d be thrilled that Pandora was alive. He couldn’t wait to tell them about his son.

Cam wasn’t in a hurry to do much of anything but make love to his wife and hang out with his kid. But he’d been in the action too long, and he had a feeling that Ghost was right. At some point, he was going to need more than the farm could provide. Even if it was only an occasional thing.

“You look serious,” Pandora said.

“Only about getting you out of those clothes,” he whispered back. “Everything else can wait.”

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