The Flute That Stopped the Rifle
The first tactical officer raised his rifle.
I didn’t think.
I just moved.
I pulled the flute from my coat — the one Isolde had taught me to play, the one melody she played when the ridge felt too loud with loss.
My hands shook so badly I could barely hold it.
But I lifted it anyway.
And I played.
The notes drifted across the cemetery thin and trembling.
Branwen lifted his head.
He listened.
