When Tomorrow Never Comes

Previously

…And she, Stevie Green, the operative codenamed America, was also changed. The haunted eyes that Thorne had once seen in her reflection were still there, but now they held a different kind of light. Not just the flicker of past failures, but the steady, unwavering glow of a survivor. The memory of Julliana Dilige, the Black Death, would always serve as a stark reminder of the fragility of peace, and the enduring, complicated strength of the human spirit. The fight was over, but the vigilance, she knew, had just begun. Tomorrow had arrived, and it was a tomorrow she had fought for, a tomorrow she would continue to protect, in whatever form it took.