Chapter 41: Astounded

"Shh, keep it down, will you?" Griffin glanced back at Daniel, then quickly pulled the company commander aside. Daniel let out a wry sigh. Falling from grace was easy; clawing his way back up was something else entirely. His name was already mud. It wasn't realistic to expect people to accept him overnight. Justin, the company commander, snapped Griffin's hand off his arm. "What are you grabbing at me for?" Griffin grinned like nothing was wrong. "Commander, we can't judge a man by yesterday's...