Fragged: A BWWM Military Romance by Paige Notaro

Author:Paige Notaro [Notaro, Paige]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: New Adult Romance
Published: 2015-08-16T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Calix

“Private, please tell me you know how to provide covering fire.”

“Sir, I do, sir.”

“Sir?” I said, smiling as the well-worn line formed in my mouth. “I work for a living, Private.”

“Yes, Corporal.”

The chubby kid trembled as he stood on the lawn before the course. I hovered over him, waiting until the lesson sunk in.

He was so fresh from Basic that the mess hall hadn’t thinned him out. If he was assigned here, he might finish his tour without ever seeing combat duty.

That was no excuse not to be able to run a simple drill. He might be called in as a last resort. If that happened, it’d be his squadmates who’d pay the price for his lack of commitment.

He would be abandoning them to their fates.

I released the private back to his squad to run drills through the course. However, my mind still tumbled through that last thought.

Until two weeks ago, I had been part of another brotherhood. There were no tours of duty for the Storm’s Soldiers MC. I had committed for life.

But now they were fading in the side mirrors. I’d had time to reflect in the weeks since I’d cut those ties. I could see how clear that fork in the road had been coming. I had left them to join the army. They needed a man with skills and privilege inside, and I was the only one capable.

Now, it seemed my leaving might have been a response to our growing differences, not just the cause of them. The divide had only grown wider in my absence. They’d become something I truly couldn’t tolerate.

They might say the same about me, given the company I now kept.

My fists clenched at the thought. None of them had the right to judge Rosa. She was far better than all of us. I loved how open she was about her thoughts, even as she cared for those around her. The fact she came in a pretty, little package was just a bonus.

I watched my soldiers shout orders and surge through the course. It was lucky that my indiscretions hadn’t cost me my position here. These men might be sweating and running headfirst into simulated fire now, but I could be proud of serving with them. They were a far better fraternity than the Storm’s Soldiers.

There was still another brotherhood I shared, one that I had dropped years ago. There was no breaking this one though. It came as natural as the blood through my veins.

I thought it through uselessly as the men finished their drill. I came to the same conclusion I always had: it was not time yet to find him.

There was no use bringing the family back together. My only objective now was to find a way to stay true to my father, and stay true to Rosa.

And somehow keep those worlds apart from each other.

The drill ended, and I dismissed the men to the showers. I dropped off a completed evaluation and set to work on my own training.

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