Page 17 (1/2)

"Alright, shohere this training facility is on a ht," I announced, confident that ere on the right track, even if ere a few steps behind I would catch us up That’s what I did This hat I had been born and raised to do I was finally back in h it was under the worst circuh the desperation, I felt to find this son of a bitch and make him pay for his sins, this was fae and hatred into action and accoh I couldn’t think about what happened to Henri and Sophie without nearly choking on intended wrath, I could feel the relief of finally identifying the threat, of finally being able to put a gaether and start to act

The peace and safety of dom came first

Always

This was the destiny that Gabriel was always going on about I wasn’t good at sitting still and governing

And Terletov had no idea just how good I was

Not yet

Kiran ledroom I had rarely used for lack of reason My blood had already ignited into a frenzied boil of anticipation and adrenaline I startedI needed to do I wouldn’t waste ti at the latest I needed to call the old tea as no one had gone and fallen in love or somehow tied themselves down, I knew they would be just as anxious as me to jump back into the action

Maybe I should even call Roxie, I didn’t need to bet that she was bored out of her mind

This time around I wouldn’t involve those married couples, especially the ones with children But le, unattached friends had spent plenty of time in the field and were probably restless with the everyday ic snapped and popped around me in an anxious cloud of readiness, I prepared s I wasn’t prih to deny that this wouldn’t be hard and I wouldn’t be rusty

But the prospect of leaving this Citadel with a mission on the horizontime

Chapter Thirteen

Silence

Finally

The day had been spent in all kinds of preparations to leave With Kiran here, I didn’t think it would be a big deal if I just slipped out for a bit to go chase down Terletov and kill the bastard But apparently it was a very big deal

Or Angelica was o

And then Talbott ju to knohy I didn’t want to use the trained Titan Guard when they were at my complete disposal He didn’t take it too hen I explained that thethe them

They had been enslaved by birth, made soldiers because they were born a Titan and not because of any personal desire to serve the Crown Even though h to be coladly lay down their life for the cause of this crown, I couldn’t in good faith ask them to sacrifice their lives forhairs, I didn’t trust them to perform at their maximum potential in this kind of environment The rest of the Titans were theoretically trained in covert ops, but had never needed to use their training in real life I trusted my team over them Plain and simple

And then there was that

I had been on a team once I had trusted men and women with my life and they felt the same toward me I could have assembled a Titan team that didn’t let me do any of the dirty work and reacted to my every order Or I could assemble the only people in this world I trusted with my life more than myself, other than Eden of course The same people that knew exactly how I operated aand questioning my every decision and the sah I would never admit it to them

Or maybe I would

So I had called them all, interrupted their life-after-war lives and asked them to join me in this endeavor for justice Titus, Xander, Xavier, Jericho and Roxie wereto meet up with me in Moscow before we headed deep into Siberia for this ly circuet anxious for this s through I didn’t want to just get caught up in being back on the field andout of the castle, and I realized how i activity to occupy ht now I needed to focus and put this guy down He kidnappedon my people Words could not accurately describe how uy’s life

The full arden around rown maze The leaves had started to fall off the chaotic bushes, leaving jagged, sharp branches sticking out into every path and twisting toward the sky in an effort to find freedom I sat on a stone bench, tucked away in a little alcove and closed h the next few days like professional athletes thought through their nextevery step, everyOr anything really…