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Prologue
Travis Air Force Base
Fairfield, California
Sunday, June 7
"You're here why?" Wearing only a hastily donned pair of jeans, Captain Luke Trussell stood squinting at the man and woed him out of bed
"We're responding to a coeant Kalyna Harter"
There had to be some mistake He didn't even live here He'd lent the use of his off-base apart from out of state In the meantime, he'd temporarily moved into a friend's place because it was empty while that friend and his family were on leave
"Against me? " He raised a hand to his bare chest
One of the officers, Sgt E Golnick according to her nah female attention had little to do hy he worked out, it was a fringe benefit But her expression revealednote of his size andhow easy it would be for him to overpower a woman, any woman, even a woularly as he did
"Yes, you, " she responded, her eyes shifting to his face "You know her, right?"
"Yeah, I know her She's insquadron, has been since she as transferred here three o" Which was how they probably knehere he was staying She must've told them
"She's claiht, Captain From the look of her, it was a brutal attack"
A brutal attack? Kalyna had been perfectly fine when he left her apartlanced at his wrist, then re how late it was She hadn't wanted hi so, anyway? Or had she been hurt by soh that she didn't knohat she was saying? "Is she going to be okay?"
"She's got sot P Jeffers, Golnick's counterpart, chipped in "It's nothing life threatening, but she's spent the past five hours at Northbay Medical Center being examined for sexual assault"
Luke shook his head "This doesn't make sense If she was assaulted, someone else did it"
"That's not her story"
A rush of anger burned away his sleepy confusion "She must be out of her mind, delirious"
"She's perfectly coherent," Golnick said
"Then she's lying!"
One eyebrow slid up "They've extracted sen fro me it won't prove to be yours?"
"I don't see how it can"
Golnick folded her arms "You didn't have sex with her?"
Luke rubbed his neck He hated discussing such personal matters--