Entry: Nothing Without You

Nothing Without You
By Tiffany C. Kinerson

Whispers low-crawled toward him on the mottled gray carpet of the squadron hallway. They dodged and hid against the white slab walls and hard-backed wooden chairs. Like snipers, they seemed to wait for the perfect moment to pierce him with knowledge, send him crashing down beneath the force of their premonition.

This time it will be different. This time your boys will not be safe...

He closed the sound from his mind, glanced at his watch. His men would go to their final briefing in only ten more minutes.

Submitted by
Tiffany C. Kinerson