Ursula slipped out of the window and walked along the wall in the shadow of darkness. She had to cross an open space to the next barracks and from there it was only a few steps to the hole in the fence.
She glowed inside from the lovemaking with Tom and had to bite down on her lips in order not to hum a happy tune. The compound still slept, but on the far side she saw light in one of the barracks. Her mouth watered at the unmistakable sound of kettles being put on the stove as the kitchen staff prepared breakfast.
A wistful longing came over her. It would be so nice if she could just walk into the mess and have a hearty breakfast. She turned around the corner and bumped into another person.
“Well, well, well. What have we here?” the soldier said.
Ursula couldn’t see his face in the dar
