Rick's POV
I stood proudly on the prow of my ship, looking around at the fleet that I had spent years gathering, each ship filled to the brim with the men that the Alpha’s who supported me had committed to the cause.
All I was waiting for now was for Bennett to signal the fleet was ready, and we would begin our assault.
Finally, after a tense few minutes, his signal came and the warhorn blared across the sea.
“You heard him, boys! Let’s go!” I yelled to cheers and whoops of anticipation and excitement.
We moved at a steady speed first, trailing behind the first ships and waiting to make sure that Bennett’s recording of the placement of the mines had been accurate. It wasn’t that I didn’t trust him, it was more that I didn’t trust Alpha Ryan not to have somehow managed to change someth
