Clean.
Professional.
Well managed.
The inspection reports said so.
Every quarterly evaluation described Fort Raven as one of the best-performing installations in the district.
Disciplinary complaints were unusually low.
Financial discrepancies were minimal.
Personnel retention was above average.
Command efficiency was excellent.
On paper, Fort Raven was almost perfect.
That was precisely why Evelyn had been sent there.
Her real name was Colonel Evelyn Hart.
She had worked for the Department of Defense Inspector General's Office for thirteen years.
Her specialty was institutional misconduct.
Not ordinary misconduct.
The kind that survived audits.
The kind that hid behind paperwork.
The kind that made victims look unreliable.
Her office had received seven anonymous complaints about Fort Raven in less than four months.
At first, none seemed connected.
A private claimed his paycheck had been reduced without explanation.