There was a flicker of shame in his eyes. But he accepted it. He couldn’t abandon the front line and keep a title built on sacrifice. That wasn’t how this worked. Gamma was earned in fire, not comfort. And Denis had stepped out of the flame.
He had once been a Delta, and now he returned to the role. It fit better now.
I moved on.
I picked twenty wolves, each one loyal, each one tested by my mark. We armed ourselves in silence, checking weapons, gear, communication nodes. Then we boarded the Chinook, its blades thundering over Mooncrest, carrying us into the sky.
The plan had been to hit Rockville in the afternoon.
I changed my mind.
They’d feel the weight of us the moment we landed. There would be no warning. No mercy. Just chaos raining from above, bombs, bullets, gas thick with sil
