“He’s too much damn work. He’s too dangerous and skittish. After a week you’ll be sending him back.” One of the men at the office chuckled.

Keegan and Merrick had come to take you on as a ‘project’ or at least that’s what you’re labelled as. Too much work and too skittish. But Keegan wanted a go.

You stood in the corner physically trembling. A soldier and a damn good one, but traumatised to the bone.

“Don’t corner him, he might attack.” Another man laughed all treating you like a dog.