Chapter 769 [ 513 words ] Chapter 769: Before she could react, two of the MPs moved in. They grabbed her by the arms, their grips brutal and efficient, and hauled her out of the formation. They forced her to her knees in the dirt in front of the assembled
Chapter 768 [ 490 words ] Chapter 768: Harper, on the other hand, looked like a cornered rat. Her face was pale and drawn. She was chewing on her thumbnail, her eyes darting nervously around the room, never settling anywhere for long. The alliance, Caroline noted with cold satisfaction, was
Chapter 767 [ 497 words ] Chapter 767: She pulled on a fresh set of camouflage fatigues, the fabric stiff and smelling of industrial-strength laundry detergent. She twisted her hair into a tight, neat bun at the nape of her neck. She was a soldier again. After a final check-up
Chapter 766 [ 503 words ] Chapter 766: “Charity gala in D.C. next week,” the General said with a smile that didn’t reach his eyes. “All the top brass will be there. I want you to go. Represent the command.” Jarrod didn’t even glance at the invitation. “No,” he said
Chapter 765 [ 495 words ] Chapter 765: “I want the snake who gave Melanie that poison. I don’t care if you have to tear this entire base apart, brick by fucking brick. Find them.” The order, illegal and absolute, still hung in the air when the encrypted satellite phone
Chapter 764 [ 525 words ] Chapter 764: Soldiers and medical staff scurrying across the base saw him coming and instinctively gave him a wide berth. The air around him crackled with a silent, lethal energy. They knew that look. It was the look he wore before a mission went
Chapter 763 [ 490 words ] Chapter 763: The sudden, violent push destroyed his balance completely. There was a moment of shocked stillness, his eyes wide with surprise. Then gravity took over. He went over backward, a dead weight, like a sack of cement falling off a truck. THUD. 𝖡е
Chapter 762 [ 494 words ] Chapter 762: When the wound was clean, she expertly applied a thin layer of antibacterial ointment. She picked up a fresh roll of white gauze. She wrapped it around his large hand, her movements quick and efficient, the years of ER training evident in
Chapter 761 [ 511 words ] Chapter 761: “What do you think you’re doing?” Jarrod’s voice was a low growl in her ear as he deposited her back onto the mattress and pulled the blanket over her legs. “You stay put.” She didn’t fight him. She simply pointed a commanding
Chapter 760 [ 479 words ] Chapter 760: The taste of copper and salt. The feeling of her teeth sinking deep into warm, yielding muscle. The guttural, animalistic satisfaction of it. In that instant, every trace of her vanity, every ounce of her shame over her appearance, was incinerated by
Chapter 759 [ 512 words ] Chapter 759: He dropped to one knee beside the bed, a clumsy, desperate movement. “I’m sorry,” he rasped, his voice raw with a helplessness he hadn’t felt since he was five years old. “Shit. I’m so sorry.” His rough, calloused thumb reached out, trying
Chapter 758 [ 508 words ] Chapter 758: His words were meant to be a comfort, but they landed like stones. Scars weren’t the point. The point was now. The point was this grotesque, humiliating present. It wasn’t just her face. It was the memory, sharp and vivid now, of
Chapter 757 [ 496 words ] Chapter 757: Caroline swallowed the last of the cool water, but it did nothing to wash away the foul, chemical bitterness clinging to her tongue. A shudder ran through her, a full-body rejection of the taste. She gagged, her stomach muscles clenching violently. Jarrod’s
Chapter 756 [ 493 words ] Chapter 756: He started to pull his hand back, to hide it behind his back. “It’s nothing,” he said dismissively. “Just a scratch.” Dr. Reed had seen enough. She walked over to the small bathroom, took the vanity mirror from the wall, and held
Chapter 755 [ 487 words ] Chapter 755: The sheer, cold-blooded precision of it. This wasn’t the work of a deranged amateur like Melanie. This was planned. Professional. And Hailey Shaw, the girl she had protected, the girl she had helped, was a part of it. An accomplice. A chill,
Chapter 754 [ 505 words ] Chapter 754: Their eyes locked in a silent battle of wills. The air, which had been soft and intimate moments before, was now tense and charged with a different kind of energy. He was the first to break. He let out a sharp, frustrated
Chapter 753 [ 501 words ] Chapter 753: He pulled back an inch, his eyes crinkling faintly at the corners as he looked at her flushed face. “Welcome back,” he murmured. The warmth of his kiss lingered on her skin, a fragile, tender thing. But then a jolt of cold,
Chapter 752 [ 497 words ] Chapter 752: Jarrod stayed seated at the bedside, close enough to see every flinch, every breath, every tremor, but he did not touch the medication, the gown, or the damaged skin. Dr. Reed applied the cool cream to the inflamed welts in a slow,
Chapter 751 [ 528 words ] Chapter 751: For one cold second, the helplessness of it hit him harder than the rage. He could command an investigation, terrify an instructor, summon ghosts from the dark machinery of the Department of Defense, but he could not even wash the grime from
Chapter 750 [ 483 words ] Chapter 750: K.C.’s normally impassive expression hardened. The implications were clear and horrifying. Someone on a secure military base had used a stolen chemical irritant on the Colonel’s wife. “I don’t trust these base instructors,” Jarrod said, his voice laced with contempt. “They’re incompetent.