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PROLOGUE
Brothers in arms.
Bad boys, cowboys, soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines.
We’d been labeled delinquents, incapable of redemption.
And we’d gone our separate ways.
Heroes. Monsters. Sinners and saints.
Above all we were men honoring our country even while a terrible secret loomed just below the surface.
There were those who would never forget, praying we’d never return.
Others would stop at nothing to prevent us from doing so.
We were intent on finding salvation by protecting those we loved.
But demons from a single act would never allow us to forget.
Six men determined to right the wrongs from our past.
Six men prepared to do what it took.
No matter the cost.
Together in life.
Together in death.
CHAPTER1
Snake
“Jesus Christ,” Mustang muttered as he dove behind the overturned tank beside me, smoke and fire billowing from the burned-out hull, the acrid stench suffocating.
The rapid pop of automatic weapons came from every direction. This was nothing but a shitstorm.
“The fuckers knew the minute we arrived,” I snarled. The second I darted my head around the side, another spray of gunfire erupted. They’d come out of nowhere, the trap unlike anything any of us had experienced so far. But there was no doubt our unit had been set up.
“Where the hell are they coming from?” Reaper hissed as he rubbed sweat and dirt from his face. The sound of gunfire was deafening.
I shook my head, fighting to catch my breath. We’d been asked to check on the location, never expecting a fucking setup. Some asshole in our company either hadn’t done his job or our unit had been betrayed.
“We’re getting out of here,” Hawk yelled. “It’s too hot.”
“Hot ain’t the word for it,” Vader snapped. “He’s right. We’re sitting ducks where we are.”
As a flash caught my eye, I reacted automatically, firing off several shots, the bullets catching three of the insurgents at close range. The force pitched them back by several feet, but I kept firing, anger tearing through me. As blood sprayed from two of the three men, I watched as if in slow motion as they tumbled to the dirt. There were dozens more where they came from.
A lone enemy soldier burst through the smoky haze, his weapon pointed at Vader. I didn’t hesitate, my training taking over. The three shots issued weren’t enough for me. It would never be enough.
“Thanks, buddy,” Vader breathed.
“Goddamn it. The asshole almost had us. There are more of them behind that building. I’m going to chop them into pieces.” Scorpion shook his head. “You coming with me, bud?” He grinned as he glanced in my direction. The two of us were thrill chasers, refusing to back down no matter what we were forced to face.
“Get back to the chopper,” Hawk commanded. “Now!”
