Hailey POV Another couple of days passed one by one... I can feel my frustration growing. Everybody is tense and frustrated with prolonged imprisonment in the packhouse, even though reports we get from the fighting zone are quite optimistic. We keep winning, and till now, there are not many casualties, although some warriors are injured quite seriously. People are slowly getting more and more desperate, easier to irritate, or just sadder every time I look at them. Children keep asking about their parents or older siblings, and their relatives cannot give them a straight answer about when all of this will be over and when all of them will come back home, and if all of them can come back home safely. Families of those who will not come back are devastated, and once again, I'm the one who

