Chapter 24
It took them less than an hour to reach the crossing point into the American sector. Shortly before the checkpoint they witnessed a group of young German soldiers held up and frogmarched over to the Russian officer on duty.
“So it’s true. They’re sending everyone back,” Richard murmured, hot and cold shivers running down his spine. After everything they’d been through, he didn’t know if he could withstand another setback. Disguised as a civilian he might not even receive the courtesy of being handed over to the Ivan. The Ami might shoot him on the spot for being a spy. Just like the road signs had warned.
“We need to come up with a plan,” Katrina said and pulled him away from the road leading to the border patrol. They settled in the shadows of a destroyed building, and she h
