Natalia
Terror.
It hangs in the air like oxygen.
“Run away!” It’s all I can hear through the chaos. The guards shout it to the people who refused to turn away when they had the chance. “Don’t look back! Don’t assist anyone! Run away!”
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
It’s an endless assault.
The canons pack up the soil, sending heavy flares lurching into the sky, blurring my view of almost everything going on. Smoke rises from multiple directions, coating flying bodies and wrapping around the fallen like a curtain.
“No!”
“Mommy… mommy!”
My head rears to the left of me, to the little girl out of breath shoving at her mother’s chest.
Blood.
There’s blood everywhere.
“Mommy, wake up!” She can barely speak through her sobs, pushing
