The Cost of Failure

CASSIAN'S POV

“We lost her, sir.”

I rubbed a hand over my jaw and tilted my head to the side. “What did you just say?”

The short fool who had no business being on my security team because of how physically incapable he was lowered his head, his arms visibly shaking. The arms in question lacked any muscle or proof of work put into getting some.

One would think that where he lacked in physical stren