Hemingway (SEAL Team Alpha Book 11)

by Zoe Dawson

  Using vines, she wedged them into the crevices and then sharpened the prongs with her knife.

  She waded into the river slowly and waited. She was looking for a medium sized pirarucu that would yield her a couple of delicious dinners. She could cook it while she was mapping this part of the river for signs of the sunken ships and hopefully more relics.

  She speared a pirarucu, which was just a big catfish, and pulled it wriggling from the water. Knocking it a couple times in the head, it stopped wriggling. Using a tree branch, she moved the rocks into the hole. Then she went on the hunt for large banana leaves. Wrapping the fish inside and tying it off with vines, she placed the fish on top of the rocks and covered it all with the soil.

  Her own lovely dirt oven.

  She grinned and walked back to her tent and pulled out the helmet to make some detailed notes. About an hour later, she removed the roasted catfish, and with some bananas and safe berries, she had a delicious, filling meal.

  When she was finished, she wrapped the other half of the fish in leaves and set it, the bananas, and berries into her backpack, which she laid beside the tent.

  She turned to take care of the hole and the remains of her dinner, washing off in the river. When she got back to her camp, she went to go inside and grab the backpack.

  It was gone.

  The helmet!

  Cocking her head and looking around, she saw nothing or heard nothing. She spun in a panicked three-hundred-and-sixty-degree turn—still nothing.

  She walked over to the place where she’d set her backpack. Faint, but clear enough were sets of paw prints.

  She squinted her eyes. A dog? What was a dog doing in the jungle?

  Glossary

  BO - Basic Orientation (BUD/S)

  BUD/S - Basic Underwater Demolitions/SEAL training

  Comm - The equipment that SEALs use to communicate with each other in the field.

  CO - Commanding Officer

  CTT - Combat Training Tank

  DEVGRU - The United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group (NSWDG), formerly SEAL Team Six

  DoD - Department of Defense

  DOR - Drop on Request

  DZ - Drop zone, the targeted area for parachutists.

  HALO - High altitude, low opening jump from an aircraft.

  HVT - High value target

  IBS - Inflatable Boat, Small

  IED - Improvised Explosive Device

  Klicks - Shortened word for kilometers.

  LRRP - Long-range reconnaissance patrol.

  LT - Nickname for lieutenant.

  LZ - Landing Zone where aircraft can land.

  Merc - Mercenary - guns for hire.

  MWD - Military Working Dog

  MRE - Meals, Ready-to-Eat, portable in pouches and packed with calories, these packaged meals are used in the field.

  NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization

  NCIS - Naval Criminal Investigative Service

  NWU - Navy Working Uniform

  OIC - Officer in Charge

  REACT - Regional Enforcement Action Capabilities Team

  RIB - Rigid Inflatable Boat

  RPG - Rocket Propelled Grenade

  R&R - Rest and Relaxation

  Tango -Hostile combatants.

  SERE -Stands for survival, evasion, resistance, escape. The principles of avoiding the enemy in the field.

  Six - Military speak for watching a man’s back.

  SO - Special Operator

  SPIES - Special Patrol Insertion & Extraction System

  UDT - Underwater Demolitions Team

  About the Author

  Zoe Dawson lives in North Carolina, one of the friendliest states in the US. She discovered romance in her teens and has been spinning stories in her head ever since. Her heroes are sexy males with a disregard for danger and whether reluctant, gung-ho, or caught up in the action, show their hearts of gold.

  Her imagination runs wild with romances from sensual to scorching including romantic comedy, new adult, romantic suspense, small town, and urban fantasy. Look below to explore the many avenues to her writing. She believes it’s all about the happily ever afters and always will.

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