General Smith

" Flora, you've come a long way from those dark days," Captain Morales blatted, shaking Flora's hand roundly in the packed form hall. The voices around her, pigmented with pride and respect, had a soft hum of congratulations.

Flora's eyes sparkled as she spoke," Thank you, Captain. I still flash back every moment of pain that led me then, every rejection that I made into a assignment."

Lieutenant Hernandez stepped forward, his tone humorless, “ They say you’ve earned every ...