The Loner
Three months later… "ARE ABSOLUTELY certain this is what you want to do?" Colonel Carl Garrett asked, his tone as grave as his expression.
Seated in an uncomfortable chair in front of the colonel's desk, Huck nodded. "Yes, sir."
"You could still be an asset to the military, Major Finn. Just because you're no longer physically able to meet the demands of an active Ranger doesn't mean that you are no longer of value to your country. You have other talents as well," he said, carefully perusing the documents on his gleaming mahogany desk. "You could be very useful in an instructional capacity if you—"
Huck bit back a blistering curse. "With all due respect, sir, I didn't join the military to teach. I joined to defend."
And he couldn't do that anymore. Would never be able to do that again.
He swallowed, pushed back the despair, anger and abs ... read full excerpt from The Loner ebook
