18. Nightmare

Alice p.o.v

Quickly I tried to go one more time over the dates I had to learn for my history exam. I had studied these dates for the past three days. It was quite hard but I think I managed. No, I have managed, I can do it.

You can do it, Alice. You have to...

Suddenly the door of my room was opened by my stern-looking father. He had barged into my room without knocking. He looked at the papers in my hand and then back at me with his cold eyes. "Are you ready?" I only nodded my head, too scared to say something.

He took the papers from my hand and walked out of the room. I followed him to his study. Fear and anxiety consumed my frail body. A body that wasn't worthy of even trying to get into the army.

My mom was an MC Officer in the army, part of the medical corps. She was so proud of my brother when he joined the army. I wanted that proud look of hers too so I said I would join the army as w