Page 34 of Her Captivated Hero

“Got a problem.” Gray could barely hear Hunter’s whisper.

“Need backup?” Gray whispered back.

“Negative.” Aiden’s voice was tense.

Fuck!Information would really be appreciated at this moment.

Dex had his comp out again, Gray saw the satellite image up on his computer. He was trying to focus in on the royal villa.

A gurgle came through the receiver. Aiden answered the unasked question. “One tango down.”

“Guys, there’s a total of eight in the villa,” Dex said quietly. “That makes six bad guys and you two mugs.”

“Five now,” Aiden’s voice was almost soundless.

“Make that four,” Hunter whispered. A light thud came through the receiver. “Oopsie, now there’s only three.”

When the hell did Diaz turn into such a smartass?

Silence.

Gray looked down. Even in the moonlight he could see the individual grains of sand on the beach, the Navy appreciated his perfect eyesight.

He started counting, willing his mean to be all right. To be safe.

Gray flinched as a rifle shot went off with a muffled roar.

He heard more shots. He wanted a report. Damn it, he wanted to know what was going on. Listening intently, Gray tried to imagine what was playing out in the villa. It was definitely his guys doing the shooting, but then he heard another volley of shots from farther away.

Still no sound from Aiden or Hunter.

That was good news. There would have been a very familiar thud / grunt that would have come through if their body armor had been hit. Gray refused to even think about the sound any other type of accurate shot could have made on his men’s flesh.

Goddammit. I want a report!

He looked up from the sand and his gaze caught Dalton’s.

Was that a smile of reassurance on his friend’s face?

Christ, these men fell in love and they all changed. Maybe he should talk to his commander about doing a fitness for duty report each time a team member got engaged or married. A picture of Riya flashed before his eyes. He scowled and focused harder on the silence in his earpiece.

“We got ‘em. We’re on our way.” Aiden said in a normal voice.

Halleluiah.

* * *

“He’s a geek at heart,”Aiden murmured as he sidled up next to Gray.

“Nope, he was born and bred to be a SEAL,” Gray disagreed.

“But he has a unholy relationship with his computer, you have to admit that. Where most of us would sleep with our knife, he probably sleeps with his comp.”

“I can hear you, you know. And, O’Malley, I sleep with my wife.” Dex didn’t look up from his computer.

“See, he’s got the supersonic hearing of a geek,” Aiden said quietly.

“SEAL’s have the highly-developed hearing of a SEAL, thank you very much. Just because you and Gray are so old you don’t understand technology, don’t take it out on me.”