Cold Snap. Don Pendleton

      Manning nodded, then rested a hand on his shoulder. “Don’t let it get too personal.”

      Hawkins frowned. “I’ll keep my head. But that doesn’t mean I won’t take satisfaction in taking theirs...”

      The Canadian Phoenix vet left the younger man to his task. Manning had faced his losses over the years and had made enough missions personal. Every member of the team had. And sometimes, that personal investment was enough to take an impossible battle and push them over the top to victory.

      But in the end, it still never quieted the ghosts they vowed to avenge.