The Command That Never Ends

I set the binder on the table.

The sound of it landing was the only sound in the room, and it was the sound of the world they’d built beginning to come down.

“What is the meaning of this intrusion, Colonel?” she demanded, rising.

“I told you — your authority ends at the gate of your base.”

I set a heavy leather binder on the table.

The sound of it landing was the only sound in the room.