-chapter 3- //top\\ — Lesson In Loyalty

Now Thorne looked up. His eyes were the gray of winter storms—no anger, no warmth, just the flat certainty of absolute authority. “The after-action report was filed yesterday. By me.”

Because it wasn’t about Rennick anymore. It was about the next soldier who hesitated. It was about the order she might one day refuse. It was about discovering that the line between protector and executioner was thinner than the edge of Kael’s blade. Lesson in Loyalty -Chapter 3-

Consider the archetypal scenarios that define this chapter of the human experience: Now Thorne looked up

: As you evolve, your loyalty to your future self may mean walking away from relationships that were built on the "old you". Lesson in Loyalty -Chapter 3-