Into the Fray

" Flora, you sure you are ready for this?" Coach Ramirez's low voice boomed across the training field as she stepped onto the hot sun- drenched lawn, her eyes fixed out toward the horizon.

" I am ready," Flora replied forcefully, her voice steady indeed though her body was tired to the bone." I have come too far to turn back now."

" Every day then's a struggle," intruded Sergeant Morales, clapping her on the shoulder." This is n't training it's surviving. Can you ...