Chapter Twenty One

‘Rest you mad fucking dog, we’ll talk when you feel a bit better’

He was angry with me as I had put our whole mission in jeopardy but as I settled down to sleep I mind-linked him,

‘I would do it again in a heartbeat Jack, you know that, my instincts are to protect regardless of the cost to myself and I know you would have done the same thing’

He huffed and shook his head but then he smiled across at me and said, ‘You are still one crazy mutt.’ A few hours later the all-clear sounded and the two MPs led us out to an American Jeep they had ‘borrowed’ to get us to the British-held area. Exhausted and stiff with pain I jumped onto the back seat and whimpered as they bounced over the craters heading for what was left of the main road. We were stationed in a large hotel basement that had been sectioned off into rooms. I