Chapter 24
Hiding.
So hard.
It hurt to hide inside. But it had worked.
“No gain without pain,” his commander had always said. “Get comfortable being uncomfortable.”
He’d squelched himself, though it was near agony.
Don’t think. Don’t feel. Close down so that nothing remained except the searing pain where they’d ripped him away from himself.
It was worth it.
It had worked and he’d found them.
Found her.
Eaten their food.
Heard their plans for tomorrow.
“No plan survives first contact with the enemy.”
She wasn’t the enemy, but she was definitely the target.
He’d be ready.
He’d save her from that hellhole in the Nevada desert.
Because even death was better than going back.
