Chapter 21

“Anyway, the comm tech has been watching deployment orders for

weeks, waiting for something juicy to come through. When she sees that

‘Red 7’ is listed as a target—presumably a planned attack against a civilian

population—it’s the kind of sound bite this politician really needs to perfectly

drive home their point. However, all of those dire war plans were really about

making sure ol’ McGavin had a great birthday party in the commissary.”

Kaen sighed.

“It gets better! The comm tech can’t just sit back while such an

unconscionable, brutal act toward civilians unfolds, so she freaks out. The

attack is going to go down any minute, and no one is responding to her

messages. She decides to track down the ranking general at the time,

Haloway.”

“Oh no…”

“Oh yes ! The general is, naturally, at the very party discussed in this

woefully misinterpreted communication. The comm tech bursts into the mess