Chapter VI

ten grueling hours in the air left my companion and me utterly drained by the time we finally touched down.

The landscape that greeted us was a world away from the peace and serenity of home. Here, the air was thick with the smoke of war and armed conflict, a place where a single careless step could cost you your life.

As we drifted in and out of sleep in the back of the vehicle, the captain of th