by Mayer, Dale
There was no answer but for a half growl.
“I’m feeling okay. Just really tired – just need a nap and soon.” Would he get the message? “Like I am seriously close to dropping.”
“I’m coming out now,” Jeremy called out. “If anyone tries to stop me, I’ll break her neck.”
“I’d really rather you didn’t,” she muttered, crying out as he yanked her toward the door, his arm secure around her neck. The only good thing was he didn’t have a weapon.
“Stay back,” Jeremy yelled, tightening his grip around her neck and reaching for the handle of the door. He pulled it open to find the entire station lined up in front of them. Bree smiled reassuringly at Markus, but he wasn’t studying her, he had a look of complete and utter boredom on his face.
“You could at least look like you care,” she gasped affronted.
Jeremy snorted. “Oh he cares, just look at his hands.”
Sure enough Markus’s fingers were splayed like claws, just waiting for the right time. She tried to twist to look back at the SEALs. “Any time would be good, guys.”
“Not happening.” Jeremy dragged her forward through the gauntlet.
“Bree?” Markus called.
“Yes,” she yelled back then choked as the grip on her neck tightened. Were they going to stop this madman?
“Drop.”
And she went completely limp. As in dead weight. As in too much for Jeremy to suddenly compensate for.
“Shit.” He tried to grab her but it was awkward. He tried to drag her, but that didn’t work. While she watched, he turned to assess the door, then dropped her and made a run for it.
Except he was suddenly airborne and flying to the far side of the room. She caught sight of Markus’s face as he scooped her up afterwards.
“Not so bored now, are you?” She threw her arms around his neck.
He buried his face against her hair. “I don’t think my life with you will ever be boring. You get into too much trouble.”
“I’m not trying to,” she cried. “I promise to be good from now on.”
He laughed. “Not likely. Personally, I don’t want you to change one bit.”
She peered up at him. “And in regards to that offer of a roof over my head…?”
“Only if it’s sharing my bed too.”
“Damn, why didn’t you say that first? It’s a definite yes…does the offer come with unlimited food and heat too because then I have to ask, can we leave now?”
“As soon as we get this mess cleared up, we’re heading home. You’re coming with us.”
She leaned back to look up at him. “Really?”
He nodded.
She glanced around at the group of men gathered around them. “Uh, did you mean that when you told the cops you’re keeping me?” she asked incredulously. “Even back then?”
Evan chuckled. “Absolutely. We always keep the women we want. In this case, Markus wants you. So we’re all onboard.”
“Uhm…”
“Unless you don’t want Markus,” Shadow said quietly from behind her. “It’s always the lady’s choice.”
She gasped as she looked around at them, stunned.
“Does that mean yes or no?” Markus asked in a hard voice.
She peered into those eyes and saw the vulnerability, the shell he’d be quick to put back into place.
“Yes!” And she threw her arms around his neck again. “But that means I’m keeping you, too. Forever.”
“I can live with that.” And in front of the cops, the now secured artist, and all the men in his unit, he lowered his head and kissed her.
The station erupted in cheers.
This concludes Book 7 of SEALs of Honor: Markus.
Book 8 is available here.
Evan: SEALs of Honor, Book 8
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SEALs of Honor Series
Mason: SEALs of Honor, Book 1
Hawk: SEALs of Honor, Book 2
Dane: SEALs of Honor, Book 3
Swede: SEALs of Honor, Book 4
Shadow: SEALs of Honor, Book 5
Cooper: SEALs of Honor, Book 6
Markus: SEALs of Honor, Book 7
Evan: SEALs of Honor, Book 8
Mason’s Wish: SEALs of Honor, Book 9
SEALs of Honor, Books 1–3
SEALs of Honor, Books 4–6
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Death had touched anthropologist Jade Hansen in Haiti once before, costing her an unborn child and perhaps her very sanity.
A year later, determined to face her own issues, she returns to Haiti with a mortuary team to recover the bodies of an American family from a mass grave. Visiting his brother after the quake, independent contractor Dane Carter puts his life on hold to help the sleepy town of Jacmel rebuild. But he finds it hard to like his brother’s pregnant wife or her family. He wants to go home, until he meets Jade – and realizes what’s missing in his own life. When the mortuary team begins work, it’s as if malevolence has been released from the earth. Instead of laying her ghosts to rest, Jade finds herself confronting death and terror again.
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Blood doesn’t just make her who she is…it also makes her what she is.
Like being a sixteen-year-old vampire isn’t hard enough, Tessa’s throwback human genes make her an outcast among her relatives. But try as she might, she can’t get a handle on the vampire lifestyle and all the…blood.
