Original X-roads-2003

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Chapter Eleven
 
    The battle for Evrat was over, Mark brought Casandra with him to witness the aftermath. The battle had been an easy one, there was little resistance in this small fishing town. They had no real defense capabilities, it was nothing more than a routine military exercise for his men. For Mark this battle had nothing to do with winning, or training his troops. This battle had been for one person only, Casandra.
    Up ahead Casandra saw a make shift camp in the center of town. Wooden shanties with blankets strung up for doors, those that had doors. Old rusty metal barrels full of fire were scattered everywhere, in the flickering firelight dead women and children laid scattered on the roadway. She felt as if she was going to be sick at the sights. They had no regard for anything, most of the shacks were already in shambles.
    The stench of the dead bodies was almost unbearable. Casandra jerked her fingers to her nose instinctively to block out the smell, but it would get around it. Causing her to choke as she coughed and gagged at the same time. Her eyes watered as she could barely keep the sick down in her throat far enough to keep from coming up. She began to shake a little as she was confronted with the newest horror. Corpses of dead women laid in the corner of the shanty houses. The women either scantily clothed, their clothing torn in intimate places. Completely naked their skin some of them nearer to the bottom were starting to become so dry they flaked. Some of them had dried blood from sexual wounds that would never heal. Starved to death every single one. She could not know how long they had been there since Mark had been squatting on the village for a half year.
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