The Moon Chose Me Twice
He looks like hell, soot-stained and limping, but he’s grinning.
"Ironclaw comms are lighting up. Without Ryker or her they have no leadership. They’re laying down arms at the main gate."
"Let them go," I say, leaning my head back against the metal. "Get them off our land. If they come back, we kill them. But today... I’m done with death."
Kaleb is sitting next to me. He’s refusing medical attention until everyone else is checked. Typical hero-complex behavior.
He has a nasty gash on his forehead and he’s bleeding from a hundred small lacerations, but he’s miraculously alive and I never want to let him out of my sight again.