Chapter Ten Hua “Huan,” Chen called as she passed him. She shook her head, unable to speak after what she’d said to the commander. If she was being honest, he scared her, but she refused to let him see that. Instead of being tired from her lack of sleep, adrenaline raced through her body. She didn’t know what had gotten into her. Chen followed her into their now empty tent. The rest of their tent-mates stood outside waiting for the commander’s morning assessment. “Huan,” Chen said again. She turned on him. “What do you want?” She barely knew this man and hadn’t come here to make friends. “Sorry.” He grabbed her arm. “But what were you doing with the commander?” “How is that any of your business?” Everything seemed to come easy to the other men in their unit. They made it through t

