My father-in-law and his eight sons brutally be@t my pregnant wife, causing us to lose our unborn child. Then they stood outside her ICU room and sneered that no one would help me because I was “just a soldier.”

looked back at me.

“Did you do it alone, Elias?” she asked weakly.

I glanced toward the door. Through the glass, Reaper and Viper stood watch in the hallway.

“No,” I said softly. “I never go in alone. Not anymore.”

Later that day, Reaper handed me a tablet showing a live feed from a federal detention facility. The Sterling men sat in identical orange uniforms,continue reading …