The man stood alone by the gleaming motorcycles, a ghost haunting the edges of a world too loud and too new to notice…
Part 1: The Forge of Resolve The Princess and the Generals At Westridge High, I was known as the ‘Princess’—a reserved, slightly built…
PART 1: THE PAPER SHIELD Heat in Al Qadir Province doesn’t just rise; it presses down. It sits on your chest like…
CHAPTER 1: The Sound of Failure The heat shimmered above the firing line at Camp Pendleton like liquid glass, distorting the air…
The world smelled of pine and ancient dust. It was a scent that had woven itself into the fabric of Earl Mat’s life,…
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STORY TITLE: THE THREE-SECOND WAR Logline: She spent twelve years in the shadows of JSOC, learning that hesitation means death. But when…
Chapter 1: The Silence of Elmsworth The air inside the Elmsworth Federal Courthouse felt frozen, preserved in a time capsule from a…
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