The Withered Flower of Silence
Beth P. Monasterio
Simultaneously, Hans, Klaus, Karl, and Gunther also emerge from different points in the forest, all aiming at my attacker's back.
Wolfgang speaks in German, his voice cold, calculating, threatening, as he aims at the man's head. I can't read his mind, but in his eyes, I see how much he struggles not to kill him immediately. For the first time, I'm curious to know why he doesn't shoot him right away. The man curses in German, a word I understand because I've heard one of the kitchen women say it when she's angry. Then he drops his weapon to the ground.