Cole stood again, breathing heavily.
Who trained you?
Before Emma could answer, the senior instructor stepped forward.
Captain Brooks helped design this course.
Cole froze.
What?
The instructor continued.
She graduated at the top of the advanced combat program.
Several soldiers exchanged surprised looks.
Cole stared at Emma.
You are an instructor?
Emma nodded.
For almost a year.
Cole looked embarrassed.
Why did nobody tell me?
Emma answered calmly.
You never asked.
The room went quiet.
Cole had judged her before the training even started.
Her size.
Her quiet personality.
Her rank.
He had decided all of those things mattered more than experience.
Now he knew how wrong he had been.
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