A DECORATED SEAL BROKE MY RIBS IN A FULL MESS HALL — THEN MY DEAD MOTHER’S VOICE CAME THROUGH THE PHONE
Chapter 2
The whispering started small.
“Commander,” someone near the back said, under his breath, as if saying it aloud might summon something.
Reeve heard it. Thorne heard it.
“Commander Elena Vance,” the admiral said, clearly, into the silence.
My rank was never the secret. The secret was why I was standing in that room at all.