No Alpha But Myself
This time, no one tried to stop me.
Dax’s voice called out behind me, faint and unsure.
“Why didn’t you make a fuss this time?”
I didn’t answer. There was nothing left to fight for.
Back at the Outpost, I shut everything out—my phone on airplane mode, my focus locked on the border. For thirteen days, I trained hard and took extra shifts on patrol, keeping my head down and my thoughts quiet. The work was brutal, but steady. By the end of it, something inside me had settled.