Chapter 17

Ahead of him, Nurse Roche stopped, turned around and raised her eyebrows. "Well if he can't walk, then carry him," she said briskly, and then turned around and continued.

The bigger soldier shrugged and picked Alex up over his shoulder, which was humiliating. Alex had always considered himself to be a fairly big guy, definitely strong, but this particular soldier had about twice his mass. The only sop to Alex's pride was that the soldier didn't seem to be having a particularly easy time carrying him. For a moment he considered waiting for the soldier to tire out and then struggling and escaping... but there was the other soldier to consider. Not to mention that he had no idea where Bella was. And Trish was with Jordan. She wasn't his responsibility, but he couldn't handle the idea of just leaving her here, but going up against Jordan would be a suicide mission. So he just hung there like a piece of meat, feeling even lower about himself.