Fighting for Charli

FIGHTING FOR CHARLI BROTHERHOOD PROTECTORS WORLD TEAM FALCO BOOK TWO LEANNE TYLER CONTENTS Brotherhood Protectors Brotherhood Protectors World Fighting for Charli Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Fighting For Tessa Aslo by Leanne Tyler About Leanne Tyler Brotherhood Protectors About Elle James Copyright © 2023, Leanne Tyler This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales or persons living or dead is entirely coincidental. © 2023 Twisted Page Press, LLC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED No part of this book may be used, stored, reproduced or transmitted without written permission from the publisher except for brief quotations for review purposes as permitted by law. This book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. 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For Elle James—thanks for having the faith in me to do this special project and to Jen, Stacey, Deanna, and Kris – It’s been a blast working on Team Falco together BROTHERHOOD PROTECTORS ORIGINAL SERIES BY ELLE JAMES Brotherhood Protectors Yellowstone Saving Kyla (#1) Saving Chelsea (#2) Saving Amanda (#3) Saving Liliana (#4) Saving Breely (#5) Saving Savvie (#6) Brotherhood Protectors Colorado SEAL Salvation (#1) Rocky Mountain Rescue (#2) Ranger Redemption (#3) Tactical Takeover (#4) Colorado Conspiracy (#5) Rocky Mountain Madness (#6) Free Fall (#7) Colorado Cold Case (#8) Fool’s Folly (#9) Brotherhood Protectors Series Montana SEAL (#1) Bride Protector SEAL (#2) Montana D-Force (#3) Cowboy D-Force (#4) Montana Ranger (#5) Montana Dog Soldier (#6) Montana SEAL Daddy (#7) Montana Ranger’s Wedding Vow (#8) Montana SEAL Undercover Daddy (#9) Cape Cod SEAL Rescue (#10) Montana SEAL Friendly Fire (#11) Montana SEAL’s Mail-Order Bride (#12) SEAL Justice (#13) Ranger Creed (#14) Delta Force Rescue (#15) Dog Days of Christmas (#16) Montana Rescue (#17) Montana Ranger Returns (#18) BROTHERHOOD PROTECTORS WORLD ORIGINAL SERIES BY ELLE JAMES Brotherhood Protectors Colorado World Team Falco Fighting for Esme - Jen Talty Fighting for Charli - Leanne Tyler Fighting for Tessa - Stacey Wilk Fighting for Fiona - Kris Norris Fighting for Kora - Deanna L. Rowley Athena Project Beck’s Six - Desiree Holt Victoria’s Six - Delilah Devlin Cygny’s Six - Reina Torres Fay’s Six - Jen Talty Melody’s Six - Regan Black Team Trojan Defending Sophie - Desiree Holt Defending Evangeline - Delilah Devlin Defending Casey - Reina Torres Defending Sparrow - Jen Talty Defending Avery - Regan Black Brotherhood Protectors Yellowstone World Team Wolf Guarding Harper - Desiree Holt Guarding Hannah - Delilah Devlin Guarding Eris - Reina Torres Guarding Payton - Jen Talty Guarding Leah - Regan Black FIGHTING FOR CHARLI TEAM FALCO BOOK 2 LEANNE TYLER PROLOGUE “Mayday. Mayday. Mayday.” “This is helicopter 4-3-5-Marcus Falco out of Fools Gold, Colorado. We’re headed north northeast to Greeley and experiencing mechanical difficulties. I have three passengers on board, and one of the passengers is in distress. I suspect a cardiac event.” “We’re landing North of Denver at latitude 40.039545 and longitude 104.926453. Please send an air ambulance for transport to North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. Over.” Static came over the line as his chopper blades slowed and smoke clouded the front shield. No response came over the line. He glanced over at one of his passengers, Charli Jackson, sitting in the co-pilot’s seat. She was watching him closely worry in her blue eyes as she bit her bottom lip. “Mayday. Mayday. Mayday.” “This is 5-Marcus Falco. We’re going down now. Do you read me?” “Marcus!” Charli screamed. “Charli!” Melanie Jackson called from the backseat. “Oh my God, Gran!” CHAPTER 1 Two weeks later… Marcus wiped his greasy hands on an old rag and stepped back from the wrecked helicopter, perplexed from what he was seeing. There was no reason he could find for the malfunctions that caused the technical difficulties leading to the crash-landing when he flew Charli Jackson, her cousin Melanie, and their grandmother to Greeley for her medical appointment. Unfortunately, Ester Jackson had passed away from a cardiac episode before the air ambulance had arrived. The rest of them had been flown to Longmont United Hospital to be checked out. To make matters worse, in his opinion, he’d walked away without a scratch on him while Charli suffered from a sprained wrist, and Melanie a concussion. He didn’t understand what went wrong. He kept his bird in top shape and never would have offered to assist in getting Ester to her cardiologist appointment when Charli mentioned the long car ride to Greeley and back put a strain on her grandmother’s health. And now the sweet woman was gone. All because of him. He kicked an empty tin can across the dirt floor of the shed where he kept his helicopter on their ranch. “Marcus, you got company,” one of his older brothers, Troy called, walking toward him. “I’m in no mood to see anyone,” he replied. “If it’s another insurance claims adjuster, tell him to come back later. I’ve talked to enough people about the crash to fill a book.” “Yeah, well, it’s not. And, I think you’re going to have to talk to her about the crash whether you like it or not,” Troy said. “It’s time, baby brother.” Marcus groaned and walked out of the shed to see Charli leaning against her motorcycle, glaring at him. Her sprained wrist wrapped in an ACE bandage. He’d been so engrossed in working on his chopper that he hadn’t even heard her riding down the drive to the Paradise. This was the last thing he wanted. He’d been trying to avoid her since the accident, because