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Once again, Tessa finds herself torn between the human world and the vampire one. Will blood own out? Can she make peace with who she is as well as what?
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Vampire in Design
Vampire in Deceit
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Vampire in Conflict
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Vampire in Crisis
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Family Blood Ties Set 1–3
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Family Blood Ties Set 4–6
Family Blood Ties Set 7–9
Sian’s Solution – A Family Blood Ties Short Story
Broken Protocols
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A year of government regulation is easing, and Levi Blackburn is feeling back in control. If he can keep his reckless brother in check, everything will be perfect. But while he’s been protecting Milo from the government, Milo’s been busy working on a present for him…
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About the Author
Dale Mayer is a USA Today bestselling author best known for her Psychic Visions and Family Blood Ties series. Her contemporary romances are raw and full of passion and emotion (Second Chances, SKIN), her thrillers will keep you guessing (By Death series), and her romantic comedies will keep you giggling (It’s a Dog’s Life and Charmin Marvin Romantic Comedy series).
She honors the stories that come to her – and some of them are crazy and break all the rules and cross multiple genres!
To go with her fiction, she also writes nonfiction in many different fields with books available on resume writing, companion gardening and the US mortgage system. She has recently published her Career Essentials Series. All her books are available in print and ebook format.
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Also by Dale Mayer
Published Adult Books:
Psychic Vision Series
Tuesday’s Child – FREE
Hide’n Go Seek
Maddy’s Floor
Garden of Sorrow
Knock, Knock…
Rare Find
Eyes to the Soul
Now You See Her
Shattered
Into the Abyss
Psychic Visions Books 1–3
Psychic Visions Books 4–6
Psychic Visions Books 7–9
By Death Series
Touched by Death – Part 1 – FREE
Touched by Death – Part 2
Touched by Death – Parts 1&2
Haunted by Death
Chilled by Death
By Death Books 1–3
Second Chances…at Love Series
Second Chances – Part 1 – FREE
Second Chances – Part 2
Second Chances – complete book (Parts 1 & 2)
Charmin Marvin Romantic Comedy Series
Broken Protocols
Broken Protocols 2
Broken Protocols 3
Broken Protocols 3.5
Broken Protocols 1-3
Broken and… Mending
Skin
Scars
Scales (of Justice)
Broken but… Mending 1-3
Glory
Genesis
Tori
Celeste
Glory Trilogy
Biker Blues
Biker Blues: Morgan, Part 1
Biker Blues: Morgan, Part 2
Biker Blues: Morgan, Part 3
Biker Baby Blues: Morgan, Part 4
Biker Blues: Morgan, Full Set
Biker Blues: Salvation, Part 1
Biker Blues: Salvation, Part 2
Biker Blues: Salvation, Part 3
Biker Blues: Salvation, Full Set
SEALs of Honor
Mason: SEALs of Honor, Book 1
Hawk: SEALs of Honor, Book 2
Dane: SEALs of Honor, Book 3
Swede: SEALs of Honor, Book 4
Shadow: SEALs of Honor, Book 5
Cooper: SEALs of Honor, Book 6
Markus: SEALs of Honor, Book 7
Evan: SEALs of Honor, Book 8
Mason’s Wish: SEALs of Honor, Book 9
SEALs of Honor, Books 1–3
SEALs of Honor, Books 4–6
Collections
Dare to Be You…
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RomanceX3
Standalone Novellas
It’s a Dog’s Life
Riana’s Revenge
Published Young Adult Books:
Family Blood Ties Series
Vampire in Denial – FREE
Vampire in Distress
Vampire in Design
Vampire in Deceit
Vampire in Defiance
Vampire in Conflict
Vampire in Chaos
Vampire in Crisis
Vampire in Control
Vampire in Charge
Family Blood Ties Set 1–3
Family Blood Ties Set 1–5
Family Blood Ties Set 4–6
Family Blood Ties Set 7–9
Sian’s Solution – A Family Blood Ties Short Story
Design series
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Deadly Designs
Darkest Designs
Design Series Trilogy
Standalone
In Cassie’s Corner
Gem Stone (a Gemma Stone Mystery)
Time Thieves
Published Non-Fiction Books:
Career Essentials
Career Essentials: The Résumé
Career Essentials: The Cover Letter
Career Essentials: The Interview
Career Essentials: 3 in 1
MARKUS: SEALS OF HONOR, BOOK 7
Dale Mayer
Valley Publishing
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