Rescuing Erin (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) (Red Team Book 5)
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“Fuck off.” Jaxon laughed. “I never heard you bitchin’ about the Air Force all those years when I was saving your ass.”
“Right. That’s why your boy, Mason, went into the Army,” Leo continued.
“I blame that on Jasmin. She got her hands on Mas and sold him on that human intel shit, and it was all downhill from there.”
“Downhill?” Jasmin laughed. “You’re full of shit.”
“Did Rob and Asher get their orders? Are they splitting up?” Colin asked.
“They’re both going to Virginia. The higher ups saw the value in keeping them together.”
Zane was only half listening to his men’s banter. This is what they did, what they promised each other. Visiting Eric Wheeler’s grave was not the time nor the place to mourn. Some might think it disrespectful standing in a cemetery laughing and joking with a dead man. But not them. Eric had lived and died a hero. A man worth celebrating, a man worth remembering. And they did remember. His memory would live in each of their children. The families they were all afforded by Eric’s sacrifice.
The fuck of it was, Zane still harbored guilt. Now it wasn’t the guilt over the men he’d lost, but knowing he wouldn’t change anything. Eric giving his life for his team meant that fourteen souls were born into this world. Grief and loss had turned into happiness and family. Over the last twenty years, Eric’s light had never dimmed; it was still shinning upon them, breathing life into their families. And at the end of each one of the days, Zane and his team knew family was all they had, the families they’d created, and the bonds they’d forged.
The laughter began to fade as the time came to leave. Each one touched the headstone as they made their way to leave. Zane lingered for just a moment, allowing the grief of Eric’s absence to soak in.
“Miss you, brother. Every fucking day. Rest easy.” With a slap of his palm on the cold granite headstone, Zane left.
Long Live the Brotherhood.
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