"General Khan nodded. "First, let me thank you both for your help with the Ouled Naïl matter. Of course, it was your Bravo Force member, Pru, who dis...overed the village. I will find out why our people did not know of it." He smiled frostily at them both. "Then, you took rapid, effective, and creative action there. Very commendable!" He looked at Pru, "I understand you are rather sensitive about your role as a force commander, Ms Whiteside. You should not be. You did an excellent job, and it is. He looked up as I came into view, and smiled."Hello, Brother!" He made no attempt to hide what he was doing; in fact he waved the scroll he was reading at me as if he was proud he had found it. He may have been, as a new walker of the Do path, Alon had already surpassed me in his training. Pride could be considered his one failing, that and his sparklingly white clothes. Maybe this was more my problem than his?Not that I didn't feel a touch of pride at being Do. It had proved to be a tremendous. Got that?’ ‘Sir?’ ‘And that bugger on your fucking finger? You put that mother fucker in your mouth and I’ll put three rounds in your fuckin’ face. You, like, hear me, Rookie?’ ‘Sir! Yes sir!’ ‘You his FTO?’ ‘Yup. Hey, someone’s gotta train these kids…’ ‘Guess so.’ ‘Well,’ Denison said – rolling her eyes, ‘How you hangin’?’ ‘Low. Like down in the weeds low.’ She nodded. ‘I don’t know how you did it, man.’ He looked away, didn’t really want to go there today. ‘So,’ she said when she saw his. 'Was that what I think it was?" "I... I'm sorry," he stammered. "I can't really help it." "It's okay," she laughed at his nervousness. "It's nice to know that someone still finds me attractive. I haven't had that effect on my husband in a long time." "Well, he's a dumbass then," Beau told her what he thought before he could change his mind. "If I had a woman like you, I wouldn't be able to keep my hands off her." "Really?" Her voice suddenly sounded deeper, throaty, and husky. "What exactly.