PART 1 The cold inside the command tent was the kind that didn’t just sit on your skin; it burrowed into your bones.…

PART 1 “I can’t do this. I can’t marry a nobody like you.” The words didn’t just hang in the air; they crashed…

Part 1 The First Class cabin of Orion Air Flight 402 smelled of leather, lavender, and entitlement. It was a world designed to…

Part 1 The Nevada sun beat down on the concrete of the airfield, turning the tarmac into a griddle. Heat waves shimmered off…

PART 1: The Silence of the Broom “Are you deaf, old lady? I said, move it.” The voice was sharp, laced with the…

PART 1 The humidity hung thick over the Fort Redstone parking lot, a suffocating blanket of heat that promised a miserable day before…

Part 1 The silver sedan pulled up to the main gate of Naval Support Base Sentinel Harbor. It wasn’t a government vehicle, just…

Part 1 Chapter 1: The Outpost and the Clerk The cold, unforgiving desert night clung to the Forward Operating Base ‘Fortress’ like a…

PART 1 “If you drop that tray, Lane, I swear to God I will have you scrubbing bedpans until you retire.” Dr. Cameron…

Part 1 Chapter 1: The Weight of Unspoken Legends The air inside the Forward Operating Base ‘Fortress’ was thick enough to choke on—a…