Chapter 117
The orders were pretty simple. It told them what to bring with them and where to arrive in the morning. All of their gear needed to fit into one backpack that would be light enough for them to carry, so there wouldn’t be any room to bring anything extra along. Luckily, this time, there would be supply trucks along with them to refill anything they ran out of along the mission.
Rain had her bag out and was packing it while Adam was in the shower. She used the checklist Josie had sent her to make sure she had everything. Hers was a little different as she was a backup medic, in case there was no official military medic around when someone was injured. So she had a kit that contained Quebecian versions of the same instruments she’d used back home, more or less. A few items were missing, and she had a few she’d had to learn how to use. Quebec’s technology was not as advanced as Michaelanburg’s, but that would likely change after this war. All of the Motherhood’s secrets would be exposed.
She’d just finished packing her bag and moved it to the floor by the door when Adam came out wearing only a towel. Rain sucked in a deep breath. “You are going to be quite the distraction if they place us in the same unit.”
He grinned at her, but she was so focused on his perfect abs, it was hard to look him in the face. “I don’t think they will.”
She found that statement more disappointing than she was willing to admit. While she did think it was a good idea to separate couples and people with preexisting relationships, she also wanted to go into battle with the people she trusted most. Even though many of the soldiers they’d been training with were lifelong military personnel, she would rather fight alongside her four friends than anyone.
The idea that she might actually witness one of them being badly injured, or worse, came to mind though. That would be terrible, but not being there when it happened wouldn’t be much better.
“Rain? Did I lose you?” Adam asked, dressed now. “Where’d you go?”
“Sorry,” she muttered. “I was just thinking about what our assignments will be, once we get there.”
Adam sat on the edge of the bed to get dressed, and Rain did her best not to watch him but to listen to what he was saying, especially since what he was talking about was so emotionally important. “You already know you’re part of the intelligence team, along with Mist. You guys know that facility better than anyone else. And Walt and I will probably be pushing into our old haunts, looking to set free the rest of the Dicks.”
He made the statement like it didn’t bother him at all, but Rain knew better. It would be extremely difficult for Adam and Walt to walk back into the Insemination Ward. Even though the circumstances were completely different now, they would be going in as liberators, not as servants forced to do whatever the Mothers bid them to do, just being there, breathing the same air, seeing the same sights, hearing the same sounds, would bring back haunting memories that he never wanted to have to see again. No wonder he had called them their old haunts.
Rain went over to the bed and sat down beside him as he finished pulling on his shirt. He was dressed now and less likely to be a physical distraction. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders and held him close. “We can do this,” she whispered.
“I know we can,” he replied. “We can do anything we set our minds to.”
Brushing her lips against his cheek she reflected on how different their lives were in Gretchintown from how they were now. It would be so easy to just stay here and forget all about the Motherhood. But she couldn’t do that. They had come here for a reason, and part of that reason included getting help--and going back.
Adam turned and looked into her eyes. “Rain,” he said in a tone that made her hold her breath. “You know how much I love you, right?”
“I do,” she said. “And don’t you dare start your, ‘If I die,’ speech, because I’m not hearing it. No one is dying.”
“Okay, but if I do… I want you to find someone else. Someone you can love as much as you love me. More. All right?”
“I don’t even have to agree to that because it doesn’t matter. You’re not going to die.”
“Just go ahead and agree then,” he said, giving her that grin she couldn’t resist.
“Fine, Adam Blue. If you die, I will marry a handsome man who is intelligent and loves me fiercely. Is that what you want to hear?” She shook her head at him, and they both chuckled, but even the thought of something happening to her caused a pain in her heart like a knife sunk to the hilt.
Adam turned to face her and took her face between his hands. He looked into her eyes and then lowered his lips to hers. Rain slid her hand around to the back of his head and tangled her fingers in his hair, memorizing every nuance of his touch, the way he tasted, the way he smelled, the way he breathed. She couldn’t bear to think that this might be the last time she ever kissed him, but if it was, she wanted to remember everything. Not because she thought Adam was going to die but because she thought she might.
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