They thought they had watched a mother swallow her rage and accept her place.

What they had actually watched was a colonel select her targets.

Chapter 7 — What They Didn’t Know

Here is what the Langfords did not understand about the woman standing in that room.

They thought my rank was a title — a thing to be out-lawyered, out-connected, intimidated by people who owned reporters.

They looked at the eagle on my shoulder and saw fabric and ceremony.