Bury Me in Black by Royce Caradoc

Author:Royce Caradoc [Caradoc, Royce]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-23T08:00:00+00:00

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They waited. They waited until there were no more mini-quakes from grenades or sounds of automatic gunfire. They waited until the dust had settled, and then they waited longer. Marco took her by the hand and led Shelby out the front door. Outside, the Humvee continued to burn. Three soldiers had made a makeshift camp beside it. Two sat, sipping water from canteens. A third stood, leaning on his rifle. He straightened up when he saw Marco and Shelby, pointing his rifle at them.

“Hey, stop there!”

Marco halted. He had his rifle in one hand, down at his side, and held Shelby’s hand with the other.

“He’s got one with him! Step away from it!”

The second soldier had jumped to his feet as well. Both trained their rifles on Marco.

“Wo! Wo! Hold on!” Marco said.

The third man finished off his water and slowly stood, dusting himself off. He was taller than the others. He carried no rifle, just a pistol on his hip. On the back of his helmet, and also on his left breast, was a blue stripe signifying his rank. An officer.

“What’re you doing, soldier?”

He had a commanding baritone voice. Stern, no nonsense.

Marco made no answer.

“Bring her here,” the officer said, waving a finger his way.

Marco stood his ground.

“She’s just a little girl.”

The officer’s expression was impossible to gauge behind that black visor.

“Bring her to me.”

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