Discovering Tyler (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by E.M. Shue & Operation Alpha

Author:E.M. Shue & Operation Alpha [Shue, E.M. & Alpha, Operation]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-01-09T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIVE

Madison

I come awake with the nightmare ripping through me. The memories of the alley and the pain of being burned alive almost have me screaming. I jolt and arms wrap around me. His smell overtaking my senses instead of the smell of burned flesh. I snuggle back into them, and peace overwhelms me. I look up at the windows above the bed and see the sun starting to rise in the distance. We made love over and over in new and very satisfying ways throughout the day yesterday. My body is sore in new places. He loved all of my body.

The remnants of the nightmare wash over me though, and I know I can’t do this. He wants forever with me, but I can’t give him that yet. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to give him that. I roll away from him and sit on the edge of the bed, taking in his impressive body. His arms that were wrapped around me go to his own body. One rests across his ripped six-pack abs across his slightly tan olive complexion. He told me that his father was right off the boat Irish, and I wonder what he looked like. How much Tyler looks like him or his mother. I see scars that line his body. Some I recognize as bullet wounds and others I wonder if they are from a knife and even some fire. He starts to roll away and I see the massive tattoo on his muscular back that I caught glimpses of yesterday. It’s a large piece taking up his whole back. The skull has a hood over it as it smokes a cigarette. A Claddagh crown in green with red blood dripping from the heart are the only colors except for the red words surrounding it. Knights of Purgatory Syndicate.

I know what it is and don’t recoil from it. He’s a member of a mafia family. But it’s the beautiful script tattoo around another Claddagh crowning a Celtic cross on his ribs with the names Tanis and Titan that draws my eyes. “Always in my heart and in the hands of the Lord until I see you,” the words state, and my heart clenches. He’s lost a family already. I can’t hold him to me. I stand from the bed and quietly get dressed. He doesn’t wake up as I do.

I watched him arm the house, so I disarm it and walk out the door. As soon as I cross the threshold, I feel eyes on me. I look around, but when the Uber pulls up, I jump in and head to my apartment. I know this is part of the fears I have. That I’m always being watched. My counselor says it’s a part of the PTSD.

I can’t be here when he comes for me. I need to make myself better and move on because all I’ll do is break him more than he already has been. I load up my new car and break my promise to my sister that I’ll help her with our mother.

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