“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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Okafor sighed, a sound of weary experience. “Some people are hollow, Daniel. They fill themselves up with whoever is closest. Webb is the kind of man who clears the room so he’s the only thing his partner can see.”

“I want them found,” I said. My voice was quiet, which made it more dangerous. “I don’t care about continue reading …