Predator Stalking Shadows 5

"As Marcus Thorne entered the Chinook he flashed Scott a wide smile and dropped into the seat beside him. Scott smiled back and the two men bumped fists. It had been almost nine months since what Scott thought of as his "shaming" in LA, and during that time he had been working hard not only on his general fitness, but also on his combat technique - working privately with a sensei that his Sarge had put him on to. As always, he wasn't doing it to impress others, or to curry favor with his superiors, but in order to fulfill his own personal mantra that had been instilled in him by his mother to become the very best version of himself that he could possibly be."pg.41 chpt.2