Chapter 25
Orders – noun: an authoritative command, direction, or instruction. "Identify," the largest of the men demanded, his voice a guttural growl that rumbled through the tunnel. My stomach dropped. That voice—I knew it. John. Commander of Black Squadron. If he was here, then the other two shadows flanking him could only be his lieutenants, Ryan and Adam. My hands rose slowly, palms open in a gesture drilled into every Rise guard since childhood. Submission. Compliance. My body remembered it even when my heart rebelled. Their glowing green eyes tracked every inch of the movement, rifles steady, fingers curled around the triggers with lethal calm. "Identify!" another barked—Adam, his voice sharp and biting. He took a step forward, the glow of his lens making his face inhuman, a mask of steel a
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