As the medevac chopper cleared the ridge, Leo looked down at his dirt-stained hands. He had survived, but he felt the ghost of himself receding.
In the shadow of the jagged Corsican peaks, the Foreign Legion doesn't just ask for your sweat; it asks for your soul. Our Men (2021)
They stood together on the cliffs overlooking the Mediterranean. The sea was a bruised purple."Are you back?" she whispered.Leo looked at the barracks, then at the woman who had waited in the dark. "I'm here," he said, though they both knew that part of him would always belong to the dust and the men who stayed behind. As the medevac chopper cleared the ridge, Leo