Behind Enemy Lines

## Chapter 10: Behind Enemy Lines

The whiskey bottle shattered inches from my head, raining glass and amber liquid. Nathan's body pressed against mine behind the bar, his breath hot on my neck. Every nerve ending in my body was alive with adrenaline—and something else I refused to acknowledge.

"The panic room," he whispered, his lips brushing my ear. "Behind the bookshelf. Think you can make it?"

I nodded, trying to ignore how his hands gripped my waist. This wasn't the time to get distracted by Nathan Chen's perfectly sculpted... everything.

"Found you!" Jessica's voice sang out again, closer now. "Come out, come out, wherever you are!"

"On three," Nathan murmured. His thumb stroked small circles on my hip, sending unwanted shivers down my spine. "One..."

A bullet splintered the wood beside us.

"Two..."

Jessica's heels clicked on the marble floor, getting closer.

"Three!"

Nathan sprang up, providing cover fire with a gun I hadn't even seen him draw. I sprinted for the bookshelf, my h