419 Date (Part 1)

The following morning, Lieutenant Kamila Yehval was fixing her hair in to a bun before going to work, when she received a call on her communication amulet.

'I hope it's not Lith again. Last night we ended up talking until it was really late. I don't like clingy guys much.' The smile on her face disappeared as soon as she saw whose rune was blinking.

"Has something happened to Zinya? Is she all right?"

"Good morning to you too, dear. Your sister is fine. Can't a mother just want to hear from her daughter?" The voice was as sweet and caring as Kamila remembered it. Yet she knew it was just a pretense.

Kamila joined the army to escape the arranged marriage her family had planned for her, afterward she had cut all ties with them. The last time she had heard from her mother, Kima, was when she had been promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant.