Chapter 15

Max

Wetness begins covering my face and I attempt to move away from it but that doesn't work. I pry open my eyes, ignoring the pain radiating in my skull and see that the sprinklers are on. I lift myself up and lay against the hard pillar behind me.

Looking around me, I take in my surroundings. I huff when I realize where I landed after my drunken pity party. I look between the hundreds of headstones that surround me. I look straight at the one in front of me, where I no doubt fell asleep mumbling to him.

Samuel Tolino

Beloved son, husband, and father

Sam and I went in wanting to hate each other but when you get over there, when you go through your training and then get shipped to a godforsaken land where everything is out to kill you, you quickly realize how stupid it is to have a feud mainly because of your father's differences. Sam and I were a lot alike. Neither wanted power, just wanted to be a part of something different, something that meant something.

We had a few differe