BLOOD LINES
Chapter One
>> GYMNASIUM
>> CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA
>> 1203 HOURS
"Did you come here to play basketball or wage war?"
Shelton McHenry, gunnery sergeant in the United States Marine
Corps, shook the sweat out of his eyes and ignored the question. After
long minutes of hard exertion, his breath echoed inside his head and chest.
His throat burned. Despite the air-conditioning, the gym felt hot. He put
his hands on his head and sucked in a deep breath of air. It didn't help.
He still felt mean.
There was no other word for it. He wanted the workout provided
by the game, but he wanted it for the physical confrontation rather than
the exercise. He had hoped it would burn through the restless anger that
rattled within him.
Normally when he got like this, he tried to stay away from other
people. He would gather up Max, the black Labrador retriever that was
his military canine partner, and go for a run along a secluded beach until
he exhausted the emotion. Sometimes it took hours.
That anger had been part of him since he was a kid. He had never
truly understood it, ... read full excerpt from: Blood Lines ebook
