Total pages in book: 43
Estimated words: 43512 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 218(@200wpm)___ 174(@250wpm)___ 145(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 43512 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 218(@200wpm)___ 174(@250wpm)___ 145(@300wpm)
“I have to find out,” I say. It isn’t a choice. It’s a reflex. It’s the deepest part of me standing up.
Delaney pulls back just enough to look at me, eyes glossy but steady. “Then we’ll find out.”
We.
Again.
My chest tightens.
“How does that work?” I ask, the practical fear rushing in like cold water. “Saint Pierce. Maddox. Charlie Team. You… your life—”
She cuts me off softly. “Nash. One thing at a time.”
I stare at her, and the truth hits me like a sunrise. This—Delaney—this is the life I want. And the universe just handed me a road that might give me back the one thing that broke me before I ever left town.
“I guess I’m relocating to Saint Pierce.”
She exhales.
Somewhere in the other room, the house creaks.
Outside, the ranch sits under starlight, quiet and bruised and still standing.
I look down at Delaney, then back at my phone.
The next mission isn’t a maybe.
It’s calling my name.
And for the first time in a long time, I’m not running toward war.
I’m running toward home.