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Triaad. Then Triaad will trust me once again. Tagen couldn’t help but smile as he picked up his pace, exposing his sharp
black teeth. His future was beginning to look brighter.
     
     
     
     
     

CHAPTER 4
     
     
    “So
you’re really leaving in two days,” Bridget asked, “and you think you might be
back in six months?” She placed her hands on her thin waist and walked in front
of the TV to get Caden’s attention.  
    Caden
leaned his head back on the sofa. He loved how she looked when she got upset,
the way her nose and eyebrows crinkled. “Yeah, that’s what we’ve been told,”
Caden responded calmly. He laid the remote down on the couch cushion, the soft
fabric brushing the rough skin of his fingers.
    When
Bridget sat down, he caught a whiff of her flowery perfume. She stared at him
with pleading eyes. “You just got back, and now they’re taking you away for six
months? Why can’t the company let you try out equipment here? You’re not
supposed to leave on these trips for another two to three months.” Bridget
waved her hands around in frustration.
    Caden
anticipated her response and knew part of her frustration was the fact she didn’t
fully know who he worked for or the details of what he did. Even though he
wanted to tell her, it could potentially cost them both their lives, so he kept
his pledge to secrecy.
    Bridget
came close to finding out about the organization a couple of times, which
always made Caden nervous. He hated the constant lies to keep his job secret,
but he knew there was no other option. Besides, he loved his job.  
    “The
project’s bigger than the others. I have to go in,” Caden said, hoping Bridget
might understand. “You’ll have Mags. She’ll take care of you.”
    Bridget’s
mouth tightened. “Very funny. I want you here. I don’t want your dog to be the
one taking your place. In fact, why don’t you find a new job that doesn’t make
you travel all the time and leaves me worrying about your safety?”
    Caden
looked at her for a moment; he knew she was digging. She had already made it
clear a few years back that she knew he was in some
type of military or espionage work, which he had acknowledged at that time, but
he didn’t tell her anything else. “I’m not going to do that. This is a good job
that doesn’t come around every day. Why don’t you invite friends over and have
some parties?” Caden spoke with a smile trying to get her off topic. He hated
when she started pressing him for answers. “You could party to your heart’s
content.”
    Bridget’s
nose flared. “How old do you think I am? I’m not a teenager. I’m not going to
throw parties because you’re gone,” she snapped.   
    Caden’s
smile increased ever so slightly. The tactic worked again. “It was just a
thought. I figured you could have fun. Throw parties. Have all of your
girlfriends over and do whatever girls do.”
    “Caden,
all of my friends are married. They like doing couples things. They aren’t
going to come and hang out with me because my boyfriend is gone and I’m missing
him.”
    “I’m
sorry,” he said as he grabbed her hand. “Look, I’ll call you every night.” He
gave her his lost puppy dog look when he knew he pushed the topic too far.
“Will that help at all?”
    Bridget
stood and walked away. Caden jumped up and followed her as she headed for her
room. Before she entered, she turned to face him. “How about you marry me as
soon as you get back? That would make me feel better.” Bridget’s dark brown
eyes stared stern and strong, almost looking right into Caden’s soul. She
leaned on the doorframe waiting for his response.
    Marriage. The thought scared him more than anything else in
the entire world. He loved Bridget and had come close to asking her to marry
him numerous times, but he always chickened out. His adoptive parents fought
all the time, nights of screaming, bottles smashing against walls, and him
crouching under the bed. He pushed the