Intel came in from the Pentagon weekly, and it wasn’t good news. Women and children disappearing by the dozen in Afghanistan. Men with horribly blistered skin left dead, surrounded by bullet casings. Whispers of ghosts traipsing into villages to steal people in the night. Colonel Black put the te...
The school didn’t look as dreary with the trees out front in full bloom. Or maybe it was because I knew I wouldn’t have to go back there, at least not for a while. Will and I were about a week away from finishing “school” online, so no point in re-enrolling for the last six weeks…or so I planned ...
Schmitz said. I cracked open an eye. The tent walls were bathed in a thin, weak light. “Dawn already?” “Yeah,” Schmitz said, giving me a little shake. “Major Tannen wants to see you ASAP. The advance team didn’t make it in last night. He’s organizing a search.” Groaning, I sat up. My back muscles...