Embracing Silence (Project Alpha) by N.J. Walters

Author:N.J. Walters [Walters, N.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Carina Press
Published: 2016-09-30T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Blood dripped down his shoulder and forearm, but Tienan didn’t take his eyes off the man standing in front of him. His muscles were coiled and ready to react at a split second’s notice, the gun was steady in his hand and his eyes promised death. This was Adrian, the man he’d wanted to meet. Even if Silence hadn’t called him by name, he would have known. It was in the way he moved, in the way he held himself. This man was a leader, a killer, an Alpha.

The two of them had common enemies. He’d thought they might be able to help each other bring the General and Ruling Council to justice. Tienan wanted revenge, plain and simple. Adrian wanted better living conditions and rights for his people. Tienan hadn’t realized until they’d come face-to-face just how alike the two of them really were.

Tienan had no doubt he knew how to use the gun in his hand. The way he held it spoke of familiarity. The bloody gash in Tienan’s shoulder was little more than a flesh wound. If Adrian wanted him dead, he could have easily killed him. Which meant that Adrian had questions.

Tienan ignored the pain, burying it in the recesses of his mind as he’d been taught. It was more of a dull ache really, a reminder that he had to do something about the bleeding eventually. He’d take care of it later. If he was still alive, that is. Right now, he figured the odds were about fifty-fifty.

His body was injured but his mind was reeling with the revelation that had come crashing down on him. He’d done something he’d been trained never to do.

He’d made a mistake.

He could justify it by saying it was due to the emotional upheaval Silence had caused in his life, but it didn’t matter. The fact remained that he’d made a mistake. A big one.

From what Adrian said, Silence had been telling the truth. She hadn’t turned him in. She had gone searching for help. However the security force had found him, it hadn’t been because she’d betrayed him.

His blood ran cold as he thought of how close she’d come to being captured by the squadron. If she hadn’t left when she had, they might not have escaped. Alone, he’d managed to evade them. With her to protect, it wouldn’t have been as easy, if possible at all.

Regret, sharp and hard, punched him in the gut. Silence wasn’t looking at him now, her gaze on the ground as she realized Adrian knew they’d had sex. As an Alpha, Adrian would have easily smelled the aftermath of sex in the air. And there was no way the other man hadn’t noticed her rumpled state. Hell, he’d probably seen her getting dressed and waited until she was fully clothed before announcing his presence.

Shit. He’d not only hurt Silence, he’d alienated the very man he’d wanted to meet. Now that he knew Adrian was also an Alpha he was doubly sorry for it.

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