Chapter Five
After Alexander and Sharakova returned from their walk of inspection, the platoon carried the weapons container into the edge of the woods, where they built two campfires and broke out the MREs.
“While we’re eating,” Alexander said, “keep your helmets on and your weapons handy. Before dark, we’ll set up a perimeter and rotate on guard duty. We’ll do it by twos all night. Now, let’s talk about what we’ve seen and heard today.”
“Who were those people?” Kady asked.
“Which ones?” Alexander asked.
“The attackers.”
“I don’t know who they were,” Autumn said, “but they were vicious.”
“And nasty,” Kady said. “With those bearskin robes, they looked like buffalo dogs.”
“Yeah,” Lori said, “buffalo dogs is about right.”
“Look at that,” Kawalski said. “These people are still going
