Chapter 24 - | Death in Times of War (Part II)

Soo-Ah's turn came faster than she expected. Standing on the raised platform, she came under the scrutiny of her fellow soldiers for the first time since she had been living among them. Her gaze glided over their faces as they sat neatly arranged in equally aligned and spaced-out rows, mirroring every assembly they ever submitted to. From the austere military atmosphere, there were no kind or understanding eyes looking back at her. She glanced at her grandfather. His stance was as unrelenting as the sun scorching the world below on this hot summer day in the Month of the Monkey.