Chapter Fifteen
Erik took a deep breath after he finished his food order.
The black-garbed waiter departed with a bow, and Erik picked up his beer to take a sip. Aryn, Erik’s date, also ordered a beer, so at least she wasn’t uptight. He would give her that, but there was one minor problem that kept bugging him, and had since he had met her at the front of the restaurant.
She was younger than Jia, and she looked it.
He’d had a few days to digest his meeting with the colonel. It worried him less now that he realized neither of them had any real proof other than Ceres might be involved. Unlike the colonel, Erik cared less about the why of the conspiracy than the who.
For now, a mindless date was a welcome diversion.
Regret over accepting his partner’s matchmaking filled him. Jia knew hi
