“Daddy, Mommy said I was a burden and locked me here,” my 7-year-old wept from inside a dog cage. Returning from war, my heart shattered. Then, my wife walked out in silk with a stranger, shocked to see me alive. She thought I was dead-unaware that a trained soldier’s wrath had just begun…

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I looked at her, and for the first time in my life, I felt the true, cold clarity of a man who knew exactly what he had to do.

“No, Emma,” I said, starting the engine. “Monsters have a purpose. Marcus is just a mistake I’m going to fix.”

Chapter Three: The Triage of the Soul

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