Chapter Eleven
Wilkes shifted nervously from foot to foot as he waited on the platform at Salisbury station for Balkhi’s train to come in. According to the screen hanging from the ceiling, it was due in one minute. The longest bloody minute ever.
He clenched his fists—he really needed to get a grip. It hadn’t even been five full days since he’d last seen Balkhi, and yet he was insanely excited. Worst of all, he wouldn’t be able to show it. Not here, anyway. It was way too close to the base, and military personnel were in and out of the station all the time. The last thing he needed was for someone to see he and Balkhi together and start blabbing. Soldiers were terrible gossips, and although he knew at some point in the future there would inevitably be gossip about him, he wanted the sour
