CHAPTER 17 — Stay Behind Me

1 author note 

2 chapter 1 - The Mission 

3 ch 2- Where Paths Begin to Turn 

4 chapter 3 - Between Duty and Home 

5 CHAPTER 4 - Where They Finally Meet 

6 CHAPTER 5 - Through Her Eyes 

7 CHAPTER 6- The weight he carried 

8 introduction part 1 

9 introduction part 2 

10 introduction part 3 

11 CHAPTER 7 - Mornings in the Cold 

12 CHAPTER 8 - Things Left Unsaid 

13 CHAPTER 9 - The Sound of Gunfire 

14 CHAPTER 10 - Between Life and Death 

15 CHAPTER 11 - The Silence Between Them 

16 CHAPTER 12 - The Space Between Heartbeats 

17 CHAPTER 13 - Shadows and Answers 

18 CHAPTER 14 - A Trip Beyond the Camp 

19 CHAPTER 15 — The Sound of Fear 

20 CHAPTER 16 — Ambush on the Mountain Road 

21 CHAPTER 17 — Stay Behind Me 

22 CHAPTER 18 — The Fall 

23 CHAPTER 19 — Two Days 

24 Chapter 20 – Home, But Not Yet 

25 Chapter 21 – Her Answer 

26 Chapter 22 – Back to Duty 

27 Chapter 23 – The Safe House 

28 Chapter 24 – The Trap 

29 Chapter 25 – Under Attack 

30 Chapter 26 – The Captain's Fury 