She had to be ten feet tall – even Sten looked small by comparison – and I'd have bet she weighed at least a tonne. She was grossly fat – no, pr...gnant, I realised with dismay – but her wrinkly bald head looked somewhat like the dwarf I knew she'd once been.She opened her mouth to scream when she saw us, and I realised her teeth were pointed and all protruding out like some sort of cannibalistic sucker fish. I stumbled to a halt, too revolted to move, too frightened; fortunately my companions. The few resident Bosnian Serbs left when independence was declared. At first the town was at peace; Muslim villagers to the east and south, and Croat villagers to the west and north, brought their produce to market in Tizer, and they saw their common enemy as the Bosnian Serbs, who, enraged at the breakup of Yugoslavia, were determined to seize as much of Bosnia as possible and make it part of a Greater Serbia. Backed by Serbia, whose army was supplying them with arms and ammunition, they were. He must go to a larger city to select and negotiate for his supplies. Yulya made sure she was the best one available to escort him and handle the finances.She had only been to the city for abortions so this was a very big deal. She quizzed her older sister so incessantly that Rika said she’d be glad when the departure came!Pavel drove them to the train station in the ranch’s UAZ, a Russian jeep, and wished them well, cautioning them to email frequently. Yulya was shivering with excitement as. "Louis, I've got the readout on the Pines. I'm going to route her to Inanna. Minor damage, but we need to be careful. She's got a missile jammed in one of her port tubes."Louis nodded. "Understood. I still need a reading on the others, although I see the Pembroke has managed to line up behind the Pines. Should I slot her in at Inanna as well?"A new voice spoke. "Please, this is Lieutenant Mitchell on the Pembroke. We've ... Our commander is injured and in our medical bay. We've lost both.