BODIEI don’t bother buttoning my shirt when I leave my door.

“Our border has been breached,” a messenger yells in the hallway.

Before rushing out of the room in haste, I turn to look at Helda, “Get to somewhere safe, I'll come for you when all this is over.”

She nods her head in response. I already see the fright in her eyes.

I want to go hold her close while assuring her everything is all right, that everything will be fine.

But I desist from doing that.

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