The air in the gym was thick with the sound of pomp and circumstance, but retired Marine Sergeant Solomon Dryden heard none of it. For
The clatter of cutlery and the hum of conversation died at the table of fifteen bikers. A small boy in a dinosaur T-shirt stood before
The whispers in the church were a cruel hum, but Grace kept her eyes locked on Daniel’s. She saw the man who had shared his
The tree offered the only shade on the block, and beneath it, Luciana Mendoza had run out of options. Her eight-month pregnant belly was a
The auctioneer’s voice was a drumbeat counting down the end of her world. Eight-year-old Lily Parker, a ghost of the chatty girl she once was,
The whispers in the church were a cruel, humming chorus. Grace focused on Daniel’s eyes, the only familiar anchor in a sea of judgment. She
The sun danced off the polished windows of the Adewale mansion, a fortress of new money and ambition. Inside, Richard Adewale surveyed his kingdom—the swirling
The maternity ward was a chorus of five tiny, crying voices. A young mother, exhausted but radiant, looked from one perfect face to another. Her
The chrome motorcycle was a hulking silhouette under the buzzing gas station lights, and the man beside it was a giant brought low, crumpled on
The clatter of the diner fell silent as the coffee cup hit the table. For Officer Greg Daniels, it was a moment of petty triumph,