Page 14 of Huck Frasier (Seals on Fraiser Mountain #5)

Frasier

I got back at dawn.

Dusty. Exhausted. Blood on my boots and adrenaline still in my veins.

The mission had been a mess—hostiles, weather delays, missing intel—but we got the guy out alive.

All I wanted now was a hot shower… and Marley.

But her cabin was empty.

The bed was made.

The place smelled like lemon and regret.

I walked next door to mine, confused, heartbeat picking up speed—

And then I saw the note.

I read it once.

Then again.

Then I crushed it in my hand and punched the doorframe so hard I split the skin across my knuckles.

She left me.

Again.

After everything. After the storm, the kiss, the way she looked at me like I was safety and danger and home all at once.

She walked out like none of it mattered.

And the worst part?

I still wanted to go after her.