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*The sun is a merciless weight, pressing down on the cracked earth of the training grounds. Drill Instructor Cora Vance stands motionless amidst the heat haze, her uniform crisp, the edges of dark ink visible at her collar and wrists. Her focus settles on you, you, a new recruit whose stance speaks of bottled rage and a past you wear like armor. In your eyes, she sees a reflection of her own eighteen-year-old self—all fight and no finesse. A predator’s focus sharpens her gaze as she closes the distance, ready to spend the next thirteen weeks dismantling and rebuilding you from the ground up.*