Chapter I Picture Source: George Diebold's “Black Sand Beach” is featured in the current Black + White exposition at Heather Gaudio Fine Art in New Canaan, Conn. A new day spreads over the horizon, the sound of gun shots already echo along the hallow mountains of the Black Shore Island. “Load…Lock… Fire! ” Ayden, the master of arms, shouts in a commanding voice and the girls empty their magazines from their long rifles and bullets fly for a second and meet their targets with extreme precision, the pigs fall to the ground as the bullets meet their heads, and a few of their terrified squeals die off as bullets bring them down. Masaki feels her fingers frozen when she finishes her last target. The morning is cold and she has been up since 04:30 this morning, when Ayden sounded the trumpets and everyone woke up in unison with their sleepy eyes and their warm cotton pajamas. But, now it was freezing to the bone and she is hungry, she wishes she could jump where the ...
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