Chad stood in Major Longchamp’s office and did his best to withstand General Morley’s berating. Whatever the man said to him, Chad had been twice as cruel to himself, accepting all the blame for not listening to Claire and allowing her to go into the battle zone and be captured. He nodded while his mind already made plans as to how he was going to get her back.
“Trust me, Doctor Radcliffe, I know how difficult it is to let the women you love do what they need to do, but it’s better to agree and have them do it under your supervision than have them try it themselves.”
Chad nodded. He wasn’t going to bring up the general’s daughter and her forbidden love. Perhaps General Morley wasn’t even thinking of Emma and Thaddeus, who now lay next to each other behind the ruins of his house. Major Lo
