Chapter 4 - Major Sterling Dismisses The Warning
Sterling tried to laugh off the mounting terror, forcing a jagged, unnatural grin across his sweating face.
“You’re bluffing; there’s no way an inspector general would crawl around in standard holdover fatigues just to spy on my mess hall,” he scoffed.
“Check the digital authentication signature on my transfer orders, Major,” Elena challenged, tossing a secure military datapad onto the table.
Sterling stared at the blinking green verification light on the device, his hands trembling as he refused to touch it.
“You set this up... you deliberately engineered this confrontation to entrap me,” Sterling accused, pointing a shaking finger.
“You engineered your own destruction the moment you decided to treat young soldiers like your personal punching bags,” Elena fired back instantly.
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She motioned toward Private Miller, who stood frozen near the far end of the long steel table.
“Come here, Private,” Elena commanded gently, her voice softening just enough to reassure the frightened teenager.
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