I saw the shift. The panic in Marcus Thorne’s eyes didn’t just vanish. It solidified. It turned from a hot, frantic fear into…
I forced my eyes open, my heart pounding a frantic rhythm against my ribs, a terrible counter-beat to the drone of the airplane’s…
His voice was quiet, but it cut through the damp air like a scalpel. “Let me try.” I froze. Every instinct screamed. Get…
The deadbolt clicked. It was the loudest sound I’d ever heard. Louder than the thunder, louder than his voice. It was the sound…
In a room full of people who had practiced shouting, nobody expected the quiet to be in charge. And yet, here it was.…
I was still standing there, shaking. Private Chen was slowly, shakily picking up the broken pieces of his mug, his eyes still wide,…
Three months later, everything fell apart. The mission brief came through at 0600 hours on a Wednesday in March—humanitarian aid delivery to a…
The first thing I registered was the light. It was pale, watery morning light, slipping through the blinds of the hospital room. It…
Staff Sergeant Colt Ramsay turned, his performance in the courtyard finished, and jerked his chin toward the main administrative building. “Corporal Tucker, escort…