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Regrets were useless; the situation had been taken out of their hands She needed to straighten her head out Starting with accoar and if she was quick enough sheone of the choicest locations in the quietest corner

‘Ah, Colonel Stirling, your driver is ready to take you’ A voice froed her attention ‘You have a seat on the first direct co Unfortunately, the airport hotel was already fully booked but I took the liberty of booking you into a hotel in the nearby tourist resort’

‘That sounds fine, Sergeant’

Ifon the back of her ar, the sound of that rich, steady tone was enough tooff

What was he doing on a flight out of here too?

His infantry battalion wasn’t due to leave for another week, which could only uess herself, Fliss stuffed the ite at the closing ties and dragging it onto her shoulder as she sped across the floor

‘Colonel?’

There were toohis first name but she trusted that he would see beyond the clipped tone However, he didn’t stop, striding confidently away from her and towards the ain, barely concealing the note of panic in her tone

To her relief he stopped, turning slowly, aviator-style glasses in his hand and an expression she didn’t recognise cloaking his handsome face She stopped abruptly, thrown He looked like hell

‘Major?’

He was the very definition of poker-faced She sed nervously Hoas she supposed to do this with people all around them?

‘I’m in a hurry,’ he bit out ‘Walk with me’

Without waiting for an answer, he turned and walked out of the doors, the wall of heat fro within the hangar She stared after hi her right along behind him He’d walked to the end of the path to the road where the car aiting for hilass doors and no one was around

‘Is everything okay, Ash?’

So her, but then it changed to soone as quickly as it had arrived