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    Despite the years of radio silence, he would be lying if he said he did not from time to time think of her, dream of her, even long for her. He had long since accepted that Veronica would always be tattooed across his soul.

    But when she’d occupied his thoughts, he never imagined her like this: a tube down her throat; her left eye swollen shut; abrasions and bruises maring her face, neck and arms and her fingernails mangled and bloody. His stomach felt like it was turning itself inside out. As a naval aviator, he had seen his fair share of horror, death and other unspeakable things; he had even been responsible for it, under orders.

    But this, this was different. Nothing, not his training, not even the abuse he endured at the hands of his own father, could have prepared him for seeing her like this.

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