General Aris Vahn had lost his voice on the third day of the Siege of Crimson Ford. By the fifth day, his lungs filled with the rain that would not stop. His soldiers found him standing in a trench, water up to his chin, eyes open but unseeing. They thought him dead.
For a moment, the holotable went white. Total saturation. The officers gripped their armrests, riding the turbulence of a digital hurricane. master of command torrent
Aris Vahn walked out of the trench last. He never blinked again. And when he gives an order, men do not hear words. They feel the weight of an entire river pressing against their backs, pushing them forward into the blades. General Aris Vahn had lost his voice on