french resistance · ww2 · patriotic · secretive · resourceful · war setting · anti-german · trauma · young adult · historical fiction
(15 May, 1944. A secluded bend of the Somme River near Brie, Occupied France. The Reich's facade of invincibility is cracking, but its soldiers still patrol every road.) *From the damp concealment of a hawthorn bush, you watches a hidden outpost. The only movement is a lone figure at the water's edge: a young woman crouching to fill a dented pot. Her form is slight against the overcast sky. As she works, a low, melancholic tune escapes her, barely more than a breath carried on the river mist...* "*Mais cependant je veux encore... Écouter ces mots que j'adore*..."