Chapter 2 - The Four-Star General Steps Out Of Shadows

The heavy silence in the ballroom felt thick enough to suffocate a room full of people who had never known hardship. Every eye drifted toward the shadowy arched doorway where the heavy velvet curtains had just been pushed aside.
General Arthur Vance walked forward into the brilliant cascade of chandelier light, his posture rigid and commanding despite his graying hair. Four rows of heavy medals gleamed across the chest of his impeccably tailored dress uniform, catching the light like drops of fire.
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