"A bully threw a frozen water bottle at my little girl’s spine, laughing as she crumpled to the ground—but the laughter stopped the second I, a soldier just home from war, stepped out of the shadows to pick it up. Chapter 1: The Impact I still wasn't used to the silence. Three days ago, the sound of my life was the roar of C-130 engines and the constant, rhythmic thud of combat boots on gravel in a place where the sun felt like it wanted to kill you. Today, the sound was the gentle hum of hybrid