“Sure. Two passengers, and I don’t know the standing of them. Undoubtedly ship the ambulance.”

“Copy.”

I flip to search out Summer season looking at me, her jaw dropped and eyes vast.

“You keep right here, perceive me?” I attain into the again and pull my weapon from its holster. “You wait right here, and if I sign, you name 9-1-1.”

“Jesus, Chase.”

“Do you perceive me?” I ask once more, needing to make certain that she hears me.

“After all. Do you have to wait right here with me till assist arrives?”

“I must see in the event that they’re useless or how badly they’re damage.” I attain over to cup her cheek, pondering again to final winter and the accident that took Jake’s dad and mom’ lives. “I imply it, Summer season. Keep right here. If it’s dangerous, I don’t need you to see it.”

“I’ll keep,” she assures me. “However please, watch out. It’s darkish out right here.”

“I’m going to maintain the headlights educated on the car,” I reply and attain again for the yellow vest I maintain within the truck for emergencies like this. “And I’ll put on this so I’m seen. I’m additionally going to set out flares.”

“Okay.” She licks her lips. “I really feel like I ought to do one thing.”

“You’re doing it. Keep put.”

And with that, I get out of the truck and, shrugging into the vest, hurry over to the SUV. There’s steam coming from the crumpled entrance finish, and once I shine my flashlight into the cab, I see that each passengers are unconscious. One in every of them will need to have handed out after turning on the hazard lights.

Opening the motive force’s facet door, I attain in and examine for a pulse on the motive force, relieved when there’s one. He additionally reeks of beer.

“Fucker,” I mutter and rush round to the opposite facet of the SUV, open the door, and examine the lady for a pulse.

It’s thready, but it surely’s there.

“Have been you each consuming?” I ponder out loud as I hear the sound of sirens coming this fashion. Hurrying over to the highway, I decide up a flare and wave it backwards and forwards so that they know the place to go.

“Chase!” Jerry Coltrain, a fellow officer, hurries out of his car towards me. “What’s occurring?”

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

SUMMER

Simply once I thought that Chase couldn’t get any sexier, this occurs. Watching him go from my laid-back, candy man to the arduous, alert, assertive cop was possibly the most popular factor I’ve ever witnessed.

I’m so turned on proper now, I’m throbbing between my legs. However I’m additionally a bit of scared and apprehensive about whoever is in that SUV.

Chase units out the flares, and with the headlights from his truck pointed on the car, I can see him stroll across the SUV to examine on these inside. His face is difficult and grim as he steps away from the passenger facet, after which I see flashing lights and listen to sirens. Chase rushes to the facet of the freeway, the place he waves a flare within the air to flag the responders down.

From the darkness of the truck, I watch as Chase talks with an officer, gesturing to the SUV, after which again to me. I can’t inform what he’s saying, however each line in his spectacular physique is on full alert. It jogs my memory that when he’s with me, Chase is fairly calm and affected person, however on the core of all of it, he’s a cop. He’s in management, and he’s protecting.

And it simply makes me wish to soar him.

After about fifteen extra minutes of ready as Chase speaks with the officers and different first responders, he returns to the truck and climbs in.

“What’s taking place?” I ask instantly as he fastens his seat belt and begins the engine.

“Properly, it’s their scene now, so we are able to go.” He places the truck in gear, checks his mirrors, and provides a two-fingered wave on the first officer as he pulls out and drives round them. “Each passengers are unconscious and scent like a brewery.”

“Oh, shit.”

“Yeah. They have been nonetheless alive when the EMTs took over. I don’t know what despatched them into that tree, since there’s no climate to talk of. Might have been an animal.”

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