Chapter 93 The Crucible

• The Crucible
• " Flora, stay! You are not giving up yet, are you?" Lieutenant Hernandez's bellow pierced the chaos of the battleground, his voice coarse and constricted with anxiety.
• Flora, her breathing ragged and her body pulsing with prostration, replied between heaving breaths," I — I am not done, sir. I will not let this master me." Her voice, while strained, was with fierce determination that was communicated to everyone within her vicinity.