The night before the assault, I found myself standing in the healing center's main surgical suite, running my hands over the equipment I had used to save so many lives. The room was empty and quiet, lit only by the emergency lighting that cast everything in a dim blue glow. I should have been sleeping, resting before tomorrow's mission, but my mind would not stop racing with questions about Dr. Torres and what we might find at the laboratory.I heard footsteps behind me and turned to find my mother standing in the doorway, she was wrapped in a thick robe and holding two cups of tea."I figured you would not be sleeping either," she said, offering me one of the cups. "The night before a big operation always feels impossible to get through.""How did you handle it?" I asked, taking the tea gratefully. "During your twenty years with The Covenant, when you knew you would be sent on missions the next day, how did you quiet your mind enough to rest?"She was quiet for a long moment, her exp
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