Chapter 345 – Reunion

• It takes every single bit of willpower that I have to not shout “Dad!” and go running into his arms.
• Instead, I act like a good little Cadet and snap myself into a salute, just as Luca and Tony and every other cadet in our truck are doing. Except I’m grinning like an idiot, and most of them look terrified.
• My dad laughs, striding over to us and calling to the Cadets to be at ease, to go about fulfilling their orders. Hesitating, I think a little star-struck, the rest of my classmates do as they’re told as dad draws near.