Noah laughed lightly. “You can tell her she missed the Christmas miracle.”
Blinking at him, she shook her head. “Yeah, I guess you’re right. And for the first time, I don’t know if he recognized it or not, but Haven manifested something other than doom and gloom. Deliberately.”
Noah lifted his dark brows and gave her a nod. “We’ll all be thinking about and analyzing this night for a while,” he said thoughtfully.
Yes, they definitely would.
Noah walked her back to the nurse station, but everyone appeared to still be down in the rec room. Even as she thought it she saw Paul walking a couple of the residents back to their rooms. Raine wondered what he had seen.
Tiredness suddenly dragged at her eyelids.
“I think you need to take some time off, Nurse Walters, and get some real sleep. You’ve been running hard to get the room done. You need to take some time for yourself, now.”
She nodded. “Yeah,” she sighed. “I think you’re right.”
Paul agreed with Noah’s assessment when he walked up. “Go to bed, my friend. We’ll talk tomorrow. Everyone is okay. Get some rest.”
Noah guided her down the hallway to the elevator and punched the button for their floor. Raine held onto the siderail. “That was amazing,” she said softly.
“It was,” he agreed.
When the elevator stopped he held a hand out for her to step off ahead of him, then he followed her down the hallway. Raine stopped in front of her door and keyed in the code, swinging the door open. Then she turned back to Noah. “I want to thank you for helping me out with everything today and yesterday. It wouldn’t have been as cool without your help.”
Then, before she could think better of it, she stepped forward, went up on tiptoe and kissed him on his lean cheek, one hand braced on his muscular chest. Noah went completely still, and she thought he might have been holding his breath, too. She was about to pull away when he suddenly cupped her head in his hands and brushed his lips against hers, ever so gently. Raine gasped, shocked at the sudden bolt of heat through her body. All her tiredness disappeared as she tasted him for the first time and she cupped his neck, stroking his jaw with her other hand. Noah tasted of danger and temptation, and she wasn’t sure she was ready for the kind of storm he would be.
Reluctantly, she drew back. “Good night, Noah.”
His steady golden eyes watched her as she let herself into the apartment. “Good night, Raine.”
Closing the door behind herself, she watched until her vision was obscured, then she turned and leaned against the panel, feeling like she’d just brushed against the tail end of a comet.
“I’ll see you tomorrow,” he called through the door, and she took it as a promise.
Watch for Raine and Noah in the next Dogs of War book, Catalyst, coming in April. It’s up for preorder now!
Also by J.M. Madden
If you love dogs and would like to read about a concierge service helping military personnel out of difficult spots, check out:
Healing Home
Wicked Healing
Healing Hope (Coming Soon!)
If you like a paranormal twist to your military, check out the Dogs of War! (If you love Christine Feehan’s Ghost Walkers you should enjoy this series!)
Genesis-Free
Chaos
Destruction
Retribution
Noah’s book Catalyst will be out in April. If you would like to preorder, click here!
If you would like to read a Navy SEAL book with more mature characters, check out
SEAL Hard
Flat Line
If you would like to read about the ‘combat modified’ veterans of the Lost and Found Investigative Service, check out these books:
The Embattled Road
Duncan, John and Chad
Embattled Hearts-Book 1
John and Shannon
Embattled Minds-Book 2
Zeke and Ember
Embattled Home-Book 3
Chad and Lora
Embattled SEAL- Book 4
Harper and Cat
Embattled Ever After- Book 5
Duncan and Alex
Her Forever Hero- Grif
Grif and Kendall
SEAL’s Lost Dream-Flynn
Flynn and Willow
SEAL’s Christmas Dream
Flynn and Willow
Unbreakable SEAL- Max
Max and Lacey
Embattled Christmas
Reclaiming The Seal
Gabe and Julie
Loving Lilly
Diego and Lilly
Her Secret Wish
Rachel and Dean
Wish Upon a SEAL (Kindle World)
Drake and Izzy
Mistletoe Mischief
Cass and Roger
Lost and Found Pieces
The Lowells of Honeywell, Texas
Forget Me Not
Untying his Not
Naughty by Nature
Trying the Knot
Other books by J.M. Madden
A Touch of Fae
Second Time Around
A Needful Heart
Wet Dream
Love on the Line
The Billionaire’s Secret Obsession
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