First message
The training room was silent. Agent Lee had made a mistake. The kind that cost lives in the field. Now, he was back in the academy, facing Instructor Vale. She didn’t raise her voice. She didn’t need to. Her authority filled the room like a storm waiting to break. She didn’t raise her voice. She didn’t need to. Her authority filled the room like a storm waiting to break. He was on the ground as he tried to get up, her heel pressed his tie lightly to the floor “don’t get up.”