6/6/2023 0 Comments After the fire book will hillIn the distance, back near the Front Gate, the tank rumbles forward, crushing the flimsy wire fence and churning the desert floor. Not the other Governments, and definitely not any of my Brothers and Sisters. “Put down your weapons and come forward slowly with your hands in the air!” The Chapel is burning out of control, its roof engulfed by roaring fire and sending up a huge black plume of smoke, and the amplified voice of the Government booms across the compound, repeating its demand over and over again. The noise of the gunfire is still deafening, and I hear-I actually hear-bullets whizzing past me, their low whines like the speeded-up buzz of insects, but I don’t slow down, and I don’t change course. " I sprint across the yard, my eyes streaming, my heart pounding in my chest.
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