The moon was out and there was no noise besides the shallow breathing of my brother Laurent as he loaded his machine gun. When he saw that I was awake, he took another rifle from his trusty pack and handed it to me.

"Ils viennent Isana. Tu sais quoi faire, comme on a pratiquer." (They're coming, Isana. You know what to do, like we practiced.)

I stared up at his face, a face that I knew I might never see again. He had the same blonde hair and green eyes that I did. We were not Jews; we were what seemed to be the only French people with morals. We simply believed in a cause and that was it. Long before the war struck France, we had heard the rants of the Fuhrer. We had listened to his speeches of hate and discrimination and we strongly disapproved. How a whole country could follow orders from one monster was beyond us. From then on, Jews went into hiding in France or they were killed. That is where Laurent and I came in. No matter the danger, no matter how many Jewish people needed a place to stay we would offer them refuge. When there were inspections done by the Nazis, we would tell them to hide below the floorboards and to not make a sound. I had already learned as many languages as I could in order to comprehend them and to get them whatever they needed. Laurent worked as a librarian and brought home the provisions because whenever I would go into town, I'd merely be asked the same question "Why doesn't a girl of your age have a husband yet?" Besides being an excellent brother and a fantastic human being, he was a great marksman. Our father, despite being a professor, had spent time in the army. Before his passing, he had taught him how to care for his weapon and how to use it. Laurent taught me how to shoot quite a few times but I was never as good as him. His shots were precise and clean. Mine were precise but very messy. For a few months, we were able to give at least a little hope to the Jewish people who occupied our home. We were able to make them believe that there was still good people out there. Until that one day, when everything changed due to the arrival of an intimidating Colonel.