Chapter 5
Dounia couldn’t believe her eyes, but there in front of her was Tanya’s face in the most impossible of places, lying on a cot in a German field hospital. Hesitantly, fearing if she touched the visage in front of her, it wouldn’t be real, Dounia reached out. Tanya’s skin was cool, but soft and very, very real against the pads of Dounia’s fingers.
“Tanya,” she said again, and her sister’s eyes blinked open.
“Who’s there? Am I dreaming again?” she asked sleepily. “I thought for sure I heard the voice of my sister.”
“It’s me,” Dounia said. “I’m here, it’s really me. You’re not dreaming.”
Tanya smiled and squinted at her. “How can you be here?”
“It’s a long story. But I’m here, and Ira, and Meow, too. Dr. Engel brought us to you. I should have known we would find you since Ira’s
