"Can I cook?" Aria huffed. "You haven't lived until you tried my chicken parmesan! Or my lasagna. You say you like pasta, well, my spaghetti alle vongole will make you..." she stopped suddenly. When is Sebastian ever going to try any of those dishes? Their countries were at war. The best case...
So he didn't come from money. She didn't know why it should matter to her, but it did. That, at least, they had in common. "That's the good thing about Italian food," she said, laughing "The poorer the cook, the better the food".
When he asked about their food, she grimaced. "It used to be...
"No," she said honestly. "None of this is safe. But I'm sure it's the safest option we have. You need to rest before you can make the dangerous journey back. It'll be safer resting there. And I need to monitor you for infection and complications. The best place for that would be the hospital, of...
"I can be the lookout" Aria suggested. Though she really wanted to join Daniel in the truck and come get Sebastian away to what she believed was safety. Well, relative safety anyway. "They've seen me come look for my brother before, it won't look suspicious. Anyway, we can figure out the details...
βYou know what else they have in the junkβ¦ warehouses?β Aria beamed at the two men, disregarding their apparent lack of conviction with her plan. βUniforms. Daniel will give you a pair to wear while youβre there. Youβll still stay out of sight and all of that, but just in case.β She raised her...
Aria nodded, trying hard not to blush. She didnβt dare say that before, because she wasnβt fully trusting her motives. Valentina was right though. She also worried about Sebastian developing an infection. So far the wound looked fine, but it had been a field operation.
βWe canβt keep him here...
They still didnβt trust each other. Aria supposed that wasnβt a big surprise. They just met and it was a big shock to both. She trusted both implicitly. Daniel was her brother and Sebastianβ¦ wellβ¦ she didnβt know why. Only that she did.
βWe can use the car to take us as close as we dareβ she...
βHa!β Daniel gave a bark of laughter. βI am not arming you. With all due respect to my older sister here, youβre an enemy soldier. Caring for you I can justify to myself because of wat you did for Aria, and because itβs the Christian thing to do. But giving you bullets to put in the rifle you...
Aria hugged her friend. She never meant for anyone else to know, for anyone else to risk themselves. But she was relieved not to be doing this alone. βThank you,β she whispered in Valentinaβs ear before releasing her. She will never forget her friendβs kindness.
βDaniel, maybe you should goβ...
Daniel nodded his head when Sebastian called his sister stubborn. You didnβt need to spend much time with her to know that. As angry as he was with her for risking her life in this way, he also had to admit it was very much like her. The French captain was a man needed help, and Aria Russo never...
Aria got up and put her hand on Sebastianβs arm. βPlease,β she said, her eyes locked on his. She gently pushed the other one down, indicating he should lower his rifle. Her fingers tightened on his arm unconsciously, feeling the taut muscles. With their eyes locked like that, it was easy for her...
βWorse than that,β Daniel said, outraged. βItβs a Frenchman!β. Even if the soldier hadnβt used a French expression, he recognized the uniform. He moved in front of Valentina. He didnβt relish the thought of getting shot, but he wasnβt going to let her get shot either. He also wasnβt going to put...
"Yes, please" she said, bringing him the package after first carefully wiping her hands. "Don't eat too fast or you'll hurt yourself." This would probably be the last time she saw him. Ever. After tonight, he'll have to make it on his own. She couldn't keep sneaking in here. For some reason the...
Daniel grinned at the other woman. He always liked her, though Aria would kill him where he stood if she thought he was making a pass at one of her friends. "Why? What do you think is in there? Because if it had been any other person in the world I'd be willing to bet it was a man. But not my...
βThat,β Daniel said, stepping out of the shadows, probably startling Valentina βIs what Iβd like to know.β He grinned at his sisterβs friend. βSorry if I scared you. I didnβt know if you were in cahoots with my sister, so I followed you without saying a word. But you seem every bit as much in...
Daniel was worried.
Yes, Aria brought the car back as promised, and it didnβt look much worse for wear. Though it was hard to tell with the wreck heβd lent her. But she looked exhausted. There was blood on her hands and her clothes and she refused to give any clear answer about where she had...