Chapter 98

Reece

I sat in the corner of the dining hall, picking at my roasted venison while Lana chattered across from me. She was a first-year in Combat—young, eager, and refreshingly easy to be around. No probing questions about where I'd been or who I'd talked to. Just wide-eyed admiration and the kind of laughing attention that made a man feel good about himself.

"So you're really leaving in a few days?