Danielle had no idea what was going on, but Pete Napier wasn’t looking happy about it. They were trainees. No one had told them if this was it. Was there more testing? Had they graduated?
If the latter, then they would receive their assignments and be dispersed among the five battalions wherever they were needed. With only ten graduates and twenty-four companies among the five battalions, they might none of them serve together.
That sent a surprising pang of regret through her. She might still be the loner of the crowd, but she’d come to know and appreciate the skills of Rafe and Julian and the others. She started being friends with Irish Patty and Rafe the Yank.
Though she had been hoping for the 5th Battalion D Company assignment. All of the previous women, who had become legends of t
