MILA
I shimmied down from the tree and raced towards the sound of the screaming. Up until that point, I thought I was the only woman present. The sound of that scream had changed everything for me. It meant, at the very least, that civilians were in danger.
I knew that the village of Barlow was nearby, and Felix had been concerned about protecting its citizens. As I raced towards the sound of distress, I realized that I might be running into a war scene entirely on my own. I was either doing something really, really brave or really, really stupid.
Either way, I couldn’t stop myself.
I ran through the trees until I reached a break on what must have been the other side of the forest. What I saw there sent a chill down my spine.
Barlow was burning.
The village was smal
