June 30, 1941
8:23 A.M.
Nightfall had ended, and morning had arrived. The sun had fully risen, and the beaming sunlight poured through the thin cotton curtains.
Ines slowly opened her eyes and confusedly blinked at her new surroundings. "Where…?" She mumbled, sitting up.
In a flash, pain coursed through her veins, jolting her out of her drowsy state.
Only when the pain struck did reality settle in.
Ripping off the thick blankets that covered her body, she shot up from where she sat. Ines stumbled to her feet and immediately fell onto her knees in disbelief.
"My leg…?" Ines whispered, stunned.
Memories of the night of the attack flashed through her eyes like a storm, and the pain felt all too real to be a dream.
Yet, the fleshy limb attached to her pelvic bone proved that she was in one piece.
"What are you doing on the ground?"
"Sir?"
