Rich

<p><strong>Everyone knows who they are. This is how they began.</strong></p><p></p><p>He was never meant for the battlefield. He was meant for the fields.</p><p></p><p>Rich wanted only the quiet life of a farmer-soil beneath his hands family at his table and a future that stretched beyond the fences of his land.</p><p>But when disaster came it left nothing but ash behind.</p><p></p><p>Drawn into conflict Rich must decide whether grief will bury him-or forge him into something harder. Training will strip him down battle will scar him and every step will push him closer to a new identity he never wanted. The line between survivor and soldier is thinner than he ever believed.</p><p></p><p>This is the story of how a farmer became Vanguard.</p><p></p><p>This is one in a series of short stories exploring the origins of the War Angels-told one soldier at a time.</p>