Chapter 10 - Confronting a former protégé inside a dimly lit control room as dark secrets and hidden betrayals come spilling out into the open right now.
Catherine advanced cautiously down the central command corridor, her service pistol raised and locked with deadly expertise.
She pushed open the heavy steel door of the master control room, finding Dustin sitting casually before a bank of glowing monitors.
He wore a flight jacket missing its right shoulder insignia, his dark hair disheveled and a manic grin plastered across his face.
"I knew you'd come yourself, General; you always preferred to handle your own dirty laundry," Dustin mocked, spinning in his chair.
"You broke military code, assaulted an American citizen, and tried to murder my daughter to cover your tracks," Catherine stated coldly.
"I did what your precious Pentagon bosses ordered me to do! I cleaned up loose ends you were too blind to see!" Dustin shouted.
Catherine's finger tightened slightly on the trigger guard, her eyes flashing with pure, unadulterated parental fury.
"You are stripped of rank, honor, and citizenship effective immediately; surrender or be executed on site," Catherine warned.
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Dustin slowly reached toward his waistband, his manic grin widening as he weighed his final, fatal options against the general.
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