Pain – The Weight of War
Lieutenant Jack Calloway was very familiar with pain. He had known it in every form—sharp and immediate, like the searing bite of a bullet; explosive and deafening, like the shockwave of an IED hurling him into the dust; slow and agonizing, like the broken ribs he once had to set himself in the middle of a firefight. He had seen pain on the faces of his brothers-in-arms as they bled out in the dirt, their hands gripping his like he could hold them to life. He had seen it in the eyes of his enemies—some defiant, some pleading, some … Continue readingPain – The Weight of War