Teaser from Hawk's Honor

I love how a big, bad Marine can be rendered speechless. Enjoy this unedited clip.

His head swiveled to meet her smile. She crossed her arms in front of her chest. With a tilt of her head, she raised an eyebrow.

“Wh…what?” When did he start stuttering? “But… tha…that’s…”

“Wow, did you get a head wound? Do you need me to talk slower? Try to keep up, Hawke.” She smirked and slowed her speech. “I’m staying with you. I’m your date, Jamie. Madame Eve hooked us up for tonight.”

“No!” He shook his head as panic set in and he struggled to breathe. “You…you’re… I’m…oh, no. Fuck.”

In the last few years, he faced the enemy, injury, and death but in the last two minutes he’d become a bumbling idiot.