The first time James saw Anna, she was carrying water through the ruins after a bombing raid.
Dust covered her face.
Her hands trembled.
Yet she refused to cry.
Most people ran when the sirens sounded.
Anna stayed behind to help wounded civilians.
James never forgot that.
And Anna never forgot the soldier who carried an injured child through falling debris while everyone else ran for cover.
Neither realized that one moment would change the course of their lives forever.
Weeks passed.
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