Ira couldn’t remember the last time she’d run this fast, but it was all she could think to do with the screams of the German officer fading from her ears. Overhead, the characteristic swoosh of her comrades came in for another bombing run. It was an ideal distraction, except for the fact that any of those bombs could drop on top of her.
Meow tore up alongside her yowling, “Go! Go! Go!”
Ira had no breath left to say anything, and kept running. Everyone else around them was scurrying back and forth, too, so their mad dash through the enemy camp went largely unnoticed.
Bombs started going off around them, sending shockwaves rumbling through the earth, shaking the ground beneath their feet. Everything smelled of ash and smoke, and it stung her eyes. It was chaos, and all she could hear was
