Chapter 73

Within a minute numerous vehicles and snowmobiles were converging onto the village grounds. Her heart was racing, somewhat regretting her choice not to shelter. She prayed to the gods for help, she begged them to intervene and save her community, her family.

A few seconds later, they were everywhere. There were so many of them!

She watched several men regard the food, and one of them took a piece of chicken off the table and immediately noticed the smell on it, throwing it in with disgust...

Now, the girl’s voice was breaking. But the interviewer comforted her, urging her to take it slowly. Another voice suggested the girl be given cold water to calm her nerves.

She then continued. Slowly now, like a whisper.

Their village as a whole had less than ten guns to its name, and every one of them was in the hands of someone either parched on a roof or in a tree.

Before she could hold another thought in her head, gunshots rang out from every corner, and