Smoke and Mirrors (The Special Ops Series Book 1) by Addison Jane & K E Osborn

Author:Addison Jane & K E Osborn [Jane, Addison & Osborn, K E]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-08-12T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

KACE

I’m making my way back to my apartment after the meeting about Cavaleri. Mom tore me a new one about leaving my post when I should have been protecting him. I took it, I deserved it. I’d let my team down and put them in danger because of this unexplainable need to protect Lily.

God, Lily.

The fire between us that had been smoldering before was now completely alight.

I know she’s still wary. My job isn’t for the faint of heart. It takes strength, determination, and above all else, understanding that what we do is for the better. It’s something that not a lot of people can wrap their heads around and the reason that none of the Seven have partners or families at home waiting for them.

How do you love someone who can so easily take another person’s life?

It scars your soul, it haunts your dreams. We live in the shadows with little contact with the outside world, and that’s our burden to hold. But what keeps us going is the fact that we are stubborn and hard-headed and refuse to let the bad guys win. We aren’t ever recognized for our efforts, but seeing people walk the streets freely, smiling, laughing, that’s thanks enough. I jog up the stairway to my apartment eager to find Lily.

She calls to me, her body, her mind, her sweet heart. She’s everything I thought I could never have or be worthy of. Yet she’s finally letting me in, and it’s almost like I’m having withdrawals. I just need a fix, just to know if she’s okay. I know physically she is, I’ve been keeping track of her. But mentally? I’m still not quite sure. And that—that is driving me crazy. I know I said I’d stay away from her, but my resolve is weakening.

And after her visit this afternoon, the walls have begun to crumble completely.

I want her, more than I’ve ever wanted anything in my life.

Approaching my door, I notice someone standing in the hall. My muscles tense when I notice the figure in the shadows, but the stature is familiar. I move my hand closer to the hidden Glock at my hip as I approach, but when I get closer, Noah steps out and gives me a chin lift. He’s wearing his glasses so I know he’s off duty, but then again, you’re never really off duty when you’re a part of SO7. His tall stature and broad shoulders would intimidate some, but not me as they match my height. His disheveled brown hair and slightly longer-than-normal growth of beard covering his chin make me think something’s on his mind.

“Noah? Where the fuck have you been?” I ask as he steps forward to greet me. Noah hadn’t been at the briefing this afternoon, and he’s been off the grid since my mom called him into the Loft for this mysterious assignment.

I’m not happy.

Noah is one of my men. I hate the idea of him being out there alone without our backup and support even though I know he’s capable of handling himself.

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