“The Major Who Refused to Stay Silent”

Her hands rested on her stomach.

Seven months earlier it had been life.

Now it was only emptiness.

For a long time, Rebecca didn’t cry. Marines learned early how to lock pain away, to place it in a compartment and seal it tight until the mission was finished.

And now she had a mission.

The next morning, a knock sounded at the door.

Two men entered wearing dark suits—Naval Criminal Investigative Service.

One of them, Special Agent Marcus Doyle, pulled a chair beside her bed.