"Casualties are lower than expected. Eighty seven dead. One hundred and forty three wounded."
Theodore's voice was heavy as he read the report three days after the Montana assault. We had gathered in the coalition war room for a final debrief. I sat between Owen and my mother, still feeling weak from the sacrifice but alive.
Eighty seven dead. That was eighty seven families destroyed. Eighty seven wolves who would never go home. But it was also much better than the three hundred we had feared.
"The Covenant facilities worldwide are shutting down," Lucas added, looking at intelligence reports. "Without The Elders coordinating operations, the entire organization is collapsing. Regional commanders are surrendering or fleeing. Prisoners are being freed. It is chaos but good chaos."
"What a
