Page 13 of Broken Oath

Rook’s heart stopped.

“Ghost!”

Smoke rolled away.

Nothing remained where Ghost had been standing.

Nothing.

Rook felt the loss like a knife driven through his chest.

There was no time to process it.

No time to grieve.

Just gone.

Hammer saw it too.

The massive SEAL released a roar that echoed across the mountains.

Then he stood.

Completely exposed.

Machine gun in his hands.

“COME ON, YOU BASTARDS!”

The weapon thundered.

Enemy fighters dropped across the ridge. Bodies tumbled through the darkness.

Hammer advanced into the gunfire.

A force of nature.

An avalanche with a trigger.

Rounds slammed into his armor.

He kept moving.

Another hit.

Then another.

Still moving.

Still firing.

Still protecting his brothers.

A burst caught him from the side.

A gap in the armor.

Hammer stumbled.