That was her father exactly.

He would let you make your own mistakes for as long as the cost was only yours to pay.

The instant the cost landed on someone who could not protect herself, the General arrived, and God help whatever stood in his way.

Chapter 8 — Attendance Is Non-Negotiable

Dane came home near two in the morning and slept in the guest room.

In the gray of the next morning he stood in the kitchen doorway, pale, holding his phone like it might bite him.