A Silent Death by Michael Anderle EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Michael Anderle
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“Uh-ten-shun!”
The voice straightened the back of every cadet in the room. It was as
good as a whip cracking over their heads and might as well have been. Hell,
they might have preferred a whip over the punishments their sergeants
usually came up with.
Whatever created the officers running the academy really did break the
mold. Madison didn’t like how they seemed driven to ensure nobody ever
graduated. It was in their every swagger, every scowl, every attempt to
pronounce a word they were sure their cadets had never heard before.
They would have liked to fail every last wobbly-kneed one of them.
They’d already failed a solid third of the class. Those who’d made it to
exam day were the ones who stuck it out and pissed them off the most.
She always thought it was an odd way to think. It was their job to
ensure the cadets made it through the program, but they prided themselves
in ensuring few of them did.
She never understood it. They were proud of their own failures.
That said, they did a damn good job of straightening the backs of every
cadet in the room with them. She didn’t enjoy how their voices made her
back straighten of its own accord.
“Exam day.” The officer paced out in front of them. His boots
connected with the ground with firm clicks that made the faint-hearted
cadets look at their feet. “You were made for this day. Whether you were
made to succeed or fail is your choice. You have been given the tools you
need to succeed. It’s time for you to show what you’re made of. This is the
first day of the rest of your lives, maggots! Now, step forward when you
hear your names!”
They were supposed to be quaking in their tall naval boots. The black
uniforms of the officers were supposed to inspire those present to learn
from them. Inspiring them with fear didn’t seem like it would make the
most intelligent or intuitive candidates, but if they wanted that, they had to
get with the program. Or find another one. There was a fine living to be
made with paint on canvas for those who couldn’t.
She’d been through the song and dance before. Unlike the other
candidates, she knew she was ready for what they would bring. The only
reason she hadn’t graduated from the Naval Academy’s Advanced Gravitic
Tactics School was that she’d picked a bad moment to beat the piss out of
one of the other cadets.
A poor move, but one she would probably make again if she had the
opportunity. It seemed the Navy was infested with little shits like him, and
they always seemed to think having rich parents meant they could get away
with everything.
He’d gotten his, and more importantly, he’d gotten kicked out of
NAAGTS right alongside her for instigating the fight. He’d even been
blacklisted from applying again while she’d received the offer to start all
over again.
Not the best take, but some justice had been done.
“Cadet Ishmael Jove!”
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