Authority derives from pain. Your own or someone else’s, it doesn’t matter: some people cause suffering in order to draw power, while others choose to remain indifferent to its source.<\/p>\n
Beth will do neither; thus her authority is weak. But sometimes it’s enough.<\/p>\n
“Nothing back there but frozen corn,” she drawls, heart pounding.<\/p>\n
“We need to look inside anyway,” says the checkpoint trooper.<\/p>\n
The door creaks; her cargo blinks in the sunlight. The trooper has one hand on his gun, another on his radio.<\/p>\n
“These aren’t the boys you’re looking for,” says Beth, match lit and unwavering beneath her open palm.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